Barua – a village in Eremerasa District, Bantaeng Regency, South Sulawesi
Barua is a small settlement in Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi) province in Indonesia, located within Bantaeng Regency (Kabupaten Bantaeng) and belonging to Eremerasa District (Kecamatan Eremerasa). Based on its coordinates (-5.4873806, 120.0116271), it is situated in the interior of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi island, in the southern part of the province. As there is no dedicated Wikipedia source on the village itself, the following sections present verifiable information discussed at the level of the district, regency, and province, with clear indication of which contextual level applies in each case. The capital of Sulawesi Selatan Province is Makassar, and according to mid-2024 data, the province's population exceeds 9.4 million.
General overview
Barua is a smaller rural settlement whose position within Indonesia's administrative system places it under Eremerasa kecamatan (district). This district belongs to Kabupaten Bantaeng, which is one of the regencies of Sulawesi Selatan Province. Bantaeng Regency is located on the southern Sulawesi coast, on the side facing the Flores Sea. The regency itself is relatively small in area, but has varied topography: it extends from the coastline to more rugged interior regions. Eremerasa District falls into the more interior, hilly-mountainous part of the regency, where livelihoods are primarily based on agriculture. Direct detailed data on Barua village cannot be extracted from available sources; however, based on the general character of the region, it can be said that villages in rural Bantaeng Regency are primarily engaged in rice and vegetable cultivation, as well as animal husbandry on a smaller scale. Based on the settlement's name and coordinates, it is probable that this is a characteristically small-population, agriculturally-oriented south Sulawesi village with limited direct tourist infrastructure.
Real estate and investment
No independent real estate market data is available for Barua village; therefore, the following presents information at the broader level of Bantaeng Regency and Sulawesi Selatan Province. Kabupaten Bantaeng does not rank among the most densely populated or touristically frequent areas of Sulawesi Selatan — significant real estate investment interest is instead concentrated on Makassar city and its immediate agglomeration. In rural, agriculturally-oriented zones such as Eremerasa District presumably is, property prices are typically considerably lower than at the provincial center, and demand is more modest. In Indonesia, foreign nationals have generally limited property acquisition options: according to applicable legislation, foreigners cannot directly acquire ownership rights (Hak Milik) on productive land, and special legal titles (such as Hak Pakai) apply to other property forms, which are subject to time limitations. These general regulatory frameworks apply throughout the country, including in Bantaeng Regency. From an investment perspective, in the case of rural Sulawesi villages, agricultural use and a long-term, low-volume local real estate market are the relevant contexts.
Safety and security
No specific public safety statistics are available for Barua village. Generally speaking, rural areas of Sulawesi Selatan Province — including smaller settlements in Bantaeng Regency — can be classified among Indonesia's relatively stable, agriculturally-oriented interior regions. The available source does not characterize the security situation of the province as a whole in detail; however, the province's regional weight within Indonesia (nearly 46% of the total Sulawesi island population lives here according to the 2010 census) indicates that administration and public safety maintenance are supported by considerable institutional capacity. Rural small villages generally have low crime rates, although access to reliable, independent data sources concerning these settlements was not available in the current circumstances, so these statements should be understood only as general regional context, not as factual assertions regarding Barua.
Tourist attractions
No specifically named tourist attractions relating to Barua village can be identified from available sources. At the broader Bantaeng Regency level, the southern coast of south Sulawesi and the interior hilly landscape provide the natural framework within which the surrounding area may offer nature-based recreation opportunities. Among the areas best known for tourism in Sulawesi Selatan Province are the Tana Toraja region, the coastlines around Makassar, and the Selayar Islands — these, however, lie at considerable distance from Barua. Various local tourism publications mention the southern part of the province, where Bantaeng Regency is located, for its coastal attractions and mountainous viewpoints, but it is not possible to provide detailed sourced information specific to Barua. The region's spiced history — as a gateway to the 15th–19th century Moluccan spice trade, Sulawesi Selatan is a culturally rich area — provides cultural context for regional interpretation, but this is not an independent assertion applicable to Barua village.
Summary
Barua is a small Indonesian rural settlement in Kecamatan Eremerasa District, in Kabupaten Bantaeng, in Sulawesi Selatan Province. Direct detailed information on the village is not yet available in publicly accessible sources; therefore, this article presented the location within the framework of verifiable information at the district, regency, and provincial levels. The broader region, Sulawesi Selatan, is Indonesia's sixth most populous province, whose rural areas are agriculturally characterized, moderate in real estate market terms, and belong among areas with more restrained visitation patterns, distinct from more well-known tourist destinations.
