Manado (pronounced [maˈnado] in Manado Malay, [məˈnado] in Indonesian) is the capital city of the

North Sulawesi province of Indonesia. Manado is located at the Bay of Manado,[2] and is surrounded by a
mountainous area. The city had 675,411 inhabitants at the 2010 Census,[3] making it the second-largest
city in Sulawesi after Makassar. The latest official estimate (for January 2014) is 701,390.