Polewali is the capital of the

Polewali Mandar Regency Polewali Mandar is one of the five regencies in West Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It borders on the regencies of Mamasa in the North, Majene in the West and Pinrang regency of South Sulawesi in the East. It covers an area of 2,074.76 km2 ...

West Sulawesi West Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the western side of Sulawesi island. It covers an area of 16,787.18 km2, and its capital is Mamuju. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 1,158,651, while ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. It is a seaside town on the coast of

Mandar gulf Mandar may refer to: * Mandar (given name), a masculine Indian given name * Mandar (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a constituency of the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India * Mandar block, an administrative blocks of Ranchi distr ...

. Polewali is the largest town in the province of West Sulawesi with 54,843 inhabitants at the 2010 Census and 65,800 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Climate

Polewali 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 southea ...

(Af) with moderate rainfall from Julyto September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

References

Populated places in West Sulawesi Regency seats of West Sulawesi {{WSulawesi-geo-stub