Painan
Painan is a coastal town that serves as the capital of the South Pesisir regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is an urban centre in IV Jurai District.- Type: Town
- Description: capital of South Pesisir Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Parnau”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Painan.
Painan
- Categories: capital of regency and locality
- Location: Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-1.34802° or 1° 20′ 53″ south
Longitude
100.57761° or 100° 34′ 39″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
6PC2MH2H+Q2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Painan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باينان”
- Arabic: “بينبان”
- Chinese: “派南”
- Dutch: “Painan”
- Indonesian: “Kota Painan”
- Indonesian: “Painan”
- Minangkabau: “Painan”
- Urdu: “پاینان”
- “Painan”
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