Sulawesi
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Sulawesi (formerly Celebes [[IPA|Template:IPA]]) is a large island in Indonesia. It is the world's eleventh-largest island, covering an area of 174,600 km². Image:Sulawesi.jpg Image:Sulawesi map.PNG The island is surrounded in the west by Borneo, the north by the Philippines, east by Maluku, and to the south by Flores and Timor. The island has a distinctive shape, dominated by four large peninsulas (see Sulawesi peninsulas). The central part of the island is ruggedly mountainous, such that the island's peninsulas have traditionally been remote from each other, with better connections by sea than by road.
Portuguese explorers discovered the Celebes in 1512.
The island is subdivided into six provinces: Gorontalo, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and North Sulawesi. The largest cities on the island are Makassar, on the southwestern coast of the island, and Manado, on the northern tip.
2,290 km² of the island is devoted to Lore Lindu National Park. Red-Knobbed Hornbills and the Giant Civet can also be found here.
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