Palu, the Glossary
Palu, officially known as the City of Palu (Indonesian: Kota Palu), is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.[1]
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Alkhairaat
Alkhairaat (al-Ḵayrāt,, "good things") is the largest Islamic community organization in eastern Indonesia based in Palu, Central Sulawesi.
Alluvium
Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.
Arab Indonesians
Arab Indonesians (عربٌ إندونيسيون), or colloquially known as Jama'ah, are Indonesian citizens of mixed Arab – mainly Hadhrami – and Indonesian descent.
Auto rickshaw
An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw.
Balikpapan
Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Balinese temple
A Pura is a Balinese Hindu temple and the place of worship for adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia.
Banggai Regency
The Banggai Regency (Kabupaten Banggai) is a regency located at the eastern end of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
Batak
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages.
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Bitumen
Bitumen is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum.
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Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington.
Bugis
The Bugis people, also known as Buginese people, are an Austronesian ethnic group—the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassar and Toraja), in the south-western province of Sulawesi, third-largest island of Indonesia.
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Buton Regency
Buton Regency (Kabupaten Buton) is a regency of Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi Province, lying entirely on Buton Island.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Car-free days
On car-free days, people are encouraged to travel by means other than cars.
Central Sulawesi
Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Tengah) is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi.
Chinese Indonesians
Chinese Indonesians (Orang Tionghoa Indonesia), or simply Orang Tionghoa or Tionghoa, are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries.
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City status in Indonesia
In Indonesian law, the term "city" (kota) is generally defined as the second-level administrative subdivision of the Republic of Indonesia, an equivalent to regency (kabupaten). Palu and City status in Indonesia are cities in Indonesia.
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Cocoa bean
The cocoa bean, also known simply as cocoa or cacao, is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted.
Copra
Copra (from) is the dried, white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted.
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COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Democratic Party (Indonesia)
The Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat) is a centre to centre-right nationalist political party in Indonesia.
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Districts of Indonesia
In Indonesia, district is the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city.
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Donggala Regency
Donggala Regency is a regency in the Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlands(ch)-Indië) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.
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Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference
The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference (Indonesian) was held in The Hague from 23 August to 2 November 1949, between representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Indonesia and the Federal Consultative Assembly, representing various states the Dutch had created in the Indonesian archipelago.
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Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.
Floating Mosque of Palu
The Floating Mosque of Palu, also known as Arqam Babu Rahman Mosque Tempo.
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Galangal
Galangal is a common name for several tropical rhizomatous spices.
Gerindra Party
The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya), better known as the Gerindra Party, is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in Indonesia.
Gojek
PT Gojek Indonesia (stylized in all lower case and stylized j as goȷek, formerly styled as GO-JEK) is an Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group based in Jakarta.
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Golkar
The Party of Functional Groups (Partai Golongan Karya), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a centre-right big tent political party in Indonesia.
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Gorontalo
Gorontalo (Gorontaloan: Hulontalo) is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi.
Grab Holdings
Grab Holdings Inc. is a Singaporean multinational technology company headquartered in One-North, Singapore.
Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
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Granodiorite
Granodiorite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.
Gross regional domestic product
Gross regional domestic product (GRDP), gross domestic product of region (GDPR), or gross state product (GSP) is a statistic that measures the size of a region's economy.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Indonesia Raya
"Indonesia Raya" ("Indonesia the Great") is the national anthem of Indonesia.
Indonesia Stock Exchange
Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) (Bursa Efek Indonesia, formerly Vereniging voor de Effectenhandel) is a stock exchange based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan, PDI-P) is a centre to centre-left secular-nationalist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the ruling and largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having secured 110 seats in the last election.
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Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official and national language of Indonesia.
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Indonesian regional development bank
Regional Development Banks (Bank Pembangunan Daerah, or BPD) are a type of bank in Indonesia that is established and owned by the local provincial government.
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Ipomoea aquatica
Ipomoea aquatica, widely known as water spinach, is a semi-aquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots.
Jakarta
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Palu and Jakarta are cities in Indonesia and Populated coastal places in Indonesia.
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Javanese people
The Javanese (Orang Jawa; ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦗꦮ, Wong Jawa; ꦠꦶꦪꦁꦗꦮꦶ, Tiyang Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the central and eastern part of the Indonesian island of Java.
Kaili language
Kaili is an Austronesian dialect cluster of the Celebic branch, and is one of the principal languages of Central Sulawesi.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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List of regencies and cities in Indonesia
Regencies and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts. Palu and List of regencies and cities in Indonesia are cities in Indonesia.
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Luwuk
Luwuk is the capital of Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Makassar
Makassar, formerly Ujung Pandang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. Palu and Makassar are provincial capitals in Indonesia.
Malays (ethnic group)
Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.
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Manado
Manado (Wenang) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. Palu and Manado are Populated coastal places in Indonesia and provincial capitals in Indonesia.
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Minahasan people
The Minahasans or Minahassa are an indigenous ethnic group from the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes.
Minangkabau people
Minangkabau people (Urang Minang or Urang Awak; Indonesian or Malay: Orang Minangkabau; Jawi), also known as Minang, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi, abbreviated Kemendikbudristek) is a government ministry of the Indonesian government responsible for education, cultural, research, and technology affairs.
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Ministry of Health (Indonesia)
The Ministry of Health (Kementerian Kesehatan) is a government ministry which organize public health affairs within the Indonesian government.
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Morowali Regency
Morowali Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport
Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport, formerly Masovu Airport, is an airport near Palu, from DAFIF (effective October 2006) the capital city of the province of Central Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Nani Wartabone
Nani Wartabone (30 April 1907 – 3 January 1986) was an Indonesian politician and nationalist from Gorontalo.
NasDem Party
The NasDem Party (Partai NasDem) is a political party in Indonesia.
National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure
The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (Disaster Countermeasure National Agency), abbreviated as BNPB, is the Indonesian board for natural disaster affairs.
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National Awakening Party
The National Awakening Party (Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa), frequently abbreviated to PKB, is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho.
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National Mandate Party
The National Mandate Party (Partai Amanat Nasional), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho.
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Palu Bay
Palu Bay (Teluk Palu) is located on the north coast of Sulawesi in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi.
Palu River
The Palu River (Indonesian: Sungai Palu) is a river in Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.
Palu-Koro Fault
The Palu-Koro Fault or Palu-Koro Fault System is a major active NNW-SSE trending left-lateral strike-slip fault zone on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Parigi Moutong Regency
Parigi Moutong Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
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Pelni
Pelni (abbreviation of Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia) is the national cargo and passenger shipping company of Indonesia.
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People's Conscience Party
The People's Conscience Party (Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat), better known by its abbreviation, Hanura, is a political party in Indonesia.
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Perindo Party
The Indonesian Unity Party (Partai Persatuan Indonesia, PERINDO) is a political party in Indonesia.
Perum DAMRI
DAMRI Public Corporation (Perusahaan Umum DAMRI; was Djawatan Angkoetan Motor Repoeblik Indonesia, lit. Motor Transport Enterprise of the Republic of Indonesia) is an Indonesian state-owned bus operator.
Polyclinic
A polyclinic (where poly means "many"; not to be confused with the homonym policlinic, where poli means "city" and which is sometimes used for a hospital's outpatient department) is a clinic or health care facility that provides both general and specialist examinations and treatments for a wide variety of diseases and injuries to outpatients and is usually independent of a hospital.
Poso
Poso (Old Spelling: Posso) is the administrative capital of Poso Regency, Indonesia.
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Poso Regency
Poso Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
Poso riots
The Poso riots, also known as Poso communal conflict, is a name given to a series of riots that occurred in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia, or simply Proklamasi) was read at 10:00 Tokyo Standard Time on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta.
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Prosperous Justice Party
The Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, sometimes called the Justice and Prosperity Party), frequently abbreviated to PKS, is an IslamistAl-Hamdi, Ridho.
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Provinces of Indonesia
Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia.
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Puskesmas
The Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat, abbreviated as Puskesmas, are government-mandated community health clinics located across Indonesia.
Radio Republik Indonesia
Radio Republik Indonesia (Radio of the Republic of Indonesia, abbreviated as RRI, stylized in logo in all-lowercase) is a public radio network of Indonesia and one of Indonesia's two national Public Broadcasting Institutions, the other being the public television network TVRI.
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Rain shadow
A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.
Regency (Indonesia)
A regency (kabupaten), sometimes incorrectly referred to as a district, is an administrative division of Indonesia, directly under a province and on the same level with city (kota).
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Rickshaw
Rickshaw originally denoted a pulled rickshaw, which is a two- or three-wheeled cart generally pulled by one person carrying one passenger.
Ridesharing company
A ridesharing company, ride-hailing service, (the vehicles are called app-taxis or e-taxis) is a company that, via websites and mobile apps, matches passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire that, unlike taxis, cannot legally be hailed from the street.
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A share taxi (also called shared taxi or taxibus, or jitney in the US) is a mode of transport which falls between a taxicab and a bus.
Sigi Regency
Sigi Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Soil liquefaction
Soil liquefaction occurs when a cohesionless saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress such as shaking during an earthquake or other sudden change in stress condition, in which material that is ordinarily a solid behaves like a liquid.
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State of East Indonesia
The State of East Indonesia (Negara Indonesia Timur, old spelling: Negara Indonesia Timoer, Oost-Indonesië) was a post–World War II state formed in the eastern half of Dutch East Indies.
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Statistics Indonesia
Statistics Indonesia (Central Agency of Statistics), is a non-departmental government institute of Indonesia that is responsible for conducting statistical surveys.
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Subduction
Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.
Sulawesi
Sulawesi, also known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.
Surabaya
Surabaya is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Palu and Surabaya are Populated coastal places in Indonesia and provincial capitals in Indonesia.
Syukuran Aminuddin Amir Airport
Syukuran Aminuddin Amir Airport (Bandara Syukuran Aminuddin Amir) is a public airport near Luwuk, the capital city of Banggai Regency, in the province of Central Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Tadulako University
Tadulako University (Universitas Tadulako; UNTAD) is a public university in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Telephone numbers in Indonesia
Telephone numbers in Indonesia have different systems for land lines and mobile phones: land lines use area codes, while mobile phones do not.
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Time in Indonesia
The Republic of Indonesia, a country located in Southeast Asia has three time zones.
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Tolitoli Regency
Tolitoli Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
Tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator.
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TVRI
TVRI (Televisi Republik Indonesia, Television of the Republic of Indonesia) is an Indonesian national public television network and one of Indonesia's two national Public Broadcasting Institutions, the other being the public radio network RRI.
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Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
Vihāra
Vihāra generally refers to a Buddhist monastery for Buddhist renunciates, mostly in the Indian subcontinent.
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
2010 Indonesian census
The Indonesia 2010 census was conducted by Statistics Indonesia in May 2010.
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2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
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2020 Indonesian census
The 2020 Indonesian census was the 7th census in Indonesia.
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See also
Cities in Indonesia
- Baubau
- City status in Indonesia
- Denpasar
- Gorontalo (city)
- Indralaya
- Jakarta
- Jayapura
- Kendari
- Kupang
- List of Indonesian cities by GDP
- List of Indonesian cities by population
- List of Indonesian regencies by GDP
- List of regencies and cities in Indonesia
- List of twin towns and sister cities in Indonesia
- Palangka Raya
- Palu
- Sabang, Aceh
- Sorong
- Tarakan
- Yogyakarta
Populated coastal places in Indonesia
- Banyuwangi (town)
- Cilegon
- Gunungsitoli
- Jakarta
- Jayapura
- Manado
- Manokwari
- Padang
- Palu
- Poncosari
- Semarang
- Serui Kota
- Sinabang
- Sofifi
- Sorong
- Surabaya
- Tambrauw Regency
- Tanjungpinang
Provincial capitals in Indonesia
- Ambon, Maluku
- Banda Aceh
- Bandar Lampung
- Bandung
- Banjarbaru
- Bengkulu (city)
- Central Jakarta
- Denpasar
- Gorontalo (city)
- Jambi (city)
- Jayapura
- Kendari
- Kupang
- Makassar
- Mamuju (city)
- Manado
- Manokwari
- Mataram (city)
- Medan
- Padang
- Palangka Raya
- Palembang
- Palu
- Pangkalpinang
- Pekanbaru
- Pontianak
- Salor Indah, Kurik, Merauke
- Samarinda
- Semarang
- Serang
- Sofifi
- Sorong
- Surabaya
- Tanjung Selor
- Tanjungpinang
- Wamena
- Yogyakarta
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palu
Also known as History of Palu, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Palu, Indonesia.
, Köppen climate classification, List of regencies and cities in Indonesia, Luwuk, Makassar, Malays (ethnic group), Manado, Minahasan people, Minangkabau people, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Ministry of Health (Indonesia), Morowali Regency, Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport, Nani Wartabone, NasDem Party, National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, National Awakening Party, National Mandate Party, Palu Bay, Palu River, Palu-Koro Fault, Parigi Moutong Regency, Pelni, People's Conscience Party, Perindo Party, Perum DAMRI, Polyclinic, Poso, Poso Regency, Poso riots, Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, Prosperous Justice Party, Provinces of Indonesia, Puskesmas, Radio Republik Indonesia, Rain shadow, Regency (Indonesia), Rickshaw, Ridesharing company, Share taxi, Sigi Regency, Soil liquefaction, State of East Indonesia, Statistics Indonesia, Subduction, Sulawesi, Surabaya, Syukuran Aminuddin Amir Airport, Tadulako University, Telephone numbers in Indonesia, Time in Indonesia, Tolitoli Regency, Tropical rainforest climate, TVRI, Unicameralism, Vihāra, Village, World War II, 2010 Indonesian census, 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, 2020 Indonesian census.