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West Sumatra

West Sumatra is a province of . It is on the west coast of the island of and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. West Sumatra borders the Indian Ocean to the west, as well as the provinces of to the north, to the northeast, to the southeast, and to the south.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Padang and Bukittinggi.

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is the capital city of West Sumatra, . It is mostly used by tourists as an access point to , the surfing sites of the , the inland hills of , and the .

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is a city of 117,000 people in West Sumatra. It is a city popular with tourists because of its pleasant climate and central location. is also a popular shopping destination for cheap textiles and fashion products, especially for Malaysians.

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The are a chain of islands in off the western coast of , recognized as having some of the most perfect surfing breaks in the world.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Payakumbuh and Padang Panjang.

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is the second largest city in West Sumatra province, , with a population of 116,825 at the 2010 Census and 139,576 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 144,830 - comprising 72,840 males and 71,990 females.

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is a city located at in the highlands of West Sumatra, around 70 km inland from the provincial capital Padang. It sits on a plateau beneath the volcanoes and , thus creating cooler temperatures.

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is a city in West Sumatra, . The motto of this city is Kota Beras which is an abbreviation of "Bersih, Elok, Rapi, Aman dan Sejahtera". It has an area of 58.72 km2, a population of 59,396 at the 2010 Census, and 73,438 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid-2023 was 77,842 - comprising 39,239 males and 38,603 females.

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is a city in West Sumatra province, . This city is located about 56 km from city.

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is in West Sumatra, . is a large crater lake with several villages bordering it. It is a great place to relax, experience local rural lifestyle and watch the sunsets.

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is a city in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, about 30 km southeast of . It is the administrative capital of the Tanah Datar regency.

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is a village in West Sumatra, near .

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The is in West Sumatra in . It is an area of natural beauty located halfway between and . Rice fields are dwarfed by cliffs.

is a beach some 20 km south of , West Sumatra.

West Sumatra

Latitude of center
-0.5828° or 0° 34′ 58″ south
Longitude of center
100.6133° or 100° 36′ 48″ east
Population
5,580,000
Elevation
1,250 metres (4,101 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1898283479
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1626197
Wiki­data ID
Q2772
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“West Sumatra” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Ruja Bahrat”
  • Achinese: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Arabic: “سومطرة الغربية”
  • Arabic: “سومطرة غرب”
  • Asturian: “Sumatra Occidental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Sumatra”
  • Balinese: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Sumatra”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Batak Toba: “Sumatera Pastima”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Суматра”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Заходняя Суматра”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম সুমাত্রা”
  • Betawi: “Sumatra Kulon”
  • Breton: “Kornôg Sumatra”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Суматра”
  • Catalan: “Sumatra Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “Provinsi Sumatera Barat”
  • Chamorro: “Luchan Sumatra”
  • Chinese: “Sai Sumatera Séng”
  • Chinese: “西苏门答腊省 / 西蘇門答臘省”
  • Chinese: “西苏门答腊省”
  • Chinese: “西蘇門答臘”
  • Chinese: “西蘇門答臘省”
  • Czech: “Západní Sumatra”
  • Danish: “Vestsumatra”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Sumatra Rocawani”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Sumatraya Rocawani”
  • Dutch: “West-Sumatra”
  • Esperanto: “Okcident-Sumatro”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Sumatro”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Sumatra”
  • French: “Sumatra occidental”
  • Galician: “Sumatra Occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი სუმატრა”
  • German: “Provinz Westsumatra”
  • German: “Sumatera Barat”
  • German: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Gorontalo: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Σουμάτρα”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટ સુમાત્રા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sî Sumatera”
  • Hebrew: “מערב סומטרה”
  • Hebrew: “סומטרה המערבית”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम सुमात्रा”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Szumátra”
  • Iban: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Iloko: “Laud a Sumatra”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Swatantra Tingkat I Sumatera Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Tingkat I Sumatera Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatera Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Sumatera Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Sumatera Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Sumbar”
  • Irish: “Sumatra Thiar”
  • Italian: “Sumatra Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西スマトラ州”
  • Javanese: “Sumatra Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಸುಮಾತ್ರ”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តស៊ូម៉ាត្រាខាងលិច”
  • Komering: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Komering: “Sumatera Lawok”
  • Korean: “서수마트라주”
  • Latvian: “Rietumsumatra”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Sumatra”
  • Madurese: “Sumatra Bârâ‘”
  • Madurese: “Sumatra Bârâ’”
  • Malay: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Malay: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Malay: “سوماترا بارت”
  • Malayalam: “പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ സുമാത്ര”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम सुमात्रा”
  • Mazanderani: “غربی سوماترا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤ Sumatra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Sumatera Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Mongolian: “Баруун Суматра”
  • Mongolian: “Өрнө Суматра”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Northern Luri: “سوماترا افتونشین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Norwegian: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sumatra Occidental”
  • Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Суматрæ”
  • Pampanga: “Albugang Sumatra”
  • Pampanga: “West Sumatra”
  • Persian: “سوماترای غربی”
  • Polish: “Sumatra Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Sumatra Ocidental”
  • Russian: “Западная Суматра”
  • Scots: “Wast Sumatra”
  • Serbian: “Западна Суматра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna Sumatra”
  • Shona: “Sumatara Madokero”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර සුමාත්‍රා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Sinhala: “බස්නාහිර සුමාත්‍රා”
  • Slovak: “Západná Sumatra”
  • Slovenian: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Sumatra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتی سوماترای”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Sumatra Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Sumatra Occidental”
  • Sundanese: “Sumatra Kulon”
  • Swedish: “Sumatera Barat”
  • Swedish: “Sumatra Barat”
  • Swedish: “Västra Sumatra”
  • Tamil: “மேலைச் சுமாத்திரா”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு சுமத்ரா”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு சுமாத்திரா”
  • Tamil: “மேற்குச் சுமாத்திரா”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Суматра”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ సుమత్ర”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดสุมาตราตะวันตก”
  • Turkish: “Batı Sumatra”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Суматра”
  • Urdu: “مغربی سماٹرا”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Sumatera”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Sumatra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katundan nga Sumatra”
  • Welsh: “Gorllewin Sumatra”
  • Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան Սումաթրա”
  • Western Panjabi: “لہندا سماٹرا”
  • Wu Chinese: “西蘇門答臘省”
  • Yue Chinese: “西蘇門答臘”
  • “Sumatera Barat”
  • “Sumatra Kulon”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Sumatra”. Photo: udeyismail, CC BY-SA 2.0.