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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]
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).
The province of the West Sumatra in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts or kecamatan.Specially for all West Sumatra districts (kecamatan) with the exception of Mentawai Islands, [1] they are further divided to nagari, each is headed by a wali nagari.
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.
GRP Nominal is the regional or provincial counterpart of the national gross domestic product, the most comprehensive measure of national economic activity.The Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik) derives GRP for a province as the sum of the GRP Nominal originating in all the industries in the province at current prices market.
Padang Station currently serves Sibinuang train to and from Pariaman and Naras and, since 2018, Minangkabau Express airport train to and from Minangkabau International Airport dedicated station. [5] Presently the railroad to Pulau Aie which starts from track 1 has been reactivated and the expansion of the station building has been carried out. [6]
Padang Pariaman Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,343.58 km 2 , and it had a population of 390,204 at the 2010 census [ 2 ] and 430,626 at the 2020 census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 451,388 - comprising 226,435 males and 224,953 females. [ 1 ]
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 ]