Palembang
City and capital of South Sumatra, IndonesiaPalembang is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers 352.51 square kilometres on both banks of the Musi River in the eastern lowlands of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,772,492. Palembang is the second most populous city in Sumatra, after Medan, and the twelfth most populous city in Indonesia.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palembang
Roman Catholic archdiocese in South Sumatra, Indonesia
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Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150
1975 aviation accident
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Ampera Bridge
Vertical-lift bridge in Palembang, Indonesia
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Palembang Mayoral Office
Historic building
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Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Museum
Museum of the Palembang Sultanate.
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Kuto Besak
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Ampera LRT station
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Cinde LRT station
Light rail station in Palembang, Indonesia