Poso

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Poso is a town and regency capital in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known historically as a regional administrative and trading center and more recently for episodes of communal conflict.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Poso canonical 2
Poso highlands 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
regency capital
town
adjacentWaterBody Gulf of Tomini
administrativeDivisionLevel district capital
administrativeStatus seat of Poso Regency government
capitalOf Poso Regency
conflict Papua conflict
surface form: Poso conflict
connectedByRoadTo Luwuk
Palu
Tentena
continent Asia
country Indonesia
economicActivity fishing
small-scale trade
economy agriculture
services
trade
governingCountryCapital Jakarta
hasClimate tropical climate
hasHistoricalSignificance Dutch colonial administrative center
site of late-1990s and early-2000s communal violence
hasPort Poso port
hasRole regional administrative center
regional trading center
knownFor communal conflict
regional administration
trade
languageUsed Indonesian
localLanguages Laiyolo–Kaili languages
surface form: Kaili languages
locatedIn Central Sulawesi
Celebes
surface form: Sulawesi
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Poso Regency
locatedInTimeZone WITA
locatedOn Gulf of Tomini
Poso River NERFINISHED
near Poso Lake region
nearbyAirport Kasiguncu Airport
partOf Central Sulawesi
surface form: Central Sulawesi Province

Sulawesi region
surface form: Sulawesi Island
region Central Sulawesi
surface form: Sulawesi Tengah
religiousComposition Muslim and Christian communities
religiousTensionHistory Muslim–Christian conflict
river Poso River NERFINISHED
securityStatus area of past counterterrorism operations
timeZone Central Indonesia Time
transportInfrastructure Trans-Sulawesi Highway
UTCOffset +8

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Poso locatedInHighland Poso
this entity surface form: Poso highlands