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5 unusual facts about West Sumatra


Arbi Sanit

Arbi Sanit was born in Painan, West Sumatra on June 4, 1939.

Arifin Bey

Arifin Bey (5 March 1925 – 2 September 2010) was born in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra in the Minangkabau heartland of West Sumatra, one year before the Communist revolt in 1926, and three years before the participants of Youth Conference in 1928 avowed themselves to be one people, the Indonesian people, constituting one nation, Indonesia, with one language Bahasa Indonesia.

Asmar Latin Sani

Asmar Latin Sani, from West Sumatra, was the suicide bomber who detonated the car bomb in the August 5 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing.

Murba Party

During the 1958 Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI) rebellion, Murba Party cadres were seized by PRRI rebels and held at the Muara Labuh detention camp in West Sumatra.

Syahril Sabirin

Syahril Sabirin (born 14 October 1943 in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra) served as the Governor of Bank Indonesia from 1999 to 2003, succeeding Sudrajad Djiwandono.


Abdoel Rivai

Abdoel Rivai (Palembayan, Agam, West Sumatra, August 13, 1871 - Bandung, West Java, October 16, 1937) was an Indonesian journalist and supporter of Indonesian independence.

Communism in Sumatra

Padang, Pariaman, Silungkang, Sawah Lunto, Alahan Panjang, and Suliki of West Sumatra have been cited as an area which was particular active in communism.

Lubuk Sikaping

Lubuk Sikaping is a town or Sub-district in Pasaman Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Pasaman Regency.

Muaro Sijunjung

Muaro Sijunjung is a town or Sub-district in Sijunjung Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Sijunjung Regency.

Nepenthes naga

The herbarium specimen A.Primaldhi & M.Hambali DivNep052 is the designated holotype, and is deposited at the herbarium of Andalas University (ANDA), near Pandang, West Sumatra.

Nepenthes sumatrana

Both are deposited at the Herbarium of Andalas University in Padang, West Sumatra and appear to represent N. sumatrana.

Padang Aro

Padang Aro is a town or Sub-district in South Solok Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of South Solok Regency.

Padang Roco Inscription

The Padang Roco Inscription, in Indonesian Prasasti Padang Roco, is an inscription dated 1286 CE, discovered near the source of Batanghari river, Padangroco temple complex, Nagari Siguntur, Sitiung, Dharmasraya Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Parit Malintang

Parit Malintang is a town or Sub-district in Padang Pariaman Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Padang Pariaman Regency.

Pulau Punjung

Pulau Punjung is a town or Sub-district in Dharmasraya Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Dharmasraya Regency.

Sarilamak

Sarilamak is a town or Sub-district in Limapuluh Koto Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Limapuluh Koto Regency.

Simpang Empat, West Sumatra

Simpang Empat is a town or Sub-district in West Pasaman Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of West Pasaman Regency.

Zubir Said

The eldest child in a family of three boys and five girls, Zubir Said was born on 22 July 1907 in Bukittinggi in the Minangkabau highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia.


see also

Herbert Feith

In retirement he returned to Indonesia with Betty, teaching at Gadjah Mada University in Jakarta and Andalas University in West Sumatra, again on local salaries.

Merapi

Mount Marapi (also known as Mount Merapi), an active volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Minangkabau

The Padri War is also called the Minangkabau War, and was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra between two rival Muslim factions

PT Kereta Api

The separate systems in Sumatra has their shops in Lahat (South Sumatra), Padang (West Sumatra) and Pulubrayan (North Sumatra).