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Merigi
Merigi is a district (''kecamatan'') of Kepahiang Regency, Bengkulu, Indonesia. Toponymy Merigi is a Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...'s term of original name in Rejang, ''Migai'' (or alternatively ''Migêi''), which is taken from a farewell speech by Ki Geto (the founder of Merigi clan) to his brother Ki Karang Nio, ''"Uyo itê sa'ok, keme ami igai belek"''. These words are loosely translated into English "From now on we are detached (one another), we will not ever return". After the farewell, Ki Geto would led his people to established new villages outside Lebong, the heartland of Rejang people and stay there since then. History Merigi was established on 16 November 2005, after being split off from the northwestern part of Kepahiang district. Adm ...
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Kepahiang Regency
Kepahiang is a regency in Bengkulu Province of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. It covers an area of 710.11 km2, of which a high percentage (27%) is still forest. It had a population of 124,865 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 149,737 at the 2020 Census. The regency seat is Kepahiang town. The local population consists of various ethnic groups such as Rejang, Serawai, Javanese, Lembak and Sundanese, among which Rejang forms the majority in Kepahiang. The Regency of Kepahiang is rich in natural resources including gold, coal, geothermal energy resources, gemstones as well as a range of agricultural, aquacultural and forest products. These include rice, oil- and coconut palms, coffee, tea, corn, wood, natural rubber and pepper, as well as various types of fruits and locally bred fish specimens and products. The local government of Kepahiang operates several development projects to achieve improvements in the sector of agriculture, energy ...
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Rejang People
Rejang people ( Rejang: ''Tun Hejang'' or ''Tun Jang'') are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, native to the some parts of Bengkulu Province and South Sumatera Province in the southwestern part of Sumatera Island, Indonesia. They occupied some area in a cool mountain slopes of the Barisan mountain range in both sides of Bengkulu and South Sumatra. With approximately more than 1,3 million people, they form the largest ethnic group in Bengkulu Province. Rejang people predominantly live as a majority in 5 out 10 regencies and city of Bengkulu Province, while the rest of them who lives in South Sumatera resides at 7 villages in the district called as Bermani Ulu Rawas. The Rejangs are predominantly an Islam adherent group with small numbers following a religion other than Islam. According to research, Rejang people are the descendants of the Bukar-Sadong people who migrated from Northern Borneo (Sarawak). Etymology The etymology of the name of Rejang or in Rejang language itse ...
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Bengkulu
Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southwest coast of Sumatra. It was formed on 18 November 1968 by separating out the former Bencoolen Residency area from the province of South Sumatra under Law No. 9 of 1967 and was finalized by Government Regulation No. 20 of 1968. Spread over 19,813 km2, it is bordered by the provinces of West Sumatra to the north, Jambi to the northeast, Lampung to the southeast, and South Sumatra to the east, and by the Indian Ocean to the northwest, south, southwest, and west. Bengkulu is the 25th largest province by area; it is divided into nine regencies and the city of Bengkulu, the capital and the only independent city. Bengkulu is also the 26th largest province by population in Indonesia, with 1,715,518 inhabitants at the 2010 Census and 2,010,670 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 2,032,941.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. According to a release by Bada ...
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India ...
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Malay Language
Malay (; ms, Bahasa Melayu, links=no, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Rejang script, Rencong: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of the Philippines and Thailand. Altogether, it is spoken by 290 million people (around 260 million in Indonesia alone in its own literary standard named "Indonesian language, Indonesian") across Maritime Southeast Asia. As the or ("national language") of several states, Standard Malay has various official names. In Malaysia, it is designated as either ("Malaysian Malay") or also ("Malay language"). In Singapore and Brunei, it is called ("Malay language"). In Indonesia, an autonomous normative variety called ("Indonesian language") is designated the ("unifying language" or lingua franca). However, in areas of Central to Southern Sumatra, where vernacular varieties of Malay are indigenous, Indonesians refe ...
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Rejang Language
Rejang (, ) is an Austronesian language predominantly spoken by the Rejang people in southwestern parts of Sumatra (Bengkulu), Indonesia. There are five dialects, spread from mountainous region to the coastal region of Bengkulu, including the Musi (Musai) dialect, the Lebong dialect, the Kebanagung dialect, the Rawas (Awes) dialect, and the Pesisir dialect. Classification Rejang is not obviously close to other Malayo-Polynesian languages in Sumatra. McGinn (2009) classified it among the Bidayuh languages of Borneo, closest to Bukar–Sadong. It may be that it is related to the newly described language Nasal, but that is speculative at this point. Robert Blust and Alexander Smith classified Rejang as part of Greater North Borneo languages (2017a, 2017b). Dialects Rejang has five different dialects. Speakers of each dialects are able to communicate with one another, in spite of lexical and phonological differences. The four dialects of Rejangs are Curup, Lebong, Kepahiang, and ...
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Kepahiang (town)
Kepahiang is a town, district, and regency seat of Kepahiang Regency in Bengkulu, Indonesia. With population of around 51,400 in 2021 and population density of around 806 people per square kilometer, it is the most populous and most densely populated district in the regency. It is the administrative and economic center of Kepahiang Regency. It borders Ujan Mas District in the north, Kabawetan and Tebat Karai District in the east, Seberang Musi District in the south, and Central Bengkulu Regency Central Bengkulu is a regency of Bengkulu Province, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, includin ... in the west. References * {{coord missing, Indonesia Districts of Kepahiang Regency Regency seats of Bengkulu ...
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Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. It is a member of the Ivy League. Chartered by the Connecticut Colony, the Collegiate School was established in 1701 by clergy to educate Congregational ministers before moving to New Haven in 1716. Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first PhD in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale's faculty and student populations grew after 1890 with rapid expansion of the physical campus and scientific research. Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate col ...
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Universitas Jember
University of Jember ( id, Universitas Jember, abbreviated as UNEJ) is a university in Jember Regency, Indonesia. This university is located on Jalan Kalimantan, Jember. It has several faculties including education and law. It was established on November 10, 1964. Dr. Ir. Iwan Taruna, M.Eng, IPM is appointed as the University's Rector. Alumni * Gatot Sudjito Gatot Sudjito (28 October 1960 – 18 January 2021) was an Indonesian politician from the Golkar party who served as a member of the Surabaya Regional People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2004, Member of the East Java Regional People' ... * Adek Berry * Charles Meikyansah References External links * Universities and colleges in Indonesia Indonesian state universities {{Indonesia-university-stub ...
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