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The Republic of Indonesia, a country located in Southeast Asia has three time zones. Western Indonesia Time (Waktu Indonesia Barat, WIB) is seven hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), used in the islands of Sumatra, Java, and the western half of Kalimantan.
Sumatra [a] (/ s ʊ ˈ m ɑː t r ə /) is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km 2 (182,812 mi. 2), including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, Enggano, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago.
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 M w struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
Western Indonesian Time/WIT (Indonesian: Waktu Indonesia Barat/WIB) WIB is observed in islands of Sumatra , Java , provinces of West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan . Central Indonesian Time/CIT ( Waktu Indonesia Tengah / WITA ) ( UTC+8 )
Bengkulu City has an area of 151.70 km ² and is located on the west coast of Sumatra island, with the province having a coastline of about 525 km in length. The area of this city lies parallel to the mountains of Bukit Barisan and face to face with the Indian Ocean .
South Sumatra has an area of 91,592.43 square kilometres (35,364.03 sq mi) and is located on the island of Sumatra, western Indonesia which lies south of the equator at 1–4 degrees south and 102–108 degrees east.
More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island caused hazy skies across the region on Monday, prompting government officials to ask people to work from home. The military ...
Soeman HS Library, the largest provincial library in Sumatra Island. Pekanbaru is one of the cleanest big cities in Indonesia. [15] In 2011, Pekanbaru received the "Adipura" ('cleanest city') award in the category of large city for the seventh consecutive time. [16]