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MACASSAR (MAKASSAR, MANGKASAR)

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 193 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
MACASSAR (MAKASSAR, MANGKASAR) , the
capital
  of a
district
  of the same name in the
island
  of Celebes, Dutch
East
  Indies, and the
chief
  town of the Dutch government of Celebes. Pop. 17,925 (940 Europeans, 2618 Chinese, 168 Arabs). It stands on the west
coast
  of the southern peninsula of the
island
 , near the southern extremity of the
Macassar
  Strait, which separates Celebes from Borneo.
Macassar
  consists of the Dutch town and port, known as Vlaardingen, and the Malay town which lies inland. Macassar's
trade
  amounts to about 1,250,000 annually, and consists mainly of coffee, trepang,
copra
 , gums, spices and valuable timber.
For the Macassar
people
  and for the Strait, see CELEBES. " Macassar oil " is a
trade
  name, not geographical : see ANTIMACASSAR.


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