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Gunung Padang is an archaeological site located in Karyamukti, West Java, Indonesia, 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Cianjur.Located at 885 metres (2,904 ft) above sea level, the site covers a hill—an extinct volcano—in a series of five terraces bordered by retaining walls of stone that are accessed by 370 successive andesite steps rising about 95 metres (312 ft).
Eight tahun makes up a windu. A single windu lasts for 81 repetitions of the wetonan cycle, or 2,835 days (about 7 years 9 months in the Gregorian calendar). The tahun are lunar years, and of shorter length than Gregorian years. The names of the years in the cycle of windu are as follows (in krama/ngoko):
Apart from Sungai Petani, other major towns in the district include Tikam Batu, Padang Tembusu, Sungai Lalang, Bedong, Bukit Selambau, Sidam, Gurun, Semeling, Merbok, Kota Kuala Muda and Tanjung Dawai. The Mount Jerai is shared with the neighbouring district of Yan while the Muda River is shares the bordering state of Penang.
Gurun was also the northern terminus of the KTM Komuter Northern Sector before it was moved to Padang Besar in July 2016. The new Gurun railway station was built as part of the Ipoh–Padang Besar Electrification and double-tracking Project and was reopened on 11 June 2014. The new station replaces and old wooden one which was demolished.
UTC time: 2009-09-30 10:16:10: ISC event: 13801688: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: 30 September 2009 (): Local time: 17:16:10 WIB: Magnitude: 7.6 M w [1]: Depth: 90 km (56 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Reverse [2]: Areas affected: West Sumatra: Max. intensity: MMI VII (Very strong) [2]: Tsunami: 27 cm (11 in) [2]: Landslides: Yes: Casualties: 1,115 dead 2,180 injured [3]: The first of the 2009 ...
During the Armenian Genocide, a sizable portion of the city's Armenian population was deported and killed. According to the memoir Goodbye, Antoura, during the pre-genocide years the Armenian population had achieved a level of stability in Gürün, with at least one Armenian family owning large swathes of land and orchards.
Starting from the Japanese occupation, Padang Gemeente was governed by a Padang Shichō directly to the shūchōkan of West Sumatra. [49] The division of West Coast Sumatra's administrative units was almost entirely based on the division made by the Dutch in 1935, consisting of 5 afdeelingen , 19 onderafdeelingen , 20 districts, 49 ...
The run-up of the tsunami at Padang and the village of Air Manis is estimated to be in the range of 5–10 m (16–33 ft). Modelling of tsunami effects using source parameters estimated from the uplift of microatolls, [ 4 ] provide a reasonable match to the sparse historical records.