Watampone is a town in

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sul ...

and the capital of Bone Regency. Known colloquially as ''Bone'', it has a land area of 126.35 km² and had a population of 149,336 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. It is divided administratively into three districts (''kecamatan'') within the Bone Regency. It is also the birthplace of the

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and 12th

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Climate

Watampone has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southe ...

(Af) with moderate rainfall from September to November and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

References

Populated places in South Sulawesi Regency seats of South Sulawesi {{SSulawesi-geo-stub