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Watampone

Watampone is a town in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, the capital of Bone Regency near the Gulf of Bone. It was the royal seat of the Bugis kingdom and later sultanate of Bone, which grew from the 14th century and became a leading power of Sulawesi under Arung Palakka in the 17th century.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Watampone. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/watampone
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“Watampone.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/watampone. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Watampone.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/watampone.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Watampone’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/watampone (Accessed: ).

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