W est Sumatra Province located at the western island of Sumatra in front of the Indonesian Ocean. This area is more popular with Minangkabau or Minang. West Sumatra region consists of the administration of the 12 district and 7 cities with population in 2002 about 4,375,080 inhabitants. Seven cities, namely Padang as a capital, Bukittinggi, Padang Panjang, Payakumbuh, Solok, Sawahlunto and Pariaman. While the district about ninth such as Padang Pariaman, Tanah Datar, 50 Kota, Agam, Pasaman, West Pasaman, Solok, Solok Selatan, Sawahlunto SJJ, Pesisir Selatan, Dharmasraya and Mentawai.
This area has a wide range of tourism natural object from the mountain tourism, sea, beaches, lakes, valleys, waterfalls, rivers, forests and plantations. Besides the natural tourism there are also has the another object like Tourism Culture, History Tours, Spiritual Tourism, Ethnic Tourism, Art and Bahari/Ocean Tourism .
The average temperature recorded in West Sumatra between 22 to 28 degrees Celsius.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
West Sumatra an Overview
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