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Pekanbaru is used to be known as "new market" because back then Pekanbaru was a huge market which is known among the surrounding areas. It was formerly known as "Senapelan", which comes from the word "Sena" which is the name of a tree that symbolises Pekanbaru because the tree is easy to spot because of its considerable height and the tree was ...
Museum Sang Nila Utama is a heritage museum in Pekanbaru, Indonesia.The museum collects item related to the Riau-Malay culture such as Malay wedding costumes, traditional toys, musical instruments and other traditional artifacts.
The Moorish-style palace, which is now a museum located 120 kilometres (75 mi) upstream of the Siak river in Pekanbaru was built by the 11th sultan, Syarif Hasyim Abdul Jalil Syarifuddin of Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura in 1889. The architecture of the palace has European influences that blend harmoniously with the Malay and Moorish elements.
Batam, officially the City of Batam (Indonesian: Kota Batam, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands.
An-Nur Great Mosque is a mosque located in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia. Its construction began in 1963 and was completed in 1968. The mosque can accommodate about 4,500 worshippers. It is one of the largest mosques in Indonesia. The mosque has influences from various architectural styles: Malay, Turkish, Arabic, and Indian.
Pekanbaru: 17 May 1946 [46] Kota otonom B: Riau: Sibolga: 17 May 1946 [46] Kota otonom B: North Sumatra: Bandar Lampung: 17 May 1946 [46] Kota otonom B: Lampung: Pontianak: 14 August 1946 [47] Landschaps-gemeente: West Kalimantan: Surakarta: 5 June 1947 [48] Haminte Kota: Central Java: Yogyakarta: 8 June 1947 [49] Haminte Kota: Special Region ...
The Muarakalaban–Muaro–Pekanbaru railway is an inactive railway section in Sumatra, Indonesia. It was a railway project of two parties in two different times, Staatsspoorwegen ter Sumatra's Westkust in the Dutch East Indies era and Rikuyu Sokyuku of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War .
Lake Maninjau (Indonesian: Danau Maninjau, meaning "overlook" or "observation" in the Minangkabau language) is a caldera lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located 36 kilometres (22 mi) to the west of Bukittinggi , at 0°19′S 100°12′E / 0.317°S 100.200°E / -0.317; 100