SPECIES ENDEMIC TO CELEBES
SPECIES ENDEMIC TO CELEBES (Part 1) Sulawesi or Celebes Island is an island in the Indonesia region that lies between the island of Borneo in the west and the Maluku Islands in the east. With an area of 174 600 km², Celebes is the 11th largest island in the world. In Indonesia, only the island of Sumatra, Borneo and New Guinea alone is larger than the area of Celebes island, while in terms of population only Java and Sumatra alone will be larger than the population of Celebes. Name Celebes is estimated to come from the word in the languages of Central Celebes, namely the word sula , which means homeland (island) and said mesi which means iron (metal), which may refer to the practice of trading iron ore production of mines which were scattered around the lake Matano, near Sorowako, East Luwu. While the nation / Portuguese people who come around 14-15 ...
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