Manado (, ) is the capital

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of the

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. It is the second largest city in

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after

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, with the 2020 census giving a population of 451,916,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. and the official estimates for mid 2023 showing 458,582 inhabitants (229,982 males and 228,600 females),Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Manado Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7171) distributed over a land area of 157.26 km².Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Manado Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7171) The

Manado metropolitan area The Manado metropolitan area, known locally as Bimindo (an acronym of Bitung–Minahasa–Manado), is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It includes the cities of Bitung and Tomohon, as well as Minah ...

had a population of 1,377,815 as of mid 2023.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Manado Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7171) The city is situated on the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area. Manado is among Indonesia's top-five tourism priorities and Bunaken National Park is one of the city's most famous tourist attractions. Tunan Waterfall in Talawaan village and Mount Tumpa are some of the many attractions for visitors who like to take Manado city tour especially to natural places. The city is served by

Sam Ratulangi International Airport Sam Ratulangi International Airport is an international airport located north-east of Manado, the capital city of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Sam Ratulangi Airport serves as the primary gateway to Manado and the North Sulawesi region. Named aft ...

, which connects Manado with various domestic destinations, as well as international destinations in

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and

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. The city is also known for its

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-majority population, and holds the country's biggest

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celebration annually. It is also recognised as one of the most tolerant and peaceful cities in Indonesia.

Etymology

The name Manado is derived from the Sangir language word ''manaro'', meaning 'on the far coast' or 'in the distance', and originally referred to the further of two islands which can be seen from the mainland. When the settlement on this island was relocated to the mainland, the name Manado was brought with it, after which the island itself became referred to as Manado Tua (Old Manado). The name for Manado in the Sangir language is ''Manaro'', while in

Gorontalo Gorontalo ( Gorontaloan: ''Hulontalo'') is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate province on 5 De ...

is ''Moladu''.

History

The first mention of Manado comes from a world map by French cartographer Nicolas Desliens, which shows the island of Manarow (today's Manado Tua). Before Europeans arrived in

, the area was under the rule of the Sultan of Ternate, who exacted tribute and introduced

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to its inhabitants. The Portuguese made the Sultan their vassal, ruling over the

Minahasa The Minahasans or Minahassa are an Austronesian people, Austronesian ethnic group native to North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes. The Minahasa people sometimes refer to themselves as Manado people. Although the M ...

people, and establishing a factory in Wenang. Meanwhile, the Spanish had already set themselves up in the

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and Minahasa was used to plant coffee because of its rich soil. Manado was further developed by Spain as a centre of commerce for the Chinese traders who traded the coffee in China. With the help of native allies, the Spanish took over the Portuguese fortress in Amurang in the 1550s, and Spanish settlers also established a fort at Manado, so that eventually, Spain controlled all of the Minahasa. It was in Manado where one of the first Indo-Eurasian (Mestizo) communities in the archipelago developed during the 16th century. The first King of Manado (1630) named Muntu Untu was in fact the son of a Spanish Mestizo. AMH-4680-NA Map of the area around Menado

AMH-4680-NA Map of the area around Menado

Spain renounced its possessions in Minahasa by means of a treaty with the Portuguese in return for a payment of 350,000 ducats. Minahasan natives made an alliance treaty with the Dutch, and expelled the last of the Portuguese from Manado a few years later. The

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or Verenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (VOC) built a fortress in Manado named Fort Amsterdam in 1658. As with regions in eastern Indonesia, Manado has undergone Christianisation by Dutch missionaries, including Riedel and John Gottlieb Schwarz. The Dutch missionaries built the first Christian church in Manado called Oude Kerk (Old church), which still stands, and is now called Gereja Sentrum. HMS ''Dover'' captured Manado in June 1810. The Javanese prince Diponegoro was exiled to Manado by the Dutch government in 1830 for leading a war of rebellion against the Dutch. In 1859, the English biologist

Alfred Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 pap ...

visited Manado and praised the town for its beauty. In 1919, the Apostolic Prefecture of Celebes was established in the

. In 1961, it was promoted to the Diocese of Manado. The Japanese captured Manado in the Battle of Manado in January 1942. The city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during

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. In 1958, the headquarters of the rebel movement Permesta was moved to Manado. When Permesta confronted the central government with demands for political, economic and regional reform, Jakarta responded by bombing the city in February 1958, and then invading in June 1958. In 1962, the People's Representative Council declared Manado as the official capital city of North Sulawesi Province.

Climate

Manado has a

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(''Af'') according to the

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, as there is no real dry season. The wettest month is January, with an average rainfall of , while the driest is September with an average rainfall of . The abundance of rain seems to be influenced by the

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. As its location is near the equator, the temperature seems constant throughout the year. The hottest month is August with an average temperature of , while the coolest months are January and February with an average temperature of . Winter (Dec-Feb) can be considered wetter, rainier and cooler than summer (Jun-Aug). Unlike other cities in Indonesia, the temperature seems to be cooler.

Administrative districts

The

is divided into eleven

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(''kecamatan''), including the new districts of Bunaken Kepulauan (Bunaken Islands) and Paal Dua established in 2012. These are all tabulated below with their areas and populations at the 2010 census and 2020 census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kota Manado Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7171) The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of urban subdistricts (all rated as ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post codes. Notes:
(a) the 2010 population of Paal Dua District is included in the figure for Tikala District, from which it was cut out in 2013.
(b) including the small offshore islands of ''Pulau Bunaken'', ''Pulau Siladen'', and '' Pulau Manadotua''. These islands form (with the larger Mantehage Island and Nain Island in North Minahasa Regency) the land components of the Bunaken National Park.
(c) the 2010 population of Bunaken Kepulauan District is included in the figure for Bunaken District, from which it was cut out in 2013. The boundaries of Manado city are as follows: *East = Minahasa Regency *North = North Minahasa Regency *South =

Minahasa Regency Minahasa Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its capital is Tondano. It covers an area of 1,141.64 km2 and had a population of 310,384 at the 2010 Census;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. this rose to ...

*West = Celebes Sea

Demographics

Ethnicity and languages

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Currently, the majority of Manado

residents are from the

ethnic group. The indigenous people of Manado are from the Tombulu sub-tribe. The Tombulu language is considered one of the Minahasa languages and is spoken widely in several urban villages within Manado, for example: Wenang (Wenang / Mahawenang - kolintang), Tumumpa (down), Mahakeret (yelling), Tikala Ares (Walak Ares Tombulu, where the word 'ares' means punishable), Ranotana (ground water), Winangun (built), Wawonasa (wawoinasa - sharpened above), Pinaesaan (unity place), Pakowa (Tree of Treasure), Teling (fur / bamboo to make equipment), Titiwungen (excavated), Tuminting (from the word Ting-Ting: a bell, the inserted syllable -um- changing the noun to a verb, so Tuminting: ringing bell), Pondol (Edge), Wanea (from the word Wanua: meaning the country), etc. While the Malalayang area has residents mainly from the Bantik people, other indigenous groups in Manado today are from the Sangir, Gorontalo, Mongondow, Babontehu, Talaud, Tionudese, Siau, and Borgo peoples. There are also Arabian

peranakan The Peranakan Chinese () are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (region), Nanyang (), namely the British Empire, British, Portugu ...

communities, mainly in the ''Kampung Arab'' area which is near Pasar '45 and has become a destination for religious tourism. Other ethnicities represented include Javanese, Chinese,

Batak Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian peoples, Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo people ( ...

, and Moluccans. A small

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community also exists.

Manado Malay Manado Malay, Manadonese or simply the Manado language, is a creole language spoken in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province in Indonesia, and the surrounding area. The local name of the language is , and the name Minahasa Malay is also ...

is the main language spoken in Manado. It is a Malay-based creole. Some of the loan words in the Minahasan vernacular are derived from Dutch, Portuguese, and other foreign languages. There are many words in Manado Malay comes from foreign language.

Religion

Protestant Christianity is the major religion in Manado, constituting around 60.78 per cent of all residents,

comes second forming about 33.33 per cent,

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comes in third forming around 5.05 per cent, and the rest follow

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, and

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, each coming in at less than 1 per cent each, according to the 2020 national census. In addition, about 20 Indonesian Jews live in Manado. The people of Manado identify as tolerant, harmonious, open and dynamic. Therefore, the city of Manado has a relatively conducive social environment, and is known as one of the safest cities in Indonesia. When

was vulnerable to political upheaval around 1999, and there were riots in other Indonesian cities, Manado was little affected. This is shown through the slogan of the people of Manado: ''Torang samua basudara'', which means ''We are all family''. And also through the words of Dr.

Sam Ratulangi Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi (also written as ''Ratu Langie''; 5 November 1890 – 30 June 1949), known as Sam Ratulangi, was a Minahasan teacher, journalist, politician, and National Hero of Indonesia, national hero from North Sulawesi, ...

: "Sitou, Timou, Tumou, Tou", which roughly translates to 'Man lives to educate others'. File:Gereja Pantekosta di Indonesia (GPdI) Manado - panoramio.jpg, Indonesia Pentecostal Church in Manado File:Cathedral Church Manado - panoramio.jpg, St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Parish Cathredal, Manado File:Masjid Raya Ahmad Yani Manado.jpg, Manado Great Mosque File:Ban Hin Kiong.JPG,

Ban Hin Kiong Temple Ban Hin Kiong () is a Taoist temple at Jl. D.I. Panjaitan, Manado. It is the oldest temple in the city of Manado. This temple was established in 1819, then in 1893 there was built a shrine or known as ''Tek Kong Su'' in Hokkien dialect, Hokkien. A ...

Transportation

of Manado is one of the main ports of entry to

. In 2005, more than 15,000 international passengers entered

via Manado airport, connected with other major cities like

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and

, etc. Manado is also connected with several major cities in Asia for international routes. Other public transportation in Manado are: #Local minibuses known as "Mikrolet" #

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buses serving airport to Manado #Other buses serving Manado to other cities in

as well as other cities in the island of

Manado–Bitung Toll Road connects the city with Bitung. Terminal Malalayang, or Malalayang Bus Terminal serves as the main gateway for long-distance buses in Manado.

Cityscape

Manado is home to some of the biggest and most influential churches in the province, with many of them located along the iconic Sam Ratulangi Street.

Tourism

is the oldest temple in the city of Manado, which was established in 1819. It is also a popular tourism spot in the city, especially during the

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celebration. * Yesus Kase Berkat statue in Manado

Citraland, a wealthy suburb of Manado, is home to Asia's second tallest and the world's fourth tallest statue of Christ ( Christ Blessing Statue), and perhaps the world's first statue in the flying posture. *Manado Boulevard Carnaval (MBC) is a fashion carnival annually every 16 July, aligned with Manado City Birthday. *Other places of interest include nearby

Lake Tondano Lake Tondano is the largest lake in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The lake is approximately from the city of Manado and is above sea level. In recent years there have been reports of decreasing water levels at Lake Tondano; from 1934 when it was ...

, Lake Linow, Lokon Volcano, Klabat Volcano and Mahawu Volcano, Bukit Kasih (hill of love), and Watu Pinabetengan. *

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and

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are practised in the nearby Bunaken National Park, including the island of

Bunaken Bunaken is an island of 8 km2, part of the Bunaken National Park, Bunaken National Marine Park. Bunaken is located at the northern tip of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs administratively to the municipality of Manado. Scuba div ...

. *Several shopping malls in the city are: Manado Town Square, Star Square, and Grand Kawanua City

Cuisine

Food typical of Manado include '' tinutuan'', a

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consisting of various kinds of vegetables. In addition to tinutuan, there is '' cakalang fufu'', a smoked skipjack ( Katsuwonus pelamis), ''roa fish'' (exocoetidae or torani) Parexocoetus brachypterus, ''kawok'' which is based on the meat of the forest rodent white rat Maxomys hellwandii; ''paniki'',

bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

meat-based dishes; such as ( Pteropus pumilus) and ''rinte wuuk'' (abbreviated to RW) which is a local name of

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, pork (a pig is cooked rotating over embers, usually served at parties), and ''babi putar'' (made from pork mixed with Manado spices, rolled and burned in bamboo). There is also a typical drink from the area of Manado and its surroundings are ''saguer'' which is a kind of wine or palm wine derived from enau / aren tree ('' Arenga pinnata''), which is then fermented. Saguer is a ''cap tikus'' (spirits with an average of 40% alcohol content). The exact amount of alcohol depends on the technique of distillation, which varies among different Minahasa villages). Take-out nasi kuning

'' Woku'' is a type of '' bumbu'' (

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mixture) found in

Manado cuisine Minahasan cuisine or Manado cuisine is the cooking tradition of the Minahasan people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is popularly known as "Manadonese cuisine" after Manado, the capital of the province, although other cities in Northern Sulawe ...

. It has rich aroma and spicy taste. Woku consist of ground spices paste; red

ginger Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of l ...

turmeric Turmeric (), or ''Curcuma longa'' (), is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between and high ...

, candlenut, and red

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, mixed with chopped

shallot The shallot is a cultivar group of the onion. Until 2010, the (French red) shallot was classified as a separate species, ''Allium ascalonicum''. The taxon was synonymized with '' Allium cepa'' (the common onion) in 2010, as the difference was t ...

scallion Scallions (also known as green onions and spring onions) are edible vegetables of various species in the genus ''Allium''. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions. Their close relatives include garlic, shallots, leeks, chive ...

, tomato, lemon or citrus leaf, and turmeric leaf,

lemon basil Lemon basil, hoary basil, Thai lemon basil, or Lao basil,Dorothy Culloty (''Ocimum'' × ''africanum'') is a hybrid between basil (''Ocimum basilicum'') and American basil ('' Ocimum americanum''). The herb is grown primarily in northeastern ...

leaf, and bruised lemongrass. Rub main ingredients (chicken or fish) with salt and lime juices, and marinate for 30 minutes. All spices are cooked in

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until the aroma came up and mixed together with the main ingredients, water, and a pinch of salt, well until all cooked well. Other typical food of Manado city which is also quite famous is ''nasi kuning'' which taste and looks different from yellow rice in other area because it is spiked with abon of cakalang rica fish and presented in a parcel using sugar palm leaves. There is also grilled fish roasted head. '' Dabu-dabu'' is a very popular typical Manado sauce, made from a mixture of red chilies, cayenne pepper, sliced red onion, and freshly diced tomatoes, and finally given a mixture of soy sauce.

Sister cities

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, Philippines *

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, Netherlands *

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, Palau *

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, China * San Sebastian, Spain *

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, Philippines

Language

The local language spoken in Manado and the surrounding area is a creole of the

Malay language Malay ( , ; , Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken primarily by Malays (ethnic group), Malays in several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on the mainland Asia. The lang ...

called

. It exhibits significant influence of Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch, for example: *"But" in Indonesian is "tapi", in Manado it is called "mar" (maar- Dutch word for but). *Chair in Indonesian is "kursi", in Minahasa it is called "kadera" (cadeira - Portuguese for chair). *Horse in Indonesian is "kuda", a word of Sanskrit origin. In the town of Tomohon, a horse is called "kafalio" ("cavalo" - Portuguese, "caballo" - Spanish). While there is not much known about the origin of ideogramatical Minahasa writing system, currently the orthography used for indigenous Minahasan languages closely matches that used for Indonesian.

Notable people

* Adrianus Taroreh (1966–2013), boxer; competed in the men's lightweight event at the

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* Alexander Andries Maramis (1897–1977), politician; national hero of Indonesia * Arthur Frets Assa (born 1984), former footballer * Audrey Vanessa Susilo (born 1999), Miss Indonesia 2022 winner * Bahar bin Smith (born 1985), Islamist scholar,

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and preacher ''( da'i)'' * Benny Dollo (1950–2023), football coach; former head coach of

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* Daan Mogot (1928–1946), military officer; involved in the

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* Firman Utina (born 1981), footballer; former captain of Indonesia national football team * Greysia Polii (born 1987), badminton player; gold medalist at the

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* Henk Ngantung (1927–1991), painter and politician;

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(1964–1965) * John Lie (1911–1988), navy officer;

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* Kezia Warouw (born 1991), Puteri Indonesia 2016 winner * Kristania Virginia Besouw (born 1985), Miss Indonesia 2006 winner *

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(born 1985), badminton player; gold medalist at the

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* Monica Khonado (born 1996), Miss Earth Indonesia 2020 winner * Robert Wolter Mongisidi (1925–1949), national hero of Indonesia; involved in the Indonesian National Revolution * Rocky Gerung (born 1959) Indonesian

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

public intellectual An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and Human self-reflection, reflection about the nature of reality, especially the nature of society and proposed solutions for its normative problems. Coming from the wor ...

* Yaakov Baruch (born 1982), rabbi of Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue (Tondano) * Michael Soeoth (born 2007), footballer

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Huge Waves Cause Flooding in Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia - Jan. 17, 2021
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