Bengkulu

Bengkulu is the capital of Bengkulu province, which is named after the city, on the island of , . With a population of 329,000, Bengkulu is the largest city of Bengkulu province.
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  • Type: City with 319,000 residents
  • Description: city in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Bangkahulu”, “Bencoolen”, “Bengkulu City”, “Benkoelen”, “Benkulen”, and “BGL”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Marlborough.

Museum
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is a former East India Company fort located in Bengkulu City, . It was built between 1713 and 1719 by the East India Company under the leadership of Governor Joseph Collett as a defensive fort for the British East India Company's Residency there.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kebun Gerand.

Village
is an Administrative Area in the Province, . This village has a population of 2239 according to the 2010 census.

Bengkulu

Latitude
-3.7923° or 3° 47′ 32″ south
Longitude
102.2624° or 102° 15′ 45″ east
Population
319,000
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
IATA airport code
BKS
United Nations Location Code
ID BKS
Open location code
6P846756+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2781151358
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1649150
Wiki­data ID
Q8042
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Bengkulu” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Banda Bengkulu”
  • Achinese: “Bengkulu”
  • Afrikaans: “Bengkoeloe”
  • Arabic: “بنجكولو”
  • Arabic: “بنغكولو”
  • Arabic: “بنقكولو”
  • Armenian: “Բենկուլու”
  • Balinese: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Basque: “Bengkulu”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Belarusian: “Бенгкулу”
  • Bengali: “বেংকুলু”
  • Betawi: “Bangkahulu Kota”
  • Cebuano: “Bengkulu”
  • Chinese: “Bengkulu Chhī”
  • Chinese: “明古魯”
  • Chinese: “明古魯市”
  • Chinese: “明古鲁”
  • Czech: “Bengkulu”
  • Danish: “Bengkulu”
  • Dutch: “Bengkulu”
  • Esperanto: “Bengkulu”
  • Finnish: “Bengkulu”
  • French: “Bengkulu”
  • Georgian: “ბენკულუ (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “ბენკულუ”
  • German: “Bengkulu”
  • Gorontalo: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Greek: “Μπενγκούλου”
  • Gujarati: “બેંગકુલુ”
  • Hebrew: “בנגקולו”
  • Hindi: “बेंकुलू”
  • Indonesian: “Bengkulu”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Kecil Bengkulu”
  • Indonesian: “Kotamadya Bengkulu”
  • Indonesian: “Kotapraja Bengkulu”
  • Irish: “Bengkulu”
  • Italian: “Bengkulu”
  • Japanese: “ブンクル”
  • Japanese: “ベンクーレン”
  • Javanese: “Bengkulu”
  • Javanese: “Kutha Bengkulu”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಕುಲು”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಗ್ಕೂಲು”
  • Komering: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Komering: “Kuta Bangkulu”
  • Korean: “븡쿨루”
  • Latvian: “Bengkulu”
  • Lithuanian: “Benkulu”
  • Malagasy: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Malay: “Bengkulu”
  • Malay: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Malay: “بڠکولو”
  • Marathi: “बेंगकुलू”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bengkulu”
  • Minangkabau: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Nias: “Kota Bengkulu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bengkulu”
  • Norwegian: “Bengkulu”
  • Persian: “بنکولو”
  • Persian: “بنگکولو، اندونزی”
  • Polish: “Bengkulu”
  • Portuguese: “Benculu”
  • Portuguese: “Bengkulu”
  • Romanian: “Bengkulu”
  • Russian: “Бенгкулу (город)”
  • Russian: “Бенгкулу”
  • Russian: “Бенкгулу (кота)”
  • Russian: “Бенкулу (Бенкулу)”
  • Russian: “Бенкулу (город)”
  • Russian: “Бенкулу (Индонезия)”
  • Russian: “Бенкулу (кота)”
  • Russian: “Бенкулу”
  • Russian: “кота Бенкулу”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්ග්කුලු”
  • Slovak: “Bengkulu”
  • Slovenian: “Bengkulu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بئنگ کولو”
  • Spanish: “Bengkulu”
  • Sundanese: “Bengkulu”
  • Swedish: “Bengkulu”
  • Tamil: “பெங்குலு”
  • Tamil: “பெங்கூலு மாநகரம்”
  • Tatar: “Беңкулу (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Беңкулу”
  • Telugu: “బెంగ్కులు”
  • Thai: “เบิงกูลู”
  • Turkish: “Bengkulu”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенгкулу”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенґкулу”
  • Urdu: “بنگکولو (شہر)”
  • Urdu: “بنگکولو”
  • Venetian: “Bengkulu”
  • Vietnamese: “Bengkulu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bengkulu”
  • Western Panjabi: “بنگکولو”
  • Wu Chinese: “明古魯市”
  • Yue Chinese: “明古魯市”
  • “Bengkulu”
  • “Kota Bengkulu”
  • “ma tomo Pankulu”

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