South Sumatra

South Sumatra is a province of , located in the southeast of the island of . The capital and largest city of the province is the city of , and the province covers territory historically administered by the Palembang Sultanate.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Palembang and Lubuk Linggau.

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, also called Pelembang by the locals, is 's provincial capital of South Sumatra with 1.7 million people.

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is a city in South Sumatra, . It has an area of 367.81 km2 and had a population of 201,308 at the 2010 Census and 234,166 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 247,550.

is a scenic highland community in South Sumatra. Travelers come for the nature tourism that includes hikes on an active volcano called Mt. Dempo as well as visits to nearby lakes, waterfalls, and ancient archaeological sites with 1,000 year old stone sculptures.
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South Sumatra

Latitude of center
-3.1267° or 3° 7′ 36″ south
Longitude of center
104.0931° or 104° 5′ 35″ east
Population
8,470,000
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1898283476
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1626196
Wiki­data ID
Q2271
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South Sumatra” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Ruja Tunong”
  • Achinese: “Sumatra Seulatan”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Sumatra”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ሱማትራ”
  • Arabic: “سومطرة الجنوبية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Sumatra”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Sumatra”
  • Balinese: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Balinese: “Sumatra Selatan”
  • Basque: “Hego Sumatra”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ সুমাত্রা”
  • Betawi: “Sumatra Kidul”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Суматра”
  • Catalan: “Sumatra Meridional”
  • Cebuano: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Sumatera Séng”
  • Chinese: “南苏门答腊省”
  • Chinese: “南蘇門答臘”
  • Czech: “Jižní Sumatra”
  • Danish: “Sydsumatra”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Sumatra”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Sumatro”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Sumatro”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Sumatra”
  • French: “Sumatra du Sud”
  • Galician: “Sumatra Meridional”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი სუმატრა”
  • German: “Provinz Südsumatra”
  • German: “Süd-Sumatra”
  • German: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • German: “Sumatra Selatan”
  • Gorontalo: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Gorontalo: “Sumatra Selatan”
  • Greek: “Νότια Σουμάτρα”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ સુમાત્રા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm Sû-mùn-tap-lia̍p-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm Sumatera”
  • Hausa: “Kudu Sumatra”
  • Hebrew: “דרום סומטרה”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण सुमात्रा”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Szumátra”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan a Sumatra”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Tingkat I Sumatera Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatera - Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatera Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatera-Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatra Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Sumatera Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “provinsi Sumatera Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Sumatera Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Sumatra Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Sumsel”
  • Irish: “Sumatra Theas”
  • Italian: “Sumatra Meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南スマトラ州”
  • Javanese: “Sumatra Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಸುಮಾತ್ರ”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Сумматра”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Суматра”
  • Komering: “Sumatera Hulu”
  • Komering: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Korean: “남수마트라주”
  • Korean: “수마트라슬라탄 주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidsumatra”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Sumatra”
  • Madurese: “Somattra Lao’”
  • Madurese: “Sumatra Lao‘”
  • Malay: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Malay: “سوماترا سلاتن”
  • Malayalam: “തെക്കൻ സുമാത്ര”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण सुमात्रा”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی سوماترا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng Sumatra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Sumatera Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнө Суматра”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Суматра”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sumatra Selatan”
  • Northern Luri: “سوماترا هارگه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Norwegian: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Oromo: “Kibbaa Sumaatra”
  • Pampanga: “Mauling Sumatra”
  • Pampanga: “South Sumatra”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਸੁਮਾਤਰਾ”
  • Persian: “سوماترای جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Sumatra Południowa”
  • Portuguese: “Sumatra do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Sumatra Meridional”
  • Pushto: “سویلي سومطره”
  • Russian: “Южная Суматра”
  • Scots: “Sooth Sumatra”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Суматра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Sumatra”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු සුමාත්‍රා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු සුමාත්‍රා”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Sumatra”
  • Somali: “Koonfur Sumaatra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی سوماترای”
  • Spanish: “provincia de Sumatra Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Sumatra Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Sumatra Meridional”
  • Sundanese: “Sumatra Kidul”
  • Swahili: “Sumatra Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Södra Sumatra”
  • Swedish: “Sumatera Selatan”
  • Swedish: “Sumatra Selatan”
  • Tajik: “Сумматраи Ҷануб”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு சுமத்ரா”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு சுமாத்திரா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு சுமாத்திரா”
  • Tamil: “தெற்குச் சுமாத்திரா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Суматра”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Сумматра”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ సుమత్ర”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดสุมาตราใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Sumatra”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Суматра”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی سماٹرا”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Sumatera”
  • Venetian: “Sumatra Meridional”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Sumatera”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Sumatra”
  • Welsh: “De Sumatra”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարաւային Սումաթրա”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ دکھنی سماٹرا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لما سماٹرا”
  • Wu Chinese: “南蘇門答臘省”
  • Yue Chinese: “南蘇門答臘”
  • “Prov. Sumatera Selatan”
  • “Sumatera - Selatan”
  • “Sumatera Selatan”
  • “Sumatra Kidul”
  • “Sumatra Selatan”

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