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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]
West Padang is a subdistrict in the city of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. In the administrative area of this district, West Sumatra, the governor's office and the hall town Padang is located. In the administrative area of this district, West Sumatra, the governor's office and the hall town Padang is located.
West Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera Barat [7]) is a province of Indonesia.It is on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. West Sumatra borders the Indian Ocean to the west, as well as the provinces of North Sumatra to the north, Riau to the northeast, Jambi to the southeast, and Bengkulu to the south.
The Overseas Minangkabau is a demographic group of Minangkabau people of Minangkabau Highlands origin in Central Sumatra, Indonesia who have settled in other parts of the world. [1] Over half of the Minangkabau people can be considered overseas Minangkabaus.
Minangkabau people (Minangkabau: Urang Minang or Urang Awak; Indonesian or Malay: Orang Minangkabau; [5] Jawi: منڠكبو ), also known as Minang, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Minangkabau's West Sumatera homelands was the seat of the Pagaruyung Kingdom, [6] believed by ...
Padang metropolitan area or officially Palapa; (acronym of "Padang-Lubuk Alung/Padang Pariaman-Pariaman") is a metropolitan area located in Indonesia.This area includes Padang city and its surrounding areas such as Padang city, Pariaman city, Padang Pariaman Regency with later include Solok city and Solok Regency (part) due to increase mobility between area.
Construction took about 3 years. The museum was inaugurated on March 16, 1977, by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia at that time, Syarief Thayeb. On May 28, 1979, a State Museum was established under the name 'State Museum of West Sumatra' (Indonesian Museum Negeri Sumatera Barat) and was given the name Adityawarman.
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.