Sawahlunto
Sawahlunto is a city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It lies 90 kilometres from Padang, the provincial capital. Sawahlunto is known as the site for the oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia.
- Type: City with 61,400 residents
- Description: city in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Kota-Kecil Sawah Lunto”, “Kotapraja Sawah Lunto”, “Kotapraja Sawahlunto”, “Sawah Loento”, “Sawahloento”, and “Sawahlunto City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sawahlunto Rail and Train Museum and Sawahlunto Cultural Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saringan and North Kubang Sirakuk.
Sawahlunto
- Categories: city of Indonesia, Kota Kecil, Kotapraja, and locality
- Location: Sijunjung Regency, West Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-0.68181° or 0° 40′ 55″ south
Longitude
100.77855° or 100° 46′ 43″ east
Population
61,400
Elevation
322 metres (1,056 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ID ISO
Open location code
6PF28Q9H+7C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sawahlunto” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سواهلنتو”
- Arabic: “سواهلونتو”
- Armenian: “Սավահլունտո”
- Balinese: “Kota Sawahlunto”
- Belarusian: “Савахлунта”
- Betawi: “Kota Sawahlunto”
- Catalan: “Sawahlunto”
- Cebuano: “Kota Sawah Lunto”
- Cebuano: “Sawahlunto (kapital sa kabupaten sa Indonesia)”
- Chinese: “沙哇倫多”
- Czech: “Sawahlunto”
- Dutch: “Sawahlunto”
- Finnish: “Sawahlunto”
- French: “Sawahlunto”
- Georgian: “სავაჰლუნტო”
- German: “Sawahlunto”
- Greek: “Σαουαχλούντο”
- Hebrew: “סוואהלונטו”
- Indonesian: “Kota Sawahlunto”
- Indonesian: “Sawahlunto”
- Italian: “Sawahlunto”
- Japanese: “サワルント”
- Javanese: “Kutha Sawahlunto”
- Javanese: “Sawahlunto”
- Komering: “Sawahlunto”
- Malagasy: “Kota Sawahlunto”
- Malay: “Sawahlunto”
- Malayalam: “സവാഹ്ലുന്തോ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sawahlunto Chhī”
- Minangkabau: “Kota Sawahlunto”
- Minangkabau: “Koto Sawahlunto”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sawahlunto”
- Persian: “ساواهلونتو”
- Polish: “Sawahlunto”
- Portuguese: “Sawahlunto”
- Russian: “Савахлунто”
- Slovak: “Sawahlunto”
- Spanish: “Sawahlunto”
- Swedish: “Sawah Lunto”
- Swedish: “Sawahlunto”
- Turkish: “Sawahlunto”
- Ukrainian: “Савахлунто”
- Urdu: “ساواہلونتو”
- Vietnamese: “Sawahlunto”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kelurahan Tanah Lapang and Pasar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gereja Katolik Santa Barbara and Sawahlunto Regional General Hospital.
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