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Tanah Datar Regency is located between two mountains, namely Mount Marapi and Mount Singgalang. This topography is dominated by hilly areas and has two-thirds of the Singkarak lake. [6] In general, the climate in Tanah Datar Regency is moderate with temperatures between 12 °C–25 °C with an average rainfall of more than 3,000 mm per year.
Regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts.Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1]
The province of the West Sumatra in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts or kecamatan.Specially for all West Sumatra districts (kecamatan) with the exception of Mentawai Islands, [1] they are further divided to nagari, each is headed by a wali nagari.
Provinces are further divided into regencies and cities (formerly called second-level region regencies/cities, or kabupaten/kotamadya daerah tingkat II), which are in turn subdivided into districts (kecamatan). Proposals for the creation of additional provinces (by the splitting of existing ones) have been considered by the Indonesian ...
Padang Ganting is a district (kecamatan) of Tanah Datar Regency, in the West Sumatra province of Indonesia. It is subdivided into two nagari (villages): ...
Atar is located approximately 23 km (10 mi) away from the regency capital at Batusangkar, and is one of two nagari in Padang Ganting. It is the larger nagari, although less populated, making up 50.25 km 2 (19.40 sq mi) out of 83.5 km 2 (32.2 sq mi) area of Padang Ganting.
The terms kota besar (big city), and kota kecil (small city or town), were used since the implementation of the Act Number 22 of 1948. Kota Besar was an urban equivalent of kabupaten (), which was the country's second level subdivision, just below province.
Geographically Sawahlunto is located at 033’40" – 043’ 33" South and 100 43’ 13" – 100 50’ 40" East, bounded to the north by Tanah Datar Regency, to the east by Sijunjung Regency and the south and west by Solok Regency. Sawahlunto has a maximum elevation of about 650m above sea level.