Gorontalo, Indonesia · Asia
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Gorontalo is a city located in Gorontalo, Indonesia. With a population of 198,539, it is an important destination in Asia.
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Gorontalo (Gorontalo: Hulontalo) is a city and the capital of the Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia. The city has a land area of 70.9 km2 and had a population of 179,991 at the 2010 census and 198,539 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 204,805 (comprising 101,844 males and 102,961Read more
females). Previously part of North Sulawesi, it became the capital of the newly-formed Gorontalo Province on 5 December 2000 when that province was separated from North Sulawesi. As the largest settlement and the only city in the province, it is the economic, political, and educational center of the province, hosting most of its higher education facilities and the location of one of the only two public universities in the province.
The city is also cultural center of the Gorontalo people and have been under various small kingdoms and later the Islamic rulers of the Gorontalo Sultanate, among others before being incorporated under Dutch East Indies as Afdeling Gorontalo and then later kotapraja under the Indonesian Republic. Due to relatively religious culture of the Gorontaloan people and its history with Islam, the city is sometimes referred to as "Porch of Medina".
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Gorontalo is located in Gorontalo, Indonesia, Asia. The coordinates are 0.5375 latitude, 123.0625 longitude.
Gorontalo has a population of approximately 198,539 people, making it a city in Indonesia.
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