Rantepao

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Rantepao is a town in the highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known as the cultural and tourism center of the Toraja people, famed for their distinctive traditional houses and elaborate funeral rites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rantepao canonical 8
Rantepao (Toraja area) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
culture Toraja people ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~700–900 metres ⓘ
ethnicGroup Toraja people ⓘ
governingBody North Toraja Regency government ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Tongkonan traditional houses ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Toraja funeral ceremonies ⓘ
buffalo sacrifice rituals ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage cliff graves ⓘ
hanging graves ⓘ
tau-tau wooden effigies ⓘ
hasMarket Rantepao traditional market ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Batutumonga highland area ⓘ
Bori megalithic site ⓘ
Kete Kesu traditional village ⓘ
Lemo burial cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Lemo cliff graves

Londa burial caves ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf Toraja people ⓘ
isTourismCenterOf Tana Toraja region ⓘ
linked to: Tana Toraja Regency
knownFor Toraja culture ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
elaborate funeral rites ⓘ
mountain scenery ⓘ
traditional Toraja houses ⓘ
languageUsed Indonesian language ⓘ
Toraja languages ⓘ
locatedIn Indonesia ⓘ
South Sulawesi ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes
locatedInAdministrativeEntity North Toraja Regency ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Indonesia Time ⓘ
near Tana Toraja Regency ⓘ
partOf North Toraja Regency ⓘ
South Sulawesi Province ⓘ
linked to: South Sulawesi
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
regionalSignificance gateway to Toraja highlands ⓘ
religion Aluk To Dolo ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
transportConnection road to Makassar ⓘ
road to Palopo ⓘ
UTCOffset +8 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

North Toraja Regency → capital → Rantepao ⓘ
Lemo cliff graves → near → Rantepao (Toraja area) ⓘ
linked to: Rantepao
Batutumonga viewpoint → near → Rantepao ⓘ
Makale → nearbySettlement → Rantepao ⓘ