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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).
Sawahlunto (Jawi: ساواهلونتو ) is a city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.It lies 90 kilometres (a 2-hour drive) from Padang, the provincial capital.Sawahlunto is known as the site for the oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia.
Padang (Indonesian pronunciation:) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. [5] It had a population of 833,562 at the 2010 Census [6] and 909,040 at the 2020 Census; [7] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 942,938 - comprising 473,089 males and 469,849 females. [3]
Kutai Kingdom: 350–1605: Taruma Kingdom: 400s–500s: Kantoli Kingdom: 400s–500s: Kalingga Kingdom: 500s–600s: Melayu Kingdom: 600s–1347: Srivijaya Empire
The Padang dialect has become the lingua franca for people of different language regions. [ 34 ] The Minangkabau society has a diglossia situation, whereby they use their native language for everyday conversations, while the Malay language is used for most formal occasions, in education, and in writing, even to relatives and friends. [ 33 ]
Group of people at a tiger trap with a tiger in Soepajang, Bovenlanden Padang, on Sumatra's west coast. (Circa 1895) (Circa 1895) Tanah Datar Regency is a landlocked regency ( kabupaten ) in West Sumatra province, Indonesia .
Tarumanagara or Taruma Kingdom or just Taruma was an early Sundanese Indianised kingdom [broken anchor], located in western Java, whose 5th-century ruler, Purnawarman, produced the earliest known inscriptions in Java, which are estimated to date from around 358 CE.
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 ...