Padang is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With an estimated population of 939,112 as of 2018, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia. The notable hills in Padang include Lampu Hill, Mount Padangado-Gado Hill, Gambiran Hill, and Pegamban Hill.
About Padang in brief
Padang is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With an estimated population of 939,112 as of 2018, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia. Padang is widely known for its Minangkabau culture, cuisine, and sunset beaches. The city had historically been a trading center since the pre-colonial era, trading in pepper and gold. It came under the British Empire twice, firstly from 1781 to 1784 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, and again from 1795 to 1819 during the Napoleonic Wars. On 30 September 2009, a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit about 50 kilometres off the coast of Padang, causing more than 1,100 fatalities, 313 of which occurred within Padang. The population growth since then has been partly a result of growth in the area of the city, but largely is the result of the migration to major cities seen in so many developing nations. The notable hills in Padang include Lampu Hill, Mount Padangado-Gado Hill, Gambiran Hill, and Pegamban Hill. Since this climate classification, Padang has a tropical rainforest climate under Köppen’s Koppen Kppen tropical rain forest classification. In 1906 Padang along with Palembang became the first populated places in Sumatra to achieve city status.
In 1920 Padang in 1920 was 28,754, the second largest city inSumatra behind Palembangs. At the time of independence in the 1940s the city had around 50,000 inhabitants. 65% of the area of West. Sumatra is covered by protection forests. Only around 205. 007 km2 of the territory is an urban area in the hills covered in hills covered by hills in the Padang hills. In addition, there are also 19 small islands, including Sikuai Island with an area of 4.4km2, including Gadang Island and Pisung Subdistrict in Kabusuk Subdistan, covering 25 ha and 25 districts. The largest island is Gadang Gadang, which has a coastline of 68km on the mainland of Sumatra, and 126km on Padang Selatan Subdistang Island. The island has a total area of 694. 96 km 2, equivalent to 1.4 million square kilometres. In 1833 Padang was inundated by a tsunami with an estimated flow depth of 3–4 meters as a. result of an earthquake, estimated to be 8. 6–8. 9 Mw, which occurred off Bengkulu. In 1819 the city was transferred back to the Netherlands. Coffee was still important, but copra was also a major item produced by farmers in its hinterland.
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