Pare-pare is a city (
kota) in
South Sulawesi,
Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of
Sulawesi, about 155 km (95 miles) north of the provincial capital of
Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population centers of the
Bugis people.
Jusuf Habibie, the third President of Indonesia, was born in Pare-pare.