Watampone
Watampone is a town in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia and the capital of Bone Regency. Known colloquially as Bone, it has a land area of 126.35 km2 and had a population of 149,336 at the 2020 Census;{{cite book|author=Ryan Ver Berkmoes|title=Indonesia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4GMBFsaFNN4C&pg=PA670|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-830-8|pages=670–}}Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 151,554.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Bone Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7308) It is divided administratively into three districts (kecamatan) within the Bone Regency - West Tanate Riattang, Tanate Riattang, and East Tanate Riattang. It is also the birthplace of the 10th and 12th Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla.
Climate
Watampone has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from September to November and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
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| location = Watampone
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 30.0
| Feb high C = 30.1
| Mar high C = 30.4
| Apr high C = 30.8
| May high C = 31.0
| Jun high C = 30.5
| Jul high C = 30.5
| Aug high C = 31.2
| Sep high C = 31.7
| Oct high C = 32.2
| Nov high C = 31.5
| Dec high C = 30.4
| Jan mean C = 26.4
| Feb mean C = 26.5
| Mar mean C = 26.6
| Apr mean C = 26.8
| May mean C = 27.0
| Jun mean C = 26.3
| Jul mean C = 25.8
| Aug mean C = 26.1
| Sep mean C = 26.5
| Oct mean C = 27.1
| Nov mean C = 27.1
| Dec mean C = 26.6
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 22.9
| Feb low C = 23.0
| Mar low C = 22.9
| Apr low C = 22.9
| May low C = 23.0
| Jun low C = 22.2
| Jul low C = 21.2
| Aug low C = 21.0
| Sep low C = 21.4
| Oct low C = 22.1
| Nov low C = 22.8
| Dec low C = 22.9
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=150
|Feb rain mm=150
|Mar rain mm=185
|Apr rain mm=241
|May rain mm=359
|Jun rain mm=302
|Jul rain mm=253
|Aug rain mm=142
|Sep rain mm=102
|Oct rain mm=99
|Nov rain mm=118
|Dec rain mm=159
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/559835/
|title = Climate: Watampone
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = 18 November 2020}}
}}
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Category:Populated places in South Sulawesi
Category:Regency seats of South Sulawesi
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