West Sumatra

West Sumatra is a province of . It is on the west coast of the island of and includes the 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.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Padang and Bukittinggi.
is the capital city of West Sumatra, .
is a city of 117,000 people in West Sumatra.
The are a chain of islands…

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Payakumbuh and Padang Panjang.
is the second largest city in West Sumatra…
is a city located at in the highlands…
is a city in West Sumatra, .
is a city in West Sumatra province, .
is a city in the Indonesian province…
is a village in West Sumatra, near .
The is in West Sumatra in .
is a beach some 20 km south of , West Sumatra.

West Sumatra

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Latitude of center
-0.5828° or 0° 34′ 58″ south
Longitude of center
100.6133° or 100° 36′ 48″ east
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“West Sumatra” goes by many names.
Ruja BahratAchinese
Sumatra BaratAchinese
ምዕራብ ሱማትራAmharic
سومطرة الغربيةArabic
سومطرة غربArabic
Sumatra OccidentalAsturian
Qərb SumatraAzerbaijani
Qərbi SumatraAzerbaijani
Sumatra BaratBalinese
Mendebaldeko SumatraBasque
Sumatera BaratBatak Mandailing
Sumatera PastimaBatak Toba
Заходняя СуматраBelarusian
Правінцыя Заходняя СуматраBelarusian
পশ্চিম সুমাত্রাBengali
Sumatra KulonBetawi
Kornôg SumatraBreton
Западна СуматраBulgarian
Sumatra OccidentalCatalan
Provinsi Sumatera BaratCebuano
Luchan SumatraChamorro
西苏门答腊省Chinese
西苏门答腊省 / 西蘇門答臘省Chinese
西蘇門答臘省Chinese
Západní SumatraCzech
VestsumatraDanish
Sumatra RocawaniDimli (individual language)
Sumatraya RocawaniDimli (individual language)
West-SumatraDutch
སུ་མ་ཊེ་ར་བ་རཏ་ ས་གནས།Dzongkha
Okcident-SumatroEsperanto
Okcidenta SumatroEsperanto
Länsi-SumatraFinnish
Sumatra OccidentalGalician
დასავლეთი სუმატრაGeorgian
Sumatra BaratGorontalo
Δυτική ΣουμάτραGreek
વેસ્ટ સુમાત્રાGujarati
Sî SumateraHakka Chinese
Yamma SumatraHausa
מערב סומטרהHebrew
סומטרה המערביתHebrew
पश्चिम सुमात्राHindi
Nyugat-SzumátraHungarian
Sumatera BaratIban
Laud a SumatraIloko
Daerah Swatantra Tingkat I Sumatera BaratIndonesian
Daerah Tingkat I Sumatera BaratIndonesian
Propinsi Daerah Tingkat I Sumatera BaratIndonesian
Propinsi Sumatera BaratIndonesian
Prov. Sumatera BaratIndonesian
Provinsi Sumatera BaratIndonesian
Sumatera BaratIndonesian
Sumatra BaratIndonesian
SumbarIndonesian
Sumatra ThiarIrish
Sumatra OccidentaleItalian
西スマトラ州Japanese
Sumatera BaratJavanese
Sumatera KulonJavanese
Sumatra KulonJavanese
ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಸುಮಾತ್ರKannada
Батыс СумматраKazakh
ខេត្តស៊ូម៉ាត្រាខាងលិចKhmer
Батыш СуматраKirghiz
Sumatera BaratKomering
Sumatera LawokKomering
서수마트라주Korean
RietumsumatraLatvian
Vakarų SumatraLithuanian
Sumatra Bârâ‘Madurese
Sumatera BaratMalay
Sumatra BaratMalay
سوماترا بارتMalay
പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ സുമാത്രMalayalam
पश्चिम सुमात्राMarathi
غربی سوماتراMazanderani
Să̤ SumatraMin Dong Chinese
Sai Sumatera SéngMin Nan Chinese
Sumatera BaratMinangkabau
Баруун СуматраMongolian
Өрнө СуматраMongolian
Sumatra BaratNorthern Frisian
سوماترا افتونشینNorthern Luri
Sumatera BaratNorwegian
Sumatera BaratNorwegian Bokmål
Sumatra OccidentalOccitan (post 1500)
Giddu SumaatraOromo
Ныгуылæн СуматрæOssetian
Albugang SumatraPampanga
West SumatraPampanga
ਪੱਛਮ ਸੁਮਾਤਰਾPanjabi
سوماترای غربیPersian
سومطره غربیPersian
Sumatra ZachodniaPolish
لویدیز سومطرهPushto
Западная СуматраRussian
Wast SumatraScots
Западна СуматраSerbian
Zapadna SumatraSerbo-Croatian
Sumatara MadokeroShona
බටහිර සුමාත්‍රා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාවSinhala
බස්නාහිර සුමාත්‍රාSinhala
Západná SumatraSlovak
Zahodna SumatraSlovenian
Galbeed SumaatraSomali
باتی سوماترایSouth Azerbaijani
Sumatra KulonSundanese
Sumatra MagharibiSwahili
Sumatera BaratSwedish
Sumatra BaratSwedish
Västra SumatraSwedish
Сумматраи ҒарбTajik
மேலைச் சுமாத்திராTamil
மேற்கு சுமத்ராTamil
மேற்கு சுமாத்திராTamil
மேற்குச் சுமாத்திராTamil
Көнбатыш СуматраTatar
Көнбатыш СумматраTatar
పశ్చిమ సుమత్రTelugu
จังหวัดสุมาตราตะวันตกThai
Batı SumatraTurkish
Західна СуматраUkrainian
مغربی سماٹراUrdu
G’arbiy SumateraUzbek
Tây SumateraVietnamese
Tây SumatraVietnamese
Katundan nga SumatraWaray (Philippines)
Gorllewin SumatraWelsh
Արեւմտեան ՍումաթրաWestern Armenian
لہندا سماٹراWestern Panjabi
西蘇門答臘省Wu Chinese
西蘇門答臘Yue Chinese
“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

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