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Travel Indonesia with Star Express Manado, North Sulawesi
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About North Sulawesi
North Sulawesi as one of the twenty-seven Provinces in the Republic of Indonesia, is situated on the northern peninsula of the Sulawesi Island. It covers an area of 27,515 square kilometers, situated on the position 0° 3°¢ - 4° 3°¢ Northern Latitude and 121° - 127° Eastern Longitudes. Also famous for the fertile soil which made it the home of varieties of plant and animal life both terrestrial and aquatic. Covered by green leaves of coconut and clove plantation, the land also provides a large of fruit and vegetables. It’s well known as "BUMI NYIUR MELAMBAI" or "The land of weaving Coconuts palms".
The four ethnic groups inhabit this region; witch is called BOHUSAMI, the initial for Bolaang Mongondow, Hulontalo (Gorontalo), Sangihe Talaud and Minahasa. Each with its own culture background, the people is cooperative and communicative. Majority of the people in North Sulawesi are Christian was brought by the Dutch during the Second World War. To the North this region borders on the Republic of the Philippines, Sulawesi Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The eastern part is on the Maluku Sea and the southern side of Tomini Gulf. The Western part is on Central Sulawesi Province.
Sulawesi was believed to be isolated from either continental shelf and therefore has its own special fauna and flora. For botanists are less apparent Sulawesi’s plants appear to be most closely related to those of other dry parts of the archipelago. The endemic animals of this land are Anoa (dwarf buffalo), Babi rusa (a wild boar with tusk growing through the roof of its mouth), black tailless macaques, Cuscus, Maleo bird which incubates its 250gram eggs (six times bigger then chicken eggs) in mounds of soil warmed sunlight, hot springs or volcanic area. Tarsier (Tarsius Spectrum) the smallest monkey in the world with its head and body length of just 15 cm, a tail twice long as long, enormous eyes and weight just 150 gram, red knobbed Hornbill, etc. They may be seen in Tangkoko Batuangus nature reserve and Dumoga Bone national Park.
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