Parepare

Parepare
City of Parepare
Kota Parepare
Other transcription(s)
  Bugineseᨄᨑᨙᨄᨑᨙ
View of Parepare
Habibie Ainun Monument
B. J. Habibie floating Mosque
GPIB Immanuel
Anjungan Cempae
Nickname: 
Kota Cinta - City of Love
Location within South Sulawesi
OpenStreetMap
Parepare
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Parepare
Parepare (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°01′00″S 119°37′25″E / 4.01667°S 119.62361°E / -4.01667; 119.62361
Country Indonesia
RegionSulawesi
Province South Sulawesi
Established17 February 1960
Government
  MayorTasming Hamid
  Vice MayorHermanto Pasennang
  Leader of People's Representative CouncilKaharuddin Kadir
Area
  Total
38.35 sq mi (99.33 km2)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
  Total
160,309
  Density4,200/sq mi (1,600/km2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time)
Area code(+62) 421
Websitepareparekota.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 had a population of 129,542 people at the 2010 Census and 151,454 at the 2020 Census; its official estimate as at mid-2023 was 160,309 (comprising 79,753 males and 80,556 females).

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