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On the west coast, they established trading posts in Meulaboh, Barus, Natal, Pariaman, Padang up to Bengkulu. [4] In the east coast, Minang traders colonies stretched from Batubara, Pelalawan, Siak up to Jambi. Since the emergence of Srivijaya Kingdom and continued to Malacca Sultanate, many Minangkabau traders worked for the kings.
This article is part of a series on: Subdivisions of Indonesia; Level 1; Provinces (provinsi or daerah istimewa) (GDP; GDP per capita; HDI; poverty rate); Island population)Level 2
The Siak (Sungai Siak) is a river of Riau province, in the east of Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1000 km northwest of the capital Jakarta. [2] Approximately 370 kilometres in length, the Siak is a blackwater river which owes its brown color to dissolved organic matter (DOM) leached from surrounding, heavily disturbed peat soils; it is heavily polluted, notably by the petroleum industry.
The Padang dialect has become the lingua franca for people of different language regions. [ 34 ] The Minangkabau society has a diglossia situation, whereby they use their native language for everyday conversations, while the Malay language is used for most formal occasions, in education, and in writing, even to relatives and friends. [ 33 ]
Siak (Jawi: سياك ), is a regency (kabupaten) of Riau Province, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 8,556.09 km 2 and had a population of 376,742 at the 2010 Census [ 3 ] and 457,940 at the 2020 Census; [ 4 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 480,169, comprising 246,489 males and 233,680 females. [ 2 ]
The areas that have separated from South Tapanuli Regency are the new regencies of Mandailing Natal (created on 23 November 1998), Padang Lawas Utara, and Padang Lawas (both created on 17 July 2007), all lying to the south-east of the residual South Tapanuli Regency, plus the city (kota) of Padang Sidempuan (created on 21 June 2001).
Minangkabau International Airport is located 23 km from the center of the city of Padang, occupying an area of 427 hectares as the main gateway to West Sumatra. The airport was built in 2001, replacing Tabing Airport , which had been operating for 34 years.
Andalas University (Indonesian: Universitas Andalas, abbreviated Unand or stylized in all caps [1]) is a public research university in Padang, West Sumatra.Andalas is one of the major public institutions of higher learning in Indonesia, and the oldest outside the island of Java.