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Watansoppeng

Coordinates: 4°20′55″S 119°52′57″E / 4.34861°S 119.88250°E / -4.34861; 119.88250
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Watansoppeng
Town
Watansoppeng is located in Sulawesi
Watansoppeng
Watansoppeng
Coordinates: 4°20′55″S 119°52′57″E / 4.34861°S 119.88250°E / -4.34861; 119.88250
Country Indonesia
ProvinceSouth Sulawesi
RegencySoppeng Regency
Time zoneUTC+8 (+8)
Bridge over the Walanae River near Watansoppeng in the 1920s

Watansoppeng is a town in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia and the capital of Soppeng Regency. This town is also popular as Kota Kalong, which means megabat city. About 12,500 black Flying-foxes overhang on trees in city.[citation needed]

Charley Boorman visited Watansoppeng in 2009 as part of By Any Means 2.

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4°20′55″S 119°52′57″E / 4.34861°S 119.88250°E / -4.34861; 119.88250