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Parepare is a city in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about 155 km north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population centers of the Bugis people. The city has a population of 129,542 people, according to the 2010 Census.Jusuf Habibie, the third President of Indonesia, was born in Parepare.