South Peninsula, Sulawesi

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South Peninsula

Semenanjung Selatan
Makassar, the largest city on the South Peninsula
South Peninsula
Geography
Location	Sulawesi
Coordinates	5°S 120°E / 5°S 120°E / -5; 120
Adjacent to	Flores Sea Java Sea Gulf of Bone Makassar Strait
Highest elevation	3,478 m (11411 ft)
Highest point	Mount Latimojong
Administration
Indonesia
Province	South Sulawesi
Largest settlement	Makassar
Demographics
Population	8.8 million

The South Peninsula is one of the four principal peninsulas on the island of Sulawesi, stretching south from the central part of the island. It is part of the province of South Sulawesi. The southern peninsula is the most densely populated peninsula in Sulawesi; over 45% of the population of Sulawesi (or 8.8 million people) are on the southern peninsula. Inhabited by an Austronesian people who came thousands of years ago. The largest ethnic group in Sulawesi is the Bugis, followed by Makassar and Toraja.

Mount Lompobattang lies near the southern tip of this peninsula. and the latimojong mountain is the highest mountain in the southern peninsula of sulawesi and on the island of sulawesi.