BUKITTINGGI CITY

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History of Bukittinggi

Bukittinggi city began standing in line with the arrival of the Dutch who later founded the blockhouse in 1825 during the War Padri in one of the hills contained within this city, known as Fort de Kock, as well as a resting place officers in the Dutch colonies . Later in the reign of the Dutch East Indies, the area is always enhanced role in the constitution which later developed into a Stadsgemeente (city), and also serves as the capital Afdeeling Padangsche Bovenlanden and Onderafdeeling Oud Agam.

After the independence of Indonesia, Bukittinggi zone for urban governance based on the Decree of the Governor of the Province of Sumatra No. 391 date June 9, 1947, once the capital of the Province of Sumatra at the time, with its governor Mr. Teuku Muhammad Hasan.

At the time of maintaining the independence of Indonesia, the City Bukitinggi role as the city struggles, where on December 19, 1948, the city is designated as the capital of Indonesia after the Yogyakarta fell into Dutch hands, known as the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI). Later on, the event was design a State-Defense Day, based on the Decree of President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 28 at December 18, 2006.

The next big city of Bukittinggi based on Law Number 9 Year 1956 concerning the establishment of an autonomous region within the major cities of the province of Central Sumatra periode, which covers the province of West Sumatra, Jambi, Riau and Riau Islands now.

Even after the issuance of Government Regulation Number 84 of 1999 as a new legal basis of regional government in the implementation of Bukittinggi, but until now still can not be implemented.

Geography of Bukittinggi

Bukittinggi is located on the Bukit Barisan range that ran along the island of Sumatra, around by three volcanoes is Mount Singgalang, Mount Marapi and Mount Sago, and at altitude of 909-941 meters above sea level. The city is also air cool with temperatures ranging between 16.1 - 24.9 ° C. While the total area of the current town of Bukittinggi (25.24 km ²), 82.8% have been devoted to cultivation of land, while the rest is protected forest.

The city has a hilly topography and valley some hills are scattered in urban areas, among them the Bukit Ambacang, Bukit Tambun Bones, Mandiangin Hill, Hill Campago, Kubangankabau Hill, Bukit Pinang Sabatang Nan, Canggang Hill, Hill Paninjauan and so on. While there is a valley which is also known as Ngarai Sianok with a depth that varies between 75-110 m, which basicly flows a river called the Batang Masang which empties into the west coast of the Island.

The development of the urban population can not be separate from the change of Bukittingi a trade center in the Minangkabau high lands, starting with the market built the Dutch East Indies government in 1890 under the name loods, local people spell it with loih, with a curved roof became known as the Loih Galuang.

Today, the city Bukittingi is the most population city in the province of West Sumatra, with a work force of 52,631 people and about 3845 of them are unemployment. The city is dominated by ethnic Minangkabau, but there are also ethnic Chinese, Javanese, Tamil and Batak.

Chinese community to come together with the emergence of markets in London, they allowed the Dutch East Indies government to build a shop at the foot of the hill fortress of Fort de Kock west, stretching from south to north, now known as Kampung Cino. While the Indian traders placed in the foothills of the north, a circular from east to west and is now called Kampung Keling.