1. General Information
Manado is the capital of North Sulawesi province. Geographically, the coastal city of Manado on the northern tip of Sulawesi, facing the Bay of Manado.

Shoreline along the 18.7 miles. The city is also surrounded by hills and mountains. The average temperature here 24 ° – 27 ° C. Bunaken Marine National Park is famous for is not far from the coast of Manado.
City Center is located at Jalan Sam Ratulangi. There a lot of shopping centers and popular restaurants. Lately, more and more malls and restaurants built along the coast. Capital owners vying to take advantage of the beautiful scenery, especially at dusk, on the edge of the beach.

Not far from the city center there are 45 markets that provide goods in the form of cloth, various souvenirs such as baskets, wood carvings from Sangir and Talaud islands.

2. History
Manado Wanua originally called authorities. Ares is styled ruru Dotu Lasut wails of Minahasa Wanua called the founder of authority to the 12th century.

Name of Manado, Minahasa Manarou of language or meaning Manadou place ‘far’, replacing Wanua authorities in the 17th century. Once the central government in the island of Manado Tua. Minahasa mainland from the island was seen as ‘distant’.

At that time, the Minahasa (Manado) from known and popular among the Europeans with the results of their ground, especially resin. Spain later founded the fort on the island of Manado Tua. Around the year 1623 an epidemic of disease in Manado Tua, the fort was transferred to the mainland Minahasa (Manado). Historical existence of Manado City beginning in 1623 calculated that.

Since then, Manado continues to grow. Year 1658, the Dutch through the East India Company established a fort named De Nederlandsche Vatigkoid on orders of Governor Simon Cos. Inside the fort there for office VOC Loji now be 45 Market shopping center.

Netherlands in 1919 as a set of Manado Staatsgemeente then equipped with the council or Gemeente Raad gemeente headed a mayor (burgemeester).

3. Culture
North Sulawesi has a cultural conservation as dances which are still developing, namely dance and dance Kabasaran Maengket. Dance Maengket already on the ground since the subjects knew Minahasa pertanaian. This dance was performed at the time of harvest of agricultural products with simple movements. While the Kabasaran dance known as a war dance. This traditional dance tells of how the tribe Minahasa Minahasa defend from enemies who want to sit on it. This war dance demonstrating how to use a sword shield and spear. Dance Kabasaran usually modeled for special occasions such as welcoming guests or deberbagai event

4. Population
Manado residents come from various ethnic or religious. The majority of the population of the tribe of Minahasa, Sangihe Talaud followed, Bolaang Mongondow, Gorontalo and Tionghoa.

5. Language
The language used is Indonesian.

6. Culinary
Manado Tinutuan or porridge is a local specialty of North Sulawesi. These traditional foods are made of various materials, namely rice, corn, red sweet potato, salt, water, pumpkin, cassava, spinach, kale, leaves of lemon grass, turmeric, onion and basil leaves. Food is usually served with fried fish, foreign Jambal, tofu, tempeh and chili paste.

Tinutuan name itself is taken from the local language, meaning mixed. The food is very popular in Manado, North Sulawesi, so the city is also dubbed the tinutuan city.

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