Padang

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Padang is a major coastal city in western Indonesia known as the capital of West Sumatra and a cultural and culinary center of the Minangkabau people.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Padang City Government 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
administrativeStatus city (kota) in Indonesia
capitalOf West Sumatra
climate tropical rainforest climate
coordinateLatitude -0.95
coordinateLongitude 100.35
country Indonesia
countrySubdivisionType province capital
cuisineSpecialty gulai dishes
rendang
sate Padang
culturalHeritage Minangkabau traditional architecture
demographics predominantly Minangkabau population
economicActivity services
tourism
trade
ethnicGroup Minangkabau
surface form: Minangkabau people
governingBody Padang self-linksurface differs
surface form: Padang City Government
hasBeach Air Manis Beach
Padang Beach
hasPort Port of Teluk Bayur
hasUniversity Andalas University
State University of Padang
historicalEvent affected by 2009 Sumatra earthquakes
knownFor Minangkabau cuisine
sate Padang
surface form: Padang cuisine

culinary tourism
cultural center of Minangkabau people
leaderTitle Mayor of Padang
localLanguage Minangkabau
surface form: Minangkabau language
locatedIn West Sumatra
locatedOn Indian Ocean
Padang Bay
west coast of Sumatra
locatedOnRiver Arau River NERFINISHED
majorReligion Islam
near Mentawai Islands
officialLanguage Indonesian
partOf Sumatra
western Indonesia
surface form: Western Indonesia
populationRankInProvince largest city in West Sumatra
postalCodeType postal code in Indonesia
roadNetwork Trans-Sumatran Highway
timeZone UTC+7
Western Indonesian Time
surface form: WIB
transport Minangkabau International Airport

Referenced by (6)

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

West Sumatra capital Padang
Padang governingBody Padang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Padang City Government
Sumatra hasMajorCity Padang
Mount Kerinci nearCity Padang