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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 Regency.
Palembang was the host city of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and the 2018 Asian Games along with Jakarta. [11] [12] [13] The first light rail system in Indonesia was operated in Palembang in July 2018. [14] The city attracted 2,011,417 tourists in 2017, including 9,850 foreign tourists. [15]
Palembang is the capital city of South Sumatra province of Indonesia.Currently, this city is the oldest existing city in Indonesia, dates back to 7th century. Palembang was once the capital city of Srivijaya, a Palembang empire which ruled parts of the western archipelago and controlled maritime trade routes especially in the Strait of Malacca.
At least as early as 1937, [1] Palembang was served by a civil airport at Talang Betutu, operating as a Customs Aerodrome equipped with wireless and direction finding equipment, and basic ground facilities. [2] For Allies the airport was known as Palembang P1 (or just P1). The airport was re-built by the Japanese army during the Japanese ...