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The Palembang Mayoral Office, also known as Kantor Ledeng, is an office building in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, which is used as the seat of the municipal government of the city. It was built as a water tower with an office for the colonial government on the lower floors by the Dutch, and was later also used by Japanese authorities ...
The Palembang metropolitan area, [2] [3] [4] known locally as Patungraya Agung (an acronym of Palembang–Betung–Indaralaya–Kayu Agung), is a metropolitan area in South Sumatra, Indonesia. It encompasses Palembang as the core city and parts of the three surrounding regencies: Banyuasin Regency , Ogan Ilir Regency , and Ogan Komering Ilir ...
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 ...
Palembang: 220 2,069,000 Palembang is the third largest urban area outside of Java island, after Medan and Makassar. The urban area is known as Patungraya Agung. 7 Makassar: 179 1,936,000 Makassar is the largest urban area outside of Java and Sumatra. The urban area is known as Mamminasata. 8 Malang: 212 1,620,000
In 1956, an emergency law gave Palembang the status of a "large city", and set the number of legislators in the regional house of representatives to 25. [5] There were 40 councillors after the 1971 election , including six representatives of the Indonesian National Armed Forces , [ 6 ] and 45 councillors after the 1977 election .
10 December 2018 () General [g 6] TVR Parlemen: People's Representative Council: 8 January 2007 () Government News/Factual [g 9] Not available: Jogja Istimewa TV Special Region of Yogyakarta Department of Communication and Digital Affairs 14 September 2016 () General [g 10] Indonesiana TV Ministry of Culture: 2021 Culture
Regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts.Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1]
An expert on the origin of Palembang people who are also descendants of the king, admitted that the Palembang people were the descendants of Arabs, Chinese, Javanese and other ethnic groups in Indonesia. The Palembang people themselves have two different languages, namely Baso Palembang Alus and Baso Palembang Sari-Sari. The Palembang people ...