Bau-Bau

Baaubau is a city on the island of Buton in Southeast Sulawesi.

Understand

You will notice there is Korean writing on some building signboards or nameplates, and no, it's not because of "Korean Wave". Since 2009, the Cia-Cia language has adopted hangeul characters as their writing system, replacing Arabic script. This site's Korean phrasebook might give you a rough pronunciation guide.

Get in

🌍 Betoambari Airport (BUW ^IATA). Garuda Indonesia from Ambon, Kendari and Makassar; Wings Air from Kendari and Makassar

See

🌍 Buton Palace Fortress (Wolio Palace). built in the late 16th century (updated Apr 2019)

Connect

The strongest Indonesian mobile operator with 4G signal is Telkomsel.

Go next

Back to Sulawesi mainland by boat.

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