Parepare

Parepare
City
Parepare City
Pare-Pare panoramic view Pare-Pare panoramic view
Coat of arms of Parepare Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Bandar Madani
Parepare
Coordinates:
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Sulawesi
Established	17 February 1960
Government
• Mayor	Taufan Pawe (Golongan Karya)
• Vice Mayor	Faisal Andi Sapada
• Leader of People's Representative Council	Muhadir Hadade
Population (2010)
• Total	129,542
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Website	pareparekota.go.id

Parepare is a city (kota) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about 155 km (96 mi) north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population centers of the Bugis people. The city has a population of 129,542 people, according to the 2010 Census.

Jusuf Habibie, the third President of Indonesia, was born in Parepare.

History

In the early development of this current plateau, called Parepare, formerly was just a thicket of bushes which had many holes slightly sloping land, which grows wild irregularly, ranging from the northern (Cappa Edge) up to the route south city. As the time goes by, those bushes are now become the city of Parepare.

At early begin, there was kingdoms which stands on Parepare, the kingdom of Suppa in the 14th century and Bacukiki Kingdom in the 15th century.

The words Parepare was coming from the sentence of The King of Gowa “Bajiki Ni Pare” which means “(Ports in this region) is good.” Since then, the name “Parepare” is refer to the Port City. Parepare finally visited by Malays people who came to trade into the region of Suppa.

Seeing the strategic position as a harbor protected by a headland in the front side, and had been visited by the people, the Dutch had been conquer this place at the first time and making it an important city in the territory of the central part of South Sulawesi.

At the time of the Dutch East Indies, in Parepare, there was a Resident Assistant and a Controlur or Gezag Hebber as Head of Government (the Dutch East Indies), with the status of the region is named the “Afdeling Parepare” which includes, Onder Afdeling Barru, Onder Afdeling Sidenreng Rappang, Onder Afdeling Enrekang, Onder Afdeling Pinrang and Onder Afdeling Parepare.

In each region / Onder Afdeling Controlur domiciled or Gezag Hebber. Beside there was the Dutch East Indies government officials, the structure of the Dutch East Indies Government was also assisted by government officials Bugis kings, namely Arung Barru in Barru, Addatuang Sidenreng in Sidenreng Rappang, Sporting Enrekang in Enrekang, Addatung Sawitto in Pinrang, while at Parepare there was Arung Mallusetasi. This governance structure, walking up to the outbreak of World War II that was when the Dutch East Indies Government deletion around the year 1942.

Administration

Pare-Pare (city) is divided into four Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.

Name	Population Census 2010
Bacukiki	14,477
Bacukiki Barat (West Bacukiki)	39,085
Ujung	32,231
Soreang	43,469

List of Mayor

No	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Vice Mayor
1	Andi Mannaungi	February 17, 1960	February 17, 1965	None
2	Andi Mappangara	February 17, 1965	1968
–	Andi Makkoelaoe	1968	1969
3	Andi Mallarangeng	1969	1972
4	Abdullah Adjaib	1972	1973
5	Parawangsa	1973	1977
6	Joesoef Madjid	1977	1983
–	Achmad Amiruddin	1983	July 28, 1983
7	Andi Samad Thahir	July 28, 1983	July 28, 1988
8	Mirdin Kasim	July 28, 1988	July 28, 1993
9	Syamsul Alam Bulu	July 28, 1993	July 28, 1998
10	Basrah Hafid	July 28, 1998	July 28, 2003	Tadjuddin Kammisi
11	Zain Katoe	July 28, 2003	July 28, 2008
–	Andi Sulham Hasan	July 28, 2008	October 28, 2008	Vacant
11	Zain Katoe	October 28, 2008	November 22, 2010	Sjamsu Alam
–	Sjamsu Alam	November 22, 2010	March 18, 2013	Vacant
12		March 18, 2013	October 30, 2013
13	Taufan Pawe	October 30, 2013	Incumbent	Faisal Andi Sapada

Twin town

• Tawau, Malaysia.

See also

• List of reduplicated place names

References

• http://indonesia-tourism.com/blog/parepare-city/

External links

• Official Website
• Local News Website
• Pondok Pesantren Al-Badar Parepare
• Provider Jaringan Internet RT/RW