| LC control no. | sh 85021616 |
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| Geographic heading | Sulawesi (Indonesia) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Indonesia--Sulawesi |
| Variant(s) | Celebes (Indonesia) Pulau Sulawesi (Indonesia) Selebes (Indonesia) |
| See also | Greater Sunda Islands Islands--Indonesia |
| Found in | GeoNames [algorithmically matched] (island; 02°00ʹ00ʺS 121°00ʹ00ʺE) Wikipedia, Sept. 4, 2014 (Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. The island is subdivided into six provinces: Gorontalo, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and North Sulawesi) GEOnet, Sept. 4, 2014 (Pulau Sulawesi (approved); Sulawesi (short); variants: Celebes; Selebes; Indonesia, island, 02°00ʹ00ʺS, 121°00ʹ00ʺE (-2, 121)) DK Publishing, Inc. DK complete atlas of the world, 2012: p. 260 (Sulawesi (Celebes)) The Columbia gazetteer of the world, c1998 (Sulawesi or Celebes, island, largest isl. in E Indonesia, E of Borneo; 02°00ʹS 121°00ʹE; the Portuguese 1st visited the isl. in 1512, and named it Celebes; in 1950, Celebes became one of 10 provs. of the newly created republic of Indonesia; it has since been divided into 4 provs. and renamed Sulawesi) |
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