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Payakumbuh (Minangkabau: Payokumbuah, Jawi: ڤايوكومبواه ) is the second largest city in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, with a population of 116,825 at the 2010 Census [2] and 139,576 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 144,830 - comprising 72,840 males and 71,990 females. [1]
Provinces have a local government, consisting of a governor (Gubernur) and a regional legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Provinsi). The governor and members of local representative bodies are elected by popular vote for five-year terms, but governors can only serve for two terms.
Provinsi: Province: Gubernur: Governor 38 [4] II Kabupaten: Regency: Bupati: Regent 416 [18] Kota: City: Wali Kota: Mayor 98 [18] III Kecamatan, distrik, kapanewon, or kemantren: District: Camat, kepala distrik, panewu or mantri pamong praja: Head of district 7,266 [18] IV Desa or kelurahan: Village/subdistrict: Kepala desa or lurah: Head of ...
Indonesia, [c] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [d] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 square miles).
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The Special Region of Yogyakarta [c] is a province-level special region of Indonesia in southern Java. [11] It is a semi-enclave that is surrounded by on the landward side by Central Java Province to the west, north, and east, but has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean to the south.
A regency (Indonesian: kabupaten [a]), sometimes incorrectly referred to as a district [b] and previously known as second-level region, [c] is an administrative division of Indonesia, directly under a province and on the same level with city (kota).
A theme in Minangkabau folktales is the central role mothers and motherhood has in Minangkabau society, with the folktales Rancak di Labuah and Malin Kundang being two examples. Rancak di Labuah is about a mother who acts as teacher and adviser to her two growing children.