Saturday, June 4, 2011

BUKITTINGGI


The city of Bukittinggi is one of the city in the province of WestSumatra, Indonesia.
The city was formerly called Fort de Kock and was once alsodubbed as Parisj van other than the city of Medan and Sumatratown of Bukittinggi was also the capital city of Indonesia.
The city is the hometown of one of the Bung Hatta proclaimedIndonesia, also known as the city of heritage with the Clock Tower, a landmark in the heart of height, shaped like a big clockBig Ben, as well as a symbol for the city which is also located on the edge of a valley named Canyon Sianok.
In addition, the city of Bukittinggi is also famous as a tourist citycool temperate, and siblings (sister city) with the SerembanNegeri Sembilan in Malaysia.

Bukittinggi, with a latitude of -0.32 (0° -20' 60 S) and a longitude of 100.37 (100° 22' 0 E), is a populated place located in the area / state of Sumatera Barat in Indonesia that is a part of Asia.
The location is situated 2241 kilometers west (283°) of the approximate center of Indonesia and 969 kilometers north west (312°) of the captial Jakarta.







Source :wikipedia

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