Makassar Metropolitan Area

Makassar Metropolitan Area is in Southern Sulawesi. It is also known as Mamminasata.

Regions

Makassar City

Gowa Regency

Maros Regency

Takalar Regency

Cities

• 1 Makassar — capital of the South and Sulawesi's largest city
• 2 Pattallassang — capital of Takalar Regency
• 3 Turikale — capital of Maros Regency
• 4 Sungguminasa — capital of Gowa Regency

Other destinations

• 1 Tanakeke Islands

Get in

• 1 Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG ^IATA) (located 20 km from Makassar city). Acts as the primary hub for flights to Eastern Indonesia which encompasses the whole Sulawesi island, Maluku and Papua. There are multiple flights from Indonesia's capital, Jakarta as well as smaller cities such as Surabaya, Bali, and Labuan Bajo. The only international flights are from Kuala Lumpur and Singapore (not daily though). The airport is well-equipped, with a brand new airport hotel (operated by Ibis Budget), two Starbucks cafés (beside numerous other shops), various ATMs, and free Wi-Fi.  

See

Pre-historical caves in Maros Regency.

Go next

• Banjarmasin Metropolitan Area, a metropolitan area in Kalimantan island to the west, by plane.