Malino
ᨆᨒᨗᨊᨚ Kota Malino | |
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Town | |
| Nickname: "City of Flower" | |
  Malino Location of Malino in Sulawesi | |
| Coordinates: 5°14′56.2″S 119°51′24.0″E / 5.248944°S 119.856667°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province |  South Sulawesi |
| Regency | Gowa Regency |
| Elevation | 1,000−1,700 m (−4,600 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (WITA) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+8 (not observed) |
Malino (Makassar: ᨆᨒᨗᨊᨚ) is a small hill town in the Gowa district of South Sulawesi, 70 km from Makassar.[1] It is a popular getaway famous for its tropical flowers.
Malino has mountains rich with limestone and pine. Various kinds of beautiful tropical plants grow and thrive in this fresh air city. Moreover, Malino also produces fruits and vegetables that grows in typical mountain slopes in Bawakaraeng. Most people of South Sulawesi still consider the mountains a sacred place and still practices local rituals there. Temperatures in Malino ranges from 10 °C to 26 °C. When it is the wet season the city is often foggy.
The journey from Makassar to this area takes about 2 hours. The Thousand Staircase Waterfall, Takapala Waterfall, Nittoh Tea Gardens and now Become Malino HighLand, Lembah Biru, Japanese Bunker Heritage, and Mount Bawakaraeng are the hallmarks of Malino. Souvenirs typical of this area are Passion fruits, glutinous lunkhead, Tenteng Malino, apples, wajik, etc. Malino is also a rice producing area for the region of South Sulawesi.
The town was the venue for the 1946 Malino Conference during the Indonesian National Revolution. The Malino I Declaration and Malino II Accord were also signed there in December 2001 and February 2002, respectively.
- ^ "Forestry Tourism Site". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2009-01-21.