Medan

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city provincial capital

Medan is a major economic and cultural hub in northern Sumatra, known as one of Indonesia’s largest cities and a gateway to the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
administrativeStatus city with mayor–council government ⓘ
capitalOf North Sumatra ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
economicSector logistics ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
formerAirport Polonia International Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark Great Mosque of Medan ⓘ
Maimun Palace ⓘ
Tjong A Fie Mansion ⓘ
hasPort Belawan Port ⓘ
hasTransportation railway connections to other parts of North Sumatra ⓘ
urban bus network ⓘ
hasUniversity State University of Medan ⓘ
University of North Sumatra ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase plantation economy ⓘ
historicalInfluence Dutch colonial era ⓘ
knownFor Batak culture ⓘ
Chinese Indonesian community ⓘ
Malay culture ⓘ
culinary diversity ⓘ
diverse ethnic communities ⓘ
languageSpoken Indonesian ⓘ
localLanguage Batak languages ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
surface form: Medan Malay
locatedIn North Sumatra ⓘ
locatedNear Strait of Malacca ⓘ
locatedOn Sumatra ⓘ
surface form: island of Sumatra
nearbyAirport Kualanamu International Airport ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Berastagi ⓘ
Lake Toba ⓘ
populationRankInIndonesia one of the largest cities in Indonesia ⓘ
populationRankOnSumatra largest city on Sumatra ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
role cultural hub of northern Sumatra ⓘ
economic hub of northern Sumatra ⓘ
gateway to northern Sumatra ⓘ
major trading center ⓘ
timeZone Western Indonesian Time ⓘ
surface form: Western Indonesia Time
UTCOffset +7 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Sumatra → capital → Medan ⓘ
North Sumatra → contains → Medan ⓘ
Sumatra → hasMajorCity → Medan ⓘ
North Sumatra → largestCity → Medan ⓘ
Lake Toba → locatedNear → Medan ⓘ
Indonesia → majorCity → Medan ⓘ