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Jambi is the capital and largest city of the

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 Guine ...

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Jambi Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is Jambi. The province has a land area of 50,160.05 km2, and a sea area of 3, ...

. Located on the island of

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, the city is a busy port on the

Batang Hari River The Batang Hari ( Indonesian: ''Sungai Batanghari'') is the longest river in Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia, about northwest of the capital Jakarta. Hydrology The river originates in the Minangkabau Highlands, home of the Minangkab ...

and an oil- and rubber-producing centre. The city is located from the ruins of

Muaro Jambi Temple Compounds Muaro Jambi ( id, Candi Muaro Jambi) is a Buddhist temple complex, in Muaro Jambi Regency, Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It is situated 26 kilometers east from the city of Jambi. The temple complex was built by the Melayu Kingdom, with i ...

, an important city in the ancient

Srivijaya Srivijaya ( id, Sriwijaya) was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia), which influenced much of Southeast Asia. Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 7th t ...

kingdom. Nearby towns and villages include Mendalo (), Kinati (), Padang (), Tanjungjohor (),

Paalmerah Paalmerah is a town in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located 2.8 miles from the town of Jambi.Fallingrain world gazetteer Nearby towns and villages include Kinati (6.1 nm), Muarakumpe (4.1 nm), Sungaiterap (6.1&n ...

(), and Muarakumpe (). Jambi City itself is an

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within

Muaro Jambi Regency Muaro Jambi Regency is a regency of Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. From the 4th until the 13th century, it was the seat of the Hindu-Buddhist Melayu Kingdom. It has an area of 5,246.00 km2 and had a population of 342,952 at the 2010 cens ...

. Jambi is served by the

Sultan Thaha Airport Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin) (formerly WIPA) is an airport in Jambi City in the Jambi province of Indonesia. It is located in the Paalmerah suburb of Jambi. This airport is named after Sultan T ...

History

Jambi City was denoted as the administrative capital of the Jambi autonomic area by the Governor of Sumatra on 17 May 1946. In 1956, Jambi City was given its city status, and eventually became the capital of Jambi province on 6 January 1957.

Geography

The total land area of Jambi city is . Jambi City is located at the south-western portion of the Sumatran Basin, a low-lying area in Eastern Sumatra with an altitude of 0 to 60m above sea level. A segment of the Batanghari River, the longest river in Sumatra at , flows through Jambi City.

Demographics

Jambi city is the most populated city in Jambi Province, with 606,200 inhabitants (17% of the province's population) living in this city in 2020. The city is a very diverse and multi-ethnic, consist of Jambi Malays (27.84%), Javanese (22.05%),

Minangkabau Minangkabau may refer to: * Minangkabau culture, culture of the Minangkabau people * Minangkabau Culture Documentation and Information Center * Minangkabau Express, an airport rail link service serving Minangkabau International Airport (''see belo ...

(12.64%), Malays (11.47%),

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(6.82%),

Batak Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, ...

(6.62%),

Sundanese Sundanese may refer to: * Sundanese people * Sundanese language * Sundanese script Standard Sundanese script (''Aksara Sunda Baku'', ) is a writing system which is used by the Sundanese people. It is built based on Old Sundanese script (' ...

(4.47%), and

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(2.03%).

Administrative districts

At the time of the 2010 Census, the city of Jambi was subdivided into eight administrative districts (''kecamatan''), but since 2010, three additional districts have been added by the splitting of existing districts - Alam Barajo, Danau Sipin and Paal Merah. The districts are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages (urban ''kelurahan'') in each district. Note: (a) the 2010 populations of these new districts are included with the figure for the district from which they were cut.

Climate

Jambi has a

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(Af) according to the

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, with a minimum temperature of and a maximum temperature of . The level of humidity ranges from 82 to 28%. Annual rainfall of Jambi City is , with the rainy season lasting from October to March with 20 rainy days a month. The dry season lasts from April to September with an average of 16 rainy days a month.

Transportation

The city is served by

, which has connections to Jakarta, Batam, Palembang, Medan, Bengkulu, Bandar Lampung and Pekanbaru.

Trans-Sumatran Highway The Trans-Sumatra Highway (Indonesian: ''Jalan Raya Trans-Sumatra'') is a primary north–south road in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 2,508.5 km in length, and connecting the northern island at Banda Aceh to Bandar Lampung in the south ...

crosses the city. Jambi port is located over

. Public transportation includes angkot and

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. Ride sharing services Grab and

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also available.

Twin towns – sister cities

Jambi City is twinned with: *

Kupang Kupang ( id, Kota Kupang, ), formerly known as Koepang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. At the 2020 C ensus, it had a population of 442,758; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 455,850. It is the largest ci ...

, Indonesia *

Ermera Ermera (''Vila Ermera'') is a city in East Timor and a former capital of the East Timorese community, Ermera. ''Ermera'' in Mambai means "red water." It has a population of 8,907. Its geographical coordinates are , and it lies above sea l ...

, East Timor *

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, East Timor *

Kulim The Kulim District is a district and town in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. It is located on the southeast of Kedah, bordering Penang. The town of Kulim, a mere east of Penang's capital city, George Town, also forms part of Greater Penang, Ma ...

, Malaysia

References

External links

Official siteProvinsi JambiSarolangunInformasi JambiKabar JambiMeranginTv JambiInformasi JambiTentang JambiTv Online JambiPariwisata JambiBerita JambiMuaro Jambi
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