Sumatera Barat

West Sumatra was a province that was located in the Sumatran island, Indonesia. This province was the province was expanded the eleven in Indonesia.

West Sumatra was on the west middle the Sumatran island widely 42,297.30 km². This province had the plain in the West Coast, as well as the volcanic plateau that were formed the Barisan Hill that stretched from west sea to south-east. The Mentawai island that was located in the Indian Ocean including in this province. The West Sumatra shoreline completely be touching with the Indian Ocean along 375 km.

The lake that was in West Sumatra was Maninjau (99.5 km²), Singkarak (130.1 km²), above (31.5 km²), was supervised (Dibaruh) (14,0 km²), Talang (5.0 km²)

Several big rivers in the Sumatran island nuclear-warhead in this province, that is the Siak River, Sungai Rokan, Sungai Inderagiri (was acknowledged as the Kuantan Stick in his upstream part), the Kampar River and the Stick of the Day. All these rivers flowed into the east Sumatran coast, into the Riau province and Jambi.

Rivers that had in the West Coast a very short mouth. Several of the him was the Anai Stick, Batang Arau, and the Tarusan Stick.

Mountains in West Sumatra were Marapi (2.891 m.), sago (2.271 m.), Singgalang (2.877 m.), Tandikat (2.438 m.), Talakmau (2.912 m.), Talang (2.572 m.).

In this province could be met by us almost all the kinds of the nature tourist attraction like sea, the coast, the lake, the mountain and the gorge, apart from the cultural tourist attraction. Hotel accommodation has begun many from the jasmine class to the star of four.

And for you pelancomng or tourists who were visiting to Indonesia, don't forget to drop by at West Sumatra, and interesting tourist attractions and often was visited by tourists was:

• Danau Maninjau
• Danau Singkarak
• Danau Diatas dan Dibawah
• Lembah Anai, Padang Panjang
• Panorama Ngarai Sianok, Bukittinggi
• Benteng Fort de Kock, Bukittinggi
• Jam Gadang, Bukittinggi
• Pantai Air Manis, Padang
• Pantai Muaro, Padang
• Pantai Caroline, Padang
• Istana Pagarruyung, Batusangkar
• Harau, Payakumbuh
• Gunuang Merah Putih, Sulit Air

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