Sawahlunto

Sawahlunto is a city in , Indonesia. It lies 90 kilometres from , the provincial capital. Sawahlunto is known as the site for the oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia.
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  • Type: City with 61,400 residents
  • Description: city in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Kota Sawah Lunto”, “Sawahloento”, and “Sawahlunto City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sawahlunto Cultural Center and Sawahlunto Rail and Train Museum.

Arts center
Photo: Rahmatdenas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an arts center.

Museum
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Museum
Photo: Faishal Wafiq Zakiy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saringan and North Kubang Sirakuk.

Village
Photo: Faishal Wafiq Zakiy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Faishal Wafiq Zakiy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Faishal Wafiq Zakiy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Sawahlunto

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
node 638322885
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1628472
Wiki­data ID
Q7263
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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: “Sawahlunto Chhī”
  • Chinese: “沙哇倫多”
  • Czech: “Sawahlunto”
  • Dutch: “Sawah Loento”
  • Dutch: “Sawahlunto”
  • Finnish: “Sawahlunto”
  • French: “Sawahlunto”
  • Georgian: “სავაჰლუნტო”
  • German: “Sawahlunto”
  • Greek: “Σαουαχλούντο”
  • Hebrew: “סוואהלונטו”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Sawahlunto”
  • Indonesian: “Kota-Kecil Sawah Lunto”
  • Indonesian: “Kotapraja Sawah Lunto”
  • Indonesian: “Kotapraja Sawahlunto”
  • Indonesian: “Sawah Lunto”
  • 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: “Kota Sawah Lunto”
  • Swedish: “Sawah Lunto”
  • Swedish: “Sawahlunto”
  • Turkish: “Sawahlunto”
  • Ukrainian: “Савахлунто”
  • Urdu: “ساواہلونتو”
  • Vietnamese: “Sawahlunto”
  • “Kota Sawahlunto”
  • “Sawah Lunto”
  • “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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