BUKITTINGGI CITY

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CITY BUKITTINGGI is one city in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The city was formerly called the Fort de Kock and the former had also dubbed as the Paris van besides Sumatra city of Medan, and the town of Bukittinggi was also the state capital of Indonesia.
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The city is the hometown of one of the Proclaimers REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA the Bung Hatta, also known as city heritage with the Clock Tower, a landmark in the heart of the height, shaped like a big clock Big Ben, as well as a symbol for the city which is also located on the edge of a valley Sianok named Canyon.
Besides the town of Bukittinggi is also famous as a tourist city that cool air, and siblings (sister city) in Seremban from Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia.
It also has the most beautiful places. Well It's a place that you should sambangi:
History of Bukittinggi

Bukittinggi in the state administration since Dutch colonial times, Japanese colonial era and the era of independence with its variations remains the central government a portion of Central Sumatra and Sumatra as a whole, even Bukittinggi once served as the Central Government of the Republic of Indonesia setela Yogyajarta occupied Netherlands from December 1948 to the month in June 1949.
As a former Dutch government, Dutch Bukittinggi is always enhanced by his role in state administration, from what dinamakanGemetelyk Resort based Stbl 1828.
The Netherlands has set up a defensive stronghold in 1825, which until now blockhouse is still known as Fort "Fort De Kock". The city has been used also by the Dutch as a resting place officers in the colonies in the east of this.
By the Japanese government, serve as the center of Bukittinggi military government control for the region of Sumatra, even down to Singapore and Thailand as a resident commander here Milioter to 25. At this time of Taddsgemente Bukittinggi renamed Fort de Kock became Bukittinggi The Yaku Sho, whose land was broadened to include Nagari-Nagari Sianok, Gadut, Kapau, Ampang Tower, Stone Hill Batabuah Taba and now all of them now in Agam regency, in The city is also the Government of Japan set up reinforcements tebtara largest radio transmitter to the island of Sumatra in order to raise the spirit of the people to support the interests of the Greater East Asia peramg Japanese version.
At the time of the struggle for Independence of the Republic of Indonesia Bukitinggi role as the city struggles. From December 1948 until June 1949 was appointed as the Mother City Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI) after Yogyakarta fell into Dutch hands.
Furthermore, once the capital city of Bukittinggi Sumatra Province with Mr. governors.
Tengku Muhammad Hasan. Later in the regulations in Lieu of Law No.. 4 in 1959, United Kingdom established as the capital city of Central Sumatra-residency that includes residencies, West Sumatra, Jambi and Riau are now each residency has become its own provinces.
Having developed the prefecture of West Sumatra province of West Sumatra, Bukittinggi is designated as the capital of his province,. since 1958 the de facto capital of Province have moved to a deyuire Padangnamun Bukittinggi in 1978 then no longer be the capital of West Sumatra province, with the release of Government Regulation no. 29 in 1979 to move the capital of West Sumatra province to Padang. Right now the status of municipalities Bukittinggi Regional Level II in accordance with law No.. 5 year 1974 concerning Regional Government which has been perfected by Law NO. 22/99menjadi of Bukittinggi.


JAM GADANG

Jam Gadang  is the designation for a tower clock located in the heart of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra Province. Jam Gadang is the name given to the Minangkabau society that Jam Gadang building, because it has a Jam Gadang was a "large sieve", or "at large" (large sieve = large clock hours; "large sieve" means big in Minangkabau language).
Such a phenomenal building Jam Gadang called the Jam Gadang at the time of its construction, so since the founding of the Jam Gadang has become the center of everyone's attention. It also resulted in the Jam Gadang used as a marker or landmark of Bukittinggi and also as one of the icons of West Sumatra province.
Jam Gadang was built in 1926 by architect Yazid Sutan Dental Ameh. This clock was a gift from the Queen of the Netherlands to the Rook Maker, Controleur (City Secretary) Bukittinggi in the former Dutch East Indies Government. Laying the first stone clock is done Rook Maker's first son who was then 6 years old.
Ground-plan (building footprint following steps overlooking the Upper Market) of the Jam Gadang is 13x4 meters, 26 meters height.Jam Gadang is engaged in mechanical and consisted of four hours / four-face clock overlooking the four compass directions with each clock face diameter of 80 cm.

This Jam Gadang has undergone several changes in the peak shape. At first the top of the tower clock is round and on it stands a statue of a rooster. When you sign colonize Indonesia, the Japanese occupation government changed it to shape pagoda top. At the time of independence, its shape changed again into ornaments traditional Minangkabau house.
Construction of the Jam Gadang is said to spend a total cost of construction of about 3,000 Gulden, which costs quite fantastic for the size of the time. But it paid off with the famous Jam Gadang is a landmark that once a symbol or icon of Bukittinggi. Jam Gadang is also set as the zero point of Bukittinggi.There is a uniqueness of Roman numerals on the face of the Jam Gadang is. When writing Roman numerals usually include the symbol "IV" to symbolize the four roman numbers, then the Jam Gadang is labeled with the number four roman under the symbol "IIII" (Generally IV).



Ngarai Sianok

Ngarai Sianok is a steep valley (ravine) located in the border town of Bukittinggi, the District IV Koto, Agam regency, West Sumatra. The valley is long and winding as the southern border town of Koto Gadang canyon until the Ngarai Sianok k Six Tribes, and ended up Palupuh. Ngarai Sianok has beautiful scenery and become one of the main attractions the province.

The gulf is about 100 m which stretches along 15 km with a width of about 200 m and is part of the fault that separates the island of Sumatra in half lengthwise (Fault Semangko). This fault forms a steep wall, even perpendicular and form a green valley - a result of the movement down the earth's crust (sinklinal) - the fed Trunk Sianok (rod means river, in the Minangkabau language) where the water is clear. In the Dutch colonial era, the gap is referred to as buffalo sanget, because of the many free-living wild buffalo in the bottom of the canyon.
Sianok rod can now be forded by the use of canoes and kayaks who disaranai by a water sports organization "Qurays". The route taken is from village to village Sitingkai Lambah Stem Palupuh for approximately 3.5 hours. On its banks there's also rare plants such as Rafflesia and medicinal plants. Fauna encountered such long-tailed monkeys, gibbons, hoops, deer, wild boar, leopard, and tapirs.



Lobang Japang


Lobang Japang resort is one of the objects that exist in the city of Bukittinggi and is a historical relic of Japan's residence during his stay in London.Because of Bukittinggi is very strategically located in the middle - the middle of the island of Sumatra, the Japanese invaders set as the center of Bukittinggi Japanese Army Defense Command in Sumatra (Seiko Sikikan Kakka) led by General Watanabe.
As for Japan's military fortifications made a tunnel under the heart of Bukittinggi, in addition to functioning as a defense as well prepared as a store of ammunition, barracks, dining, hospitals, courtrooms and a kitchen, a total of 27 rooms and is a complete complex, such as plan which can be seen on the entrance wall.
The length of aperture Panorama location is located approximately 1400 meters, while the overall length of which is under the city of Bukittinggi estimated to be less about 5000 meters, thereby preserved / maintained only 30% of the existing pit.Japan's main usefulness of this hole is the basis of Japan's military defense than attack the Allied invaders then the construction is very confidential, and no one knows exactly when it began a pit japan built. Can be estimated only a few months after March 1942, when Japan seized the hand of Bukittinggi from the Dutch Government.
Unskilled workers to multiply this hole is taken from people - people in Indonesia who were arrested from other areas, such as from the island of Java, Kalimantan, South Sumatra, etc., while the catch of Bukittinggi itself was brought up again to another daetrah force employed on the project anyway - Other projects, such as Loge le to m, embuat railway that will connect Muaro Sijunjung with Pekanbaru Riau. But this work does not go slesai, because the Japanese defeat in the hands of trigger-Allied army.
Technical workers in the construction of this hole to be taken from people - people who work in Indonesia Coal Mine Ombilin Sawahlunto originating from the island of Java.All unskilled workers are not sati people who can save themselves, all of them died due to lack of food and the torment of the Japanese army. hole so that confidentiality is maintained.
Although this hole can be completed, but have not been exploited completely, because the Japanese hurried to its knees due to the Allied soldiers who dropped two Atomic Fruit Allied troops in the city of Nagasaki and Hiroshima on 7 and August 8, 1945, and continues with proklamation Independence of the Republic of Indonesia on dated August 17, 1945 by Soekarno - Hatta.
When this hole is pretty crowded Japanese tourists visited by both International and Archipelago and is a favorite tourist attraction in London and even the West Sumatra.
Conditions in the tunnel.
From the gate, we menurunbi stairs as much as 135 pieces, if the staircase is the high average - average of 20 cm, thus the 135 steps means that we have fallen as high as 27 M. if we compare again where we stand now with the existing road above us, have a height difference approximately 5 M. from this calculation that the base hole diketahuilah ranging from 30 to 40 M of the ground surface. This depth was considered safe enough by the Japanese against Allied air attacks from.

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