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Medan: 479 4,027,000 Medan is the largest urban area outside of Java island. The urban area is known as Mebidangro. 5 Semarang: 259 2,319,000 Although Semarang metropolitan area is nominally the fourth most populous in Indonesia, it actually comprises a significant portion of rural areas. Semarang's urban population is much smaller than Medan ...
Later in October 2010, the government renovated the building massively for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, as Palembang was chosen as the host city. In October 2011, the building was established with the new contemporary and modern design. The field and the facilities were also renovated nicely.
The other largest cities by region include Medan (Sumatra, also the largest outside of Java), Samarinda , Denpasar (Lesser Sunda Islands), Makassar , Ambon (Maluku Islands), and Jayapura (Western New Guinea). Over the decade from 2010 to 2020, Jayapura was also the fastest-growing city in Indonesia, at 70% in that decade.
Other major daily newspapers include Harian Jogja, Koran Merapi and Tribun Jogja, as well as online-only Bernas. KR-owned Minggu Pagi is the major weekly newspaper. Yogyakarta is served by radio and television stations covering Special Region of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas. The public radio RRI Yogyakarta has one of its studios in the city.
Palembang was the capital of Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom that ruled much of the western Indonesian Archipelago and controlled many maritime trade routes, including the Strait of Malacca. [8] Palembang was incorporated into the Dutch East Indies in 1825 after the abolition of the Palembang Sultanate. [9] It was chartered as a city on 1 April ...
Bernas (Yogyakarta) – ceased publication in 2018, continued online Harian Bola – daily version of Bola Harian Pelita (Jakarta) – ceased publication in 2019, continued online
Medan. Capital of Sumatera; City of Thousand Angkots; City of Melayu Deli (Kota Melayu Deli) [1] Gotham City; Hub of Western Indonesia; Parijs van Sumatra; Pangururan. Indonesian Great Lake (Indonesische Great Lake) Sidikalang. Town of Salaks; Tanjungbalai. City of Clams; Tebing Tinggi. City of Plantation