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Palembang is the capital city of South Sumatra province of Indonesia.Currently, this city is the oldest existing city in Indonesia, dates back to 7th century. Palembang was once the capital city of Srivijaya, a Palembang empire which ruled parts of the western archipelago and controlled maritime trade routes especially in the Strait of Malacca.
Palembang was the host city of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and the 2018 Asian Games along with Jakarta. [11] [12] [13] The first light rail system in Indonesia was operated in Palembang in July 2018. [14] The city attracted 2,011,417 tourists in 2017, including 9,850 foreign tourists. [15]
The initial conflict occurred when the Dutch wanted the city of Palembang to be vacated immediately, but this request was rejected by all the people of Palembang, ending in a shootout on January 1 1947 in Palembang Ilir and attacking the headquarters of the Barisan Rebel Republik Indonesia (BPRI) on Jalan Tengkuruk. Several important figures ...
At the beginning of the 17th century, Palembang became one of the centers of Islam in Indonesia. The precursor of the sultanate in Palembang was founded by Ki Gede ing Suro, a nobleman from the Demak Sultanate, who took refuge in friendly Palembang during the troubles following the death of Trenggana of Demak.
By 1993, Pierre-Yves Manguin had shown that the centre of Srivijaya was along the Musi River between Bukit Seguntang and Sabokingking (situated in what is now Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia). [14] Palembang is called in Chinese: 巨港; pinyin: Jù gǎng; lit. 'Giant Harbour', this is probably a testament of its history as a once a great port.
The Battle of Palembang was a naval battle fought between Ming China's treasure fleet commanded by Admiral Zheng He and the pirate fleet led by Chen Zuyi at Palembang, Sumatra, in what is now modern Indonesia. It happened in 1407.
An expert on the origin of Palembang people who are also descendants of the king, admitted that the Palembang people were the descendants of Arabs, Chinese, Javanese and other ethnic groups in Indonesia. The Palembang people themselves have two different languages, namely Baso Palembang Alus and Baso Palembang Sari-Sari. The Palembang people ...
The Battle of Palembang was a battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II.It occurred near Palembang, on Sumatra, on 13–15 February 1942.The Royal Dutch Shell oil refineries at nearby Plaju (then Pladjoe) were the major objectives for the Empire of Japan in the Pacific War, because of an oil embargo imposed on Japan by the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom after the ...