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Sipirok
Sipirok is a town in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and the seat (capital) of South Tapanuli Regency. It is known for the Batu Jomba Sipirok, a badly maintained highway which becomes difficult and dangerous during wet weather. Notable residents *Hasjrul Harahap, Minister of Forestry (1993-1998) * Mangaradja Soeangkoepon, (1885-1946) Volksraad member * Abdul Rasjid Abdul Rasjid Siregar gelar Mangaradja Mahkota Soeangkoepon (born 1891, date of death unknown, Perfected Spelling: Abdul Rasyid Siregar gelar Mangaraja Suangkupon), commonly known as Dr. Abdul Rasjid, was a politician and physician in the Dutch E ..., native physician and Volksraad member * , Indonesian comedian References Regency seats of North Sumatra Populated places in North Sumatra {{NSumatra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Tapanuli Regency
South Tapanuli (Tapanuli Selatan in Indonesian Language, abbreviated Tapsel) is a regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Its seat is the town of Sipirok. This regency was originally very large and contained thousands of towns and villages, including the city of Padang Sidempuan. The areas that have separated from South Tapanuli Regency are the new regencies of Mandailing Natal, Padang Lawas Utara and Padang Lawas, all lying to the south-east of the residual South Tapanuli Regency, plus the city (''kota'') of Padang Sidempuan. After the division, the regency seat moved to from Padang Sidempuan to Sipirok. The regency covers an area of 4,355.35 square kilometers and had a population of 264,108 at the 2010 census and 300,911 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. These figures exclude the city of Padang Sidempuan, which is virtually surrounded by South Tananuli territory but is independently administered. There are several attractions in the regency, including Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Sumatra
North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and Central Java, and also the most populous in the island of Sumatra. It covers an area of 72,981 km2. According to the 2020 census, the province's population in that year was 14,799,361. The mid-2021 official estimate is 14,936,148. North Sumatra is a multi-ethnic province. The Malay people are regarded as the natives of the east coast of the province, while the west coast of the province is mainly inhabited by the Batak (''Pakpak'', ''Angkola'' and ''Mandailing'' groups). The central highlands region around Lake Toba is predominantly inhabited by another ''Batak'' groups (''Toba'', ''Simalungun'' and ''Karo''). The Nias people are natives to ''Nias Island'' and its surrounding islets. With the opening of tobacco plantations in East S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasjrul Harahap
Hasjrul Harahap (November 18, 1931 – February 7, 2014) was an Indonesian politician and government official. Harahap served as the Minister of Forestry from 1988 to 1993 under former President Suharto. Harahap was born on November 18, 1931. He was raised in Sipirok, North Sumatra. Harahap received a doctorate of science in 2004 from Bogor Agricultural University at the age of 73. He was the oldest student to receive a doctorate from the university. Harahap had defended his doctoral dissertation, "The Influence of Lead Pollution from Vehicles and Land on Tea Plants and Quality." He had researched the levels of lead pollution found in the roots of tea plants grown in the Puncak region of West Java: the Gunung Mas, Malabar, and Sidamanik tea plantations. Harashap founded that the highest levels of lead were found in the branches and soil of tea grown in the Gunung Mas plantation. The largest concentrations of lead in the roots of tea plants were discovered at Sidamanik. Harahap co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangaradja Soeangkoepon
Abdoel Firman Siregar gelar Mangaradja Soangkoepon (1885–1946, Perfected Spelling: Abdul Firman Siregar gelar Mangaraja Soangkupon) was a politician and Volksraad member in the Dutch East Indies. He was an Indonesian nationalist and was a political ally of many of the leaders who came to power in the early independence era, although he himself died before the country achieved its independence. Biography Mangaradja Soeangkoepon was born on 26 December 1885 into an aristocratic Toba Batak family in Sipirok or possibly in Padangsidempuan; his father was a local district head. His early education is not well documented; likely he studied in a local Dutch-language school. When he was passed over for succession to the family title by his father in 1902, he left for East Sumatra. His younger brother Abdul Rasjid would later become a STOVIA-educated native physician and politician as well. In 1906 he was appointed subdistrict head ( nl, onderdistrictshoofd) in Sosa Julu, Padang Lawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Rasjid
Abdul Rasjid Siregar gelar Mangaradja Mahkota Soeangkoepon (born 1891, date of death unknown, Perfected Spelling: Abdul Rasyid Siregar gelar Mangaraja Suangkupon), commonly known as Dr. Abdul Rasjid, was a politician and physician in the Dutch East Indies. He was elected or appointed to the Volksraad from 1931 to 1942, during which time he sat with the Indonesian nationalist faction. During the 1930s, he became convinced that public health and cooperation with traditional healers should be central to the mission of physicians in the Indies. Biography Abdoel Rasjid was born in 1891 in Padang, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, into an elite Toba Batak family with roots in Sipirok. He was the younger brother of Mangaradja Soeangkoepon, who would also later become a politician. He studied medicine at STOVIA starting in around 1910 and graduated in 1914 as a native physician ( nl, Inlandsche Artsen, a lower status than European physicians). After graduating he entered the government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batu Jomba Sipirok
Batu may refer to: Geography *Batu, East Java, a city in Indonesia * Batu Islands, an archipelago of Indonesia * Batu, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Batu, Kuala Lumpur, an area in Malaysia *Batu (town), Ethiopia *Batu Lintang camp, a World War II Japanese POW and civilian internee camp at Kuching, Sarawak * Batu Tara a small isolated island in the Flores Sea *Mount Batu, Ethiopia * Batu (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat People * Batu (given name), a Turkic given name *Batu Khan ( – 1255), a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde *Batu (group), a Brazilian-influenced music group from London *Batu or Batupuei people in Matupi, Chin State, Myanmar (Burma) *İnal Batu (1936–2013), Turkish diplomat and politician *Osman Batur (1899-1951), Kazakh warrior who fought against the Chinese and Russians in East-Turkestan. *Pelin Batu (born 1978), Turkish actress *Saru Batu Savcı Bey (died 1287), elder brother of Osman I, the founder of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakarta Post
''The Jakarta Post'' is a daily English-language newspaper in Indonesia. The paper is owned by PT Niskala Media Tenggara and based in the nation's capital, Jakarta. ''The Jakarta Post'' started as a collaboration between four Indonesian media at the urging of Information Minister Ali Murtopo and politician Jusuf Wanandi. After the first issue was printed on 25 April 1983, it spent several years with minimal advertisements and increasing circulation. After a change in chief editors in 1991, it began to take a more vocal pro-democracy point of view. The paper was one of the few Indonesian English-language dailies to survive the 1997 Asian financial crisis and currently has a circulation of about 40,000. ''The Jakarta Post'' also features an online edition and a weekend magazine supplement called J+. The newspaper is targeted at foreigners and educated Indonesians, although the middle-class Indonesian readership has increased. Noted for being a training ground for local and int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regency Seats Of North Sumatra
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state ''pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy, or the throne is vacant and the new monarch has not yet been determined. One variation is in the Monarchy of Liechtenstein, where a competent monarch may choose to assign regency to their of-age heir, handing over the majority of their responsibilities to prepare the heir for future succession. The rule of a regent or regents is called a regency. A regent or regency council may be formed ''ad hoc'' or in accordance with a constitutional rule. ''Regent'' is sometimes a formal title granted to a monarch's most trusted advisor or personal assistant. If the regent is holding their position due to their position in the line of succession, the compound term ''prince regent'' is often used; if the regent of a minor is their mother, she would be r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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