Palembang City

Is the capital city of Palembang in South Sumatra province. Palembang is the second largest city in Sumatra after Medan.

History of Palembang which was once the capital city of the largest Buddhist maritime kingdoms of Southeast Asia at the time, the kingdom of Srivijaya, which dominates the archipelago and the Malay Peninsula in the 9th century also made the city known as "Earth Sriwijaya". According to inscriptions found in Kedukan Bukit Bukit Siguntang west of Palembang, which states that the establishment of a Wanua interpreted as a city on June 16, 682 AD, making it the oldest city of Palembang in Indonesia. In the Western world, the city of Palembang was also nicknamed "the Venice of the East".

Palembang is one of the metropolitan cities in Indonesia and is geographically located between 2 ° 52 'to 3o 5' south latitude and 104o 37 'to 104o 52' east longitude with an average elevation of 8 meters above sea level. The total area of ​​400.61 km2 Palembang were administratively divided into 16 districts and 107 villages. Is the capital city of Palembang, South Sumatra Province with the boundary on the north, east and west by the District Banyu Asin, while the south by Enim Muara District.

The state of nature is a tropical city of Palembang relative valley, with an average temperature of most of the city of Palembang 21o-32o Celsius, rainfall 22-428 mml per year.

Based on geological conditions, Palembang has a varied relief in the form of layers consisting of alluvial soil and sandy loam. In the southern part of the city, in the form of rock permeability clay sand, rocks north form a watertight clay sand, while the west in the form of rock clay gravel, sand clay water to penetrate watertight.

Palembang residents are ethnic Malay and Bahasa Melayu use a customized local dialect which is now known as Bahasa Palembang. But migrants often use the regional language as the language of everyday life, such as language Komering, Rawas, Musi and Lahat. Immigrants from outside South Sumatra sometimes also uses regional language as the language of everyday regionalism within the family or community.

However, to communicate with the citizens of other Palembang, Palembang residents generally using language as a language of instruction daily. Besides the natives, there are also people in Palembang settlers and descendants, such as Javanese, Minangkabau, Madurese, Bugis and Banjar. Residents are many descendants living in Palembang is Chinese, Arabic and Indian. Palembang has some areas that are the hallmark of a community such as the village of Kapitan which is the Chinese Community as well as the village of Al-Munawwar, Assegaf Kampung, Kampung Al Ethiopia, Kuto Stone, 19 Ilir Kampung Kampung Alawiyyin Jamalullail and 10 Ilir Bayas River which is the Community Arabic.Palembang is the majority religion in Islam. In the record of history, Palembang had to apply statutory law based on Islamic law, which is sourced from the book Simbur Light. There are also Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Buddhism and Confucianism.

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History of Palembang

Palembang is the oldest city in Indonesia at least 1382 years old if based Sriwijaya inscription inscription known as Notch Hill. According to the inscription which dates to the year June 16 682. At that time the ruler of Sriwijaya established Wanua in the area now known as the city of Palembang. According to the topography, the city is surrounded by water, even submerged by water. The water is sourced either from rivers or swamps, rain water also. Even today there is still a city of Palembang 52.24% of land were flooded by water (data of Statistics 1990).

Likely because the condition is that the ancestors of the people of this city named as the city of Palembang in the Malay language as the word Pe Pa or designate a place or situation, while coquettish meaning valley or low ground, valley swollen with old roots submerged in water (by Malay dictionary), while according to the Malay-Palembang, dent or coquettish was puddle. So Palembang is a place that was flooded by water.

The condition of this nature for those ancestors became their capital Palembang to use. Water becomes a vital means of transportation, economical, efficient and got the coverage and have a high speed. In addition to natural conditions, as well as the strategic location of the city, within a single network capable of controlling traffic between the three union territories:

    Highlands of West Sumatra, namely Bukit Barisan mountains.
    Foothills or piedmont area and meeting children when entering lowland rivers.
    Northeastern seaboard.

Third unitary local region is a crucial factor in the formation of cultural pattern that is civilization. Local factors such as network and commodities with high frequency has been formed first and managed to encourage local people create growth pattern of high culture in South Sumatra. Local factors that make the capital Sriwijaya Palembang, which is a political and economic power in the classical era in Southeast Asia. Triumph Sriwijaya Palembang Darussalam Sultanate taken by the imperial era as a respected associate in the archipelago

Sriwijaya, as well as other forms of government in Southeast Asia at that time, the form known as Port-polity. Understanding Port-polity simply began as a redistribution center, which gradually took over some form of increased progress contained in the broad spectrum. Growth center of the Polity is entreport generating additional wealth and cultural contacts. These results were obtained by local leaders. (In terms of pr Sriwijaya was datu), the result is a basis for the use of economic power and political control in Southeast Asia.

There are interesting posts from Chinese chronicles Chu-Fan-Chi, written by Chau Ju-Kua in the 14th century, tells the story of Sriwijaya as follows: The country is located in the southern sea, master foreign trade traffic in the Strait. In ancient times the port using an iron chain to hold the pirates who intend evil. If any foreign boats came down the chain. Once the coast was clear again, the chain was removed. The boats that pass without a stop dipelabuhan surrounded by boats owned by the kingdom and attacked. All the crew-boat crews brave death. That is why the country into a shipping center.

Of course, many more stories, legends and even the myth of Sriwijaya. Chinese sailors foreigners like Chinese, Arabs and Persians, which records all events stories whenever they saw and the. If the Arab sailors and Persia, describing the state of the river Musi, where Palembang is located, is like a city in Tiggris. Those described Palembang is a very large, which if entered into the city, do not stop crowing roosters bersahut-replication (in terms of the crowing cock to follow the rising sun). The stories of their journey filled with wonders 1001 nights.

Chinese sailors recorded more realistic about the city of Palembang, where they see how kehiduapan city residents who live above the rafts with no taxes withheld. As for the leader of home life above ground dry colonnaded house. They spell the name of Palembang in accordance with their tongues and scripts. Palembang is called or pronounced them as Po-lin-fong or Ku-kang (meaning the old port). Having experienced the century-century heyday-7 and 9, then dikurun the 12th century Srivijaya collapse slowly. Sriwijaya's collapse, either because of competition with the kingdom in Java, with the royal battle Cola from India and last fall was inevitable after the rise of the rise of Islamic kingdoms in the archipelago. Islamic kingdoms that had a small parts of the kingdom of Sriwijaya, developed into a great empire like the one in Aceh and Peninsular Malaysia.

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