Pitumpanua is a small town and ''

kecamatan The term ''district'', in the context of Indonesia, refers to the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city. The local term ' is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, except in Papua, West Papua, and the Special Region of ...

'' in the

Wajo Regency Wajo Regency is a regency in South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 2,506.19 km2 and had a population of 384,694 at the 2010 Census, and 379,079 at the 2020 Census. Established in 1959, Wajo Regency has its seat of government ...

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 Sula ...

Province,

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. The town is located on the eastern coast of South Sulawesi on the

Gulf of Boni __NOTOC__ The Gulf of Boni ( id, Teluk Bone), also known as the Gulf of Bone, Bay of Boni, and Bone Bay, is the gulf which divides the South and Southeast Peninsulas of the island of Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia. It opens on the south into the ...

. The

Keera River ''Keera'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below ...

(Salo Keera) flows through this area and into the sea.

History

Historically, Pitampanua was inhabited by the

Wajo people Wajo may refer to: * Wajo Regency, a regency of South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. * Wajo Kingdom, an elective monarchy founded in the fifteenth century in the south of Sulawesi. * A Japanese terminology (和城) for Japanese castle are fortr ...

s who in the 18th century faced hostility in the region. On September 5, 1915, a Christian mission was sent into Pitumpanua.

References

Populated places in South Sulawesi Districts of South Sulawesi {{SSulawesi-geo-stub