Manado (pronounced ) is the capital city of the
North Sulawesi province of
Indonesia. Manado is located at the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area. The city had 408,354 inhabitants at the 2010 Census, making it the second-largest city in
Sulawesi after
Makassar. The latest official estimate (for January 2014) is 430,790.