- Bau-Bau
They arrived on the island and founded a village called Wolio and appointed small district leaders known as "Limbo". Later, they united into the kingdom of Button and appointed Wa Kaa Kaa as the first queen in
1332 ; she was the wife of one of descendants of the Majapahit ruler.Fact|date=July 2007In
1542 , the kingdom of Button transformed itself intosultanate whenIslam entered the area.Fact|date=July 2007 The first sultan of Button was Lakilaponto, entitled as the Sultan Murhum Kaimuddin Khalifatul Khamis. The last sultan (the 38th) was Muhammad Falihi Kaimuddin in1960 .Geography
Geographically, Bau-bau lies between lattitute 5.21°S–5.33°S and longitude 122.30°E–122.47°E, or lies on the southern part of south east
Sulawesi region. Bau-Bau is bordered at the north by theButon strait , the east by the Kapontori subdistrict, the south by the Pasarwajo subdistrict and the west by the Kadatua subdistrict. The area of the city is about 221–km²,Fact|date=July 2007 with the sea area around 30–km²The topographical condition of Bau-Bau mainly consists of mountain and hills. Long coasts and long hills stretch above the surrounding terrain with the variation of altitude between 0–100 meters
above mean sea level . Bau-bau has land slope between 8–30%.As for other Indonesian cities, Bau-Bau observes tropical weather. The day and night temperature varies around 29 to 33 Celsius during day time and 20 to 29 Celsius during night time. The
ecosystems consist of rain forests, spiny forests and desert.Administration
The city is divided further into four sub-districts:
# Betoambari with area of 34.34 km² (15.54%).
# Wolio with area of 26.77 km² or (12.11%).
# Sorawolio with area of 82.25 km² (37.67%).
# Bungi with area of 76.64 km² (34.68%).Demographics
The population of the city is estimated at 120,000 people,Fact|date=July 2007 consisting mainly of the
Butonese ,Buginese , Moluccan, Javanese, Sundanese and Chinese people. The city economy lies on theservice industry such as hotel (30%), trade (20%) with mostly sea trade, agricultural (20%) with maincoconut production, and the rest are inpublic transportation business. Bau-Bau is also a major fishing center inSulawesi area producing trepang (sea cucumber ).Transportation
Port Murhum serves the city's, and also the island's, main access for transportation. Direct sea connections include
Jakarta andKendari . The following passenger ships of the Indonesian state-owned sealiner company PT Pelni serve Bau-Bau: KM Bukit Siguntang, KM Ciremai, KM Dorolonda, KM Kelimutu, KM Sinabung, and KM Lambelu ( [http://www.pelni.com/pelni_lambelu_schedule.htm 2008 sailing schedule] ). Air transport is only possible withhelicopter transportation.ee also
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