Celebes

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Celebes, now known as Sulawesi, is a large, uniquely shaped island in Indonesia renowned for its diverse cultures, mountainous landscapes, and rich marine biodiversity.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sulawesi 265
Celebes canonical 6
Sulawesi Island 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf formerName
geographicalRegion
island
area about 180000 square kilometers
borderedBy Banda Sea
Celebes Sea
Flores Sea
Gulf of Boni
Gulf of Tomini
capitalCity Makassar
colonialNameGivenBy Portuguese
colonialNameUsedBy Dutch East Indies
country Indonesia
countrySubdivisionOf Republic of Indonesia
linked to: Indonesia
currentOfficialNameSince mid 20th century
ethnicGroup Bugis
Gorontaloan
linked to: Gorontalo

Makassarese
Minahasan
linked to: North Sulawesi

Toraja
feature deep bays and gulfs
mountainous interior
narrow coastal plains
hasCity Gorontalo
Kendari
Makassar
Manado
Palu
hasPart Central Sulawesi
Gorontalo
North Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
West Sulawesi
knownFor coral reef ecosystems
distinctive cultures and ethnic groups
endemic terrestrial species
high marine biodiversity
largestCity Makassar
locatedIn Indonesia
Malay Archipelago
Maritime Southeast Asia
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
between Borneo and the Maluku Islands
modernName Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
rankInWorldByArea one of the world’s largest islands
religion Christianity
Islam
local traditional beliefs
shape highly indented with four long peninsulas

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (281)

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

Indonesia containsIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Indonesian National Revolution location Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Southeast Asia contains Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Celebes modernName Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Celebes Sea borders Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Celebes Sea namedAfter Celebes (former name of Sulawesi)
linked to: Celebes
Java Sea borders Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Makassar locatedIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Makassar locatedOnCoastOf Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Makassar locatedOnIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Makassar isLargestCityIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Celebic languages spokenIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
South Sulawesi languages spokenIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Malay world hasPart Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages region Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Bali Sea locatedBetween Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Bali Sea hasIslandOnBoundary Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Muna–Buton languages locatedIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Celebic–South Halmahera languages spokenIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Indonesian archipelago hasMajorIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Greater Sunda Islands hasPart Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Greater Sunda Islands majorIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Banda Sea adjacentToIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Macrocephalon maleo endemicTo Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Malay Archipelago includesIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Nepenthaceae nativeTo Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
North Sulawesi locatedIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
North Sulawesi locatedOnIsland Sulawesi Island
linked to: Celebes
South Sulawesi locatedOn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
South Sulawesi partOf Sulawesi Island
linked to: Celebes
Manado locatedOn island of Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Manado region Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
West Sulawesi locatedOn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
West Sulawesi partOf Sulawesi Island
linked to: Celebes
Palu locatedIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Palu locatedOn island of Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Gulf of Boni locatedOn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Gulf of Boni locatedOnIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi expandedTerritory Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Makassar Strait separates Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Gorontalo locatedIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Gorontalo locatedOnIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Kendari locatedOnIsland Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Kendari partOf Sulawesi Island
linked to: Celebes
Central Sulawesi locatedIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Central Sulawesi isPartOf Sulawesi Island
linked to: Celebes
Toraja locatedIn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Toraja ethnicGroupOf Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
Wallace Line passesBetween Sulawesi
subject linked to: the Wallace Line
linked to: Celebes