Rantepao
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Rantepao is a town and the capital of North Toraja Regency, Indonesia, which is the cultural center of the Toraja ethnic group. National and regional tourism offices have developed the city as the starting point for visiting Tana Toraja, since the area was opened for tourism in the 1970s. Rantepao has a significant population of Torajan Muslims.
Rantepao is a town and the capital of North Toraja Regency, Indonesia, which is the cultural center of the Toraja ethnic group. National and regional tourism offices have developed the city as the starting point for visiting Tana Toraja, since the area was opened for tourism in the 1970s. Rantepao has a significant population of Torajan Muslims.
Geography
Rantepao has 43,123 inhabitants1 (census 2010). The town is on river Sadang, about 300 km north-east from Makassar.
Climate
Rantepao has an elevation moderated tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Surroundings
Ke'te Kesu is a village in the south of Rantepoao which has a cave with several graves, five large tongkonans and a dozen storehouses (alang).
References
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