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Batusangkar

South-eastern Asia

Batusangkar is the capital of Tanah Datar Regency in West Sumatra, Indonesia, known as the city of culture.

Facts
Founding Year
1821 to 1837 1
Latitude
0.45 degrees south 1
Longitude
100.58333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+07:00 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Batusangkar
  • Coordinate template near end of page (latitude)
    0°27′S 100°35′E
  • Coordinate template near end of page (longitude)
    0°27′S 100°35′E
  • History
    The town was known as Fort van der Capellen during colonial times when it was a Dutch outpost established during the Padri War (1821-37).
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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2. GeoNames: Batusangkar - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 413 m
  • Place record, timezone
    Timezone Asia/Jakarta
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.25, 100.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.25, 100.75
-0.25 100.75 Af
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Wikidata: Batusangkar
Wikidata Q2891928, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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