Map of Sulawesi

Sulawesi lies in central Indonesia, east of Borneo. Four long peninsulas meet in its mountainous centre. The island has six provinces. The map shows them, the 25 destinations of this site, numbered, and the airports travellers use.

Map of Sulawesi with its six provinces, destinations and airportsNorth SulawesiGorontaloCentral SulawesiWest SulawesiSouth SulawesiSoutheast SulawesiDjalaluddin Airport (GTO)GTOMutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport (PLW)PLWTanjung Api Airport (OJU)OJUSyukuran Aminuddin Amir Airport (LUW)LUWTampa Padang Airport (MJU)MJUSorowako Airport (SQR)SQRToraja Airport (TRT)TRTSultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG)UPGH. Aroeppala Airport (KSR)KSRHaluoleo Airport (KDI)KDIMatahora Airport (WNI)WNIMDCBangka1Likupang2Bunaken3Tangkoko4Manado5Lembeh Strait6Tomohon7Gorontalo8Togean Islands9Palu10Luwuk11Banggai Archipelago12Lore Lindu13Lake Poso14Sombori Island15Mount Gandangdewata16Mamasa17Tana Toraja18Rammang Rammang19Makassar20Bira21Selayar Island22Taka Bonerate23Kendari24Wakatobi25
Destination (the number is in the list)International airportDomestic airport

Destinations on the map

North Sulawesi

  1. 1Bangka
  2. 2Likupang
  3. 3Bunaken
  4. 4Tangkoko
  5. 5Manado
  6. 6Lembeh Strait
  7. 7Tomohon

Gorontalo

  1. 8Gorontalo

Central Sulawesi

  1. 9Togean Islands
  2. 10Palu
  3. 11Luwuk
  4. 12Banggai Archipelago
  5. 13Lore Lindu
  6. 14Lake Poso
  7. 15Sombori Island

West Sulawesi

  1. 16Mount Gandangdewata
  2. 17Mamasa

South Sulawesi

  1. 18Tana Toraja
  2. 19Rammang Rammang
  3. 20Makassar
  4. 21Bira
  5. 22Selayar Island
  6. 23Taka Bonerate

Southeast Sulawesi

  1. 24Kendari
  2. 25Wakatobi

The six provinces

Central Sulawesi is the largest province, and South Sulawesi has the most people. Gorontalo split from North Sulawesi in 2000, and West Sulawesi from South Sulawesi in 2004.

ProvinceCapitalDestinations
North SulawesiManado7
GorontaloGorontalo1
Central SulawesiPalu7
West SulawesiMamuju2
South SulawesiMakassar6
Southeast SulawesiKendari2

Airports

Flights from outside Indonesia land in Makassar (UPG) and Manado (MDC). The other airports have domestic flights. Routes and airlines are in How to get to Sulawesi and Getting around Sulawesi.

AirportCodeTown
Sam Ratulangi International AirportMDCManado
Djalaluddin AirportGTOGorontalo
Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie AirportPLWPalu
Tanjung Api AirportOJUAmpana
Syukuran Aminuddin Amir AirportLUWLuwuk
Tampa Padang AirportMJUMamuju
Sorowako AirportSQRSorowako
Toraja AirportTRTTana Toraja
Sultan Hasanuddin International AirportUPGMakassar
H. Aroeppala AirportKSRSelayar
Haluoleo AirportKDIKendari
Matahora AirportWNIWangi-Wangi, Wakatobi

More about Sulawesi

The key figures of the island, with their sources, are in Sulawesi at a glance. Distances and drive times between the main places are on the road routes page, and the weather of each place now and by month is on the weather page.

Province outlines: OpenStreetMap contributors, via geoBoundaries (ODbL 1.0). Airport positions: OurAirports (public domain). Destination positions: the villages BMKG forecasts for, OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia.