 The first eleven of the eighteen districts tabulated above lie within the official metropolitan area of the city of Makassar; the remaining seven districts lie outside that area.See Early history of Gowa and Talloq and the Sultanate of Gowa

Gowa is located at 12°38.16'E Longitude of Jakarta and 5°33.6'E longitude of the North Pole.While the location of the region his administration between, 12°33.19 'to 13°15