Sunday, October 20, 2013

beauty of west sumatra part 5 (five) come at bukit tinggi

Bukit tinggi is one of the most historic cities in Indonesia. How not, this city was once the capital of our country in 1948. In addition, one of the characters that Bung Hatta proclaimed Indonesia, he also came from this city. 
File:Marapi and Bukittinggi.jpg 

Bukittinggi city lies on a series that ran along the Bukit Barisan Sumatra island, and is surrounded by two volcanoes is Mount Singgalang and Mount Marapi. The city is located at an altitude of 909-941 meters above sea level, and has a fairly cool weather with temperatures ranging between 16.1-24.9 ° C. Meanwhile, the total area of ​​the city of Bukittinggi today (25.24 km ²), 82.8% was allocated to the cultivation of land, while the rest is a protected forest. This town has a hilly topography and berlembah, some hills are scattered in urban areas, including Ambacang Bukit, Bukit Tambun Bones, Mandiangin Bukit, Bukit Campago, Kubangankabau Bukit, Bukit Pinang Nan Sabatang, Canggang Bukit, Bukit Paninjauan and so on. In addition, there is a valley known as Sianok canyon with depths varying between 75-110 m, which is in essence flows a river called Trunk Masang. 

Oh yes, one of the interesting things is the city of Bukittinggi siblings (sister city) with Seremban in Negeri Sembilan Malaysia. The feeling is not complete if we do not discuss what the attractions are located in the city of Bukittinggi. Well, what about it? please refer to our article this time :)

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