๐ฎ๐ฉ Padang Panjang, is located in the cool highlands of West Sumatra, inland from the provincial capital Padang. It sits on a plateau beneath the volcanoes Mount Marapi and Mount Singgalang. Home to a famous performing arts conservatorium, Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia (STSI or "Indonesian College of the Art") Padang Panjang, the town stretches up the hill from the marketplace and central mosque, to the soccer field and bus terminal on up to STSI. The main road through Padang Panjang links coastal Padang and the highland capital, Bukittinggi.
The town is also home to the Minangkabau Cultural Documentation and Information Center (Pusat Dokumentasi dan Informasi Kebudayaan Minangkabau - PDIKM).
Padang Panjang has a population of over 56,310 people. Padang Panjang also forms one of the centres of the wider West Sumatra province which has a population of over 5,534,472 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Padang Panjang has links with:
๐ฒ๐พ Malacca City, Malaysia๐ฎ๐ฉ Bukittinggi -0.3
๐ช๐จ Santo Domingo -0.25
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sawahlunto -0.681
๐ฌ๐ฆ Port-Gentil -0.728
๐น๐ญ Bang Khun Thian 100.433
๐ฒ๐พ Seberang Perai 100.467
๐น๐ญ Pathum Thani 100.483
๐ฒ๐พ Sungai Petani 100.491
๐ฑ๐ฆ Ban Houayxay 100.423
๐น๐ญ Sao Thong Hin 100.417
๐ฒ๐พ Kepala Batas 100.417
๐น๐ญ Taphan Hin 100.417
๐น๐ญ Bang Bua Thong 100.4
๐ฒ๐พ Alor Setar 100.367
๐ฎ๐ฉ Bukittinggi 100.367
Locations Near: Padang Panjang 100.429,-0.45767
๐ฎ๐ฉ Bukittinggi 100.367,-0.3 d: 18.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sawahlunto 100.777,-0.681 d: 46
๐ฎ๐ฉ Padang 100.355,-0.951 d: 55.5
๐ฎ๐ฉ Pekanbaru 101.449,0.51 d: 156.3
๐ฎ๐ฉ Padangsidempuan 99.266,1.367 d: 240.6
๐ฎ๐ฉ Teluk Dalam 97.8,0.55 d: 313.1
๐ฒ๐พ Malacca 102.248,2.194 d: 357.6
๐ฒ๐พ Malacca City 102.255,2.191 d: 357.7
๐ฒ๐พ Alor Gajah 102.217,2.383 d: 373.2
๐ฎ๐ฉ Jambi City 103.6,-1.583 d: 374.1
Antipodal to: Padang Panjang -79.571,0.458
๐ช๐จ Esmeraldas -79.656,0.952 d: 19959.3
๐ช๐จ Santo Domingo -79.167,-0.25 d: 19924.5
๐ช๐จ Quito -78.512,-0.22 d: 19875.2
๐ช๐จ Ibarra -78.117,0.35 d: 19852.9
๐ช๐จ El Empalme -79.633,-1.033 d: 19849.2
๐ช๐จ Quevedo -79.45,-1.033 d: 19848.8
๐จ๐ด Tumaco -78.802,1.8 d: 19843.1
๐ช๐จ Manta -80.7,-0.95 d: 19814.4