Medan

E22954
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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Medan canonical 39
Kesawan area of Medan 1
Medan city center 1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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

Indonesia → majorCity → Medan ⓘ
Chinese Indonesians → concentratedIn → Medan ⓘ
Sumatra → hasMajorCity → Medan ⓘ
Gunung Leuser National Park → nearestCity → Medan ⓘ
Western Indonesian Time → appliesToRegion → Medan ⓘ
Amir Sjarifuddin → placeOfBirth → Medan ⓘ
Strait of Malacca → passesNear → Medan ⓘ
May 1998 anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia → location → Medan ⓘ
North Sumatra → capital → Medan ⓘ
North Sumatra → largestCity → Medan ⓘ
North Sumatra → contains → Medan ⓘ
North Sumatra → hasMajorCity → Medan ⓘ
Lake Toba → locatedNear → Medan ⓘ
Karo Batak language → region → Medan ⓘ
Polonia International Airport → serves → Medan ⓘ
Polonia International Airport → cityServed → Medan ⓘ
Polonia International Airport → locatedIn → Medan ⓘ
Belawan Port → locatedIn → Medan ⓘ
Belawan Port → serves → Medan ⓘ
Belawan Port → locatedNear → Medan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medan city center
Great Mosque of Medan → locatedIn → Medan ⓘ
Tjong A Fie Mansion → locatedIn → Medan ⓘ
Tjong A Fie Mansion → near → Medan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kesawan area of Medan
Kualanamu International Airport → serves → Medan ⓘ
Kualanamu International Airport → cityServed → Medan ⓘ
University of North Sumatra → locatedIn → Medan ⓘ
Maimun Palace → locatedIn → Medan ⓘ
western Indonesia → containsCity → Medan ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Indonesia
State University of Medan → locatedIn → Medan ⓘ
State University of Medan → city → Medan ⓘ
Berastagi → locatedNear → Medan ⓘ
Medan Hokkien → spokenIn → Medan ⓘ
Indonesian railway network → connectsMajorCity → Medan ⓘ
Pematangsiantar → connectsTo → Medan ⓘ
Pematangsiantar → hasRailConnectionTo → Medan ⓘ
Pematangsiantar → hasRoadConnectionTo → Medan ⓘ
Suwon → hasSisterCity → Medan ⓘ
Binjai → locatedNear → Medan ⓘ
Binjai → transportConnectionTo → Medan ⓘ
Trans-Sumatran Highway → connectsCity → Medan ⓘ
Sumatra economic corridor → keyCity → Medan ⓘ