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Tour De Singkarak
Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cycling International (UCI) as a 2.2 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It covers more than 1267 kilometres — from/to Padang passing around lake Singkarak and runs through inland West Sumatran cities — and lasted for a week and held annually. This exciting tour across the picturesque West Sumatra countryside's scenic landscapes, comprising beaches, blue lakes, and numerous hairpin bends, as they climb up to the foot of the volcanoes. The total prize money is Indonesian rupiah, IDR 1,000,000,000 (US$100,000). Bank Negara Indonesia, BNI-Maybank was the platinum sponsor of the Tour De Singkarak since 2009 with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Indonesia), Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia. TDS is the biggest i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Sumatra
West Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. West Sumatra borders the Indian Ocean to the west, as well as the provinces of North Sumatra to the north, Riau to the northeast, Jambi to the southeast, and Bengkulu to the south. The province has an area of , or about the same size as Switzerland, with a population of 5,534,472 at the 2020 Indonesian census, 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The official estimate at mid 2023 was 5,757,210 (comprising 2,900,270 males and 2,856,940 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Provinsi Sumatera Barat Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.13) The province is List of regencies and cities in West Sumatra, subdivided into twelve Regency (Indonesia), regencies and seven City status in Indonesia#Kota, cities. It has relatively more cities than other provinces outside Java, although several o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pariaman
Pariaman ( Jawi: ), is a coastal city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Pariaman covers an area of , with a coastline. It had a population of 79,043 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 94,224 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 97,206 - comprising 49,131 males and 48,075 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Pariaman Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1377) "Pariaman" means "safe area". History According to the limited early sources available, by the sixteenth century Pariaman was an important port city serving the Minangkabau settlements in the interior highlands of central west Sumatra. Traders from western India and later from Europe visited the port, trading in pepper, gold, and other products of the interior. In the early seventeenth century the port came under control of the Sultanate of Aceh, to the north; an Acehnese governor was stationed in the town. The port f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSPO Cycling Team
KSPO Professional () is a Korean UCI Continental cycling team that was founded in 1994, that is sponsored by the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation. Team roster Major wins ;2011 :Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan, Park Sung-baek ;2012 :Overall Tour de Korea, Park Sung-baek ::Stage 2, Park Sung-baek ;2013 :Stage 2 Tour of Japan, Park Sung-baek :Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Seo Joon-yong : Road Race Championships, Jung Ji-Min ;2014 :Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Park Sung-baek : Road Race Championships, Seo Joon-yong :Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Seo Joon-yong ;2015 :Stage 5 Tour de Langkawi, Seo Joon-yong :Stages 5 & 6 The Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup, Park Sung-baek ;2018 :Mountains classification Tour de Korea, Kwon Soon-Yeong ;2019 :Stage 3 Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula and East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Peninsular Malaysia shares land and maritime Malaysia–Thailand border, borders with Thailand, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia; East Malaysia shares land borders with Brunei and Indonesia, and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the country's national capital, List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population, largest city, and the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia, legislative branch of the Government of Malaysia, federal government, while Putrajaya is the federal administrative capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team () was a Singaporean UCI Continental cycling team managed by Justin Cheong Weiwen and sponsored by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC). Major wins ;2013 :Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Jason Christie :Stage 2 Tour of Thailand, Loh Sea Keong :Stage 4 Tour de Singkarak, Loh Sea Keong :Overall Jelajah Malaysia, Loh Sea Keong : SIN National Road Champion, Low Ji Wen : SIN National TT Champion HO Junrong :Stage 1 Tour de Ijen, Jason Christie ;2014 : Critérium international d'Alger, Thomas Rabou :Stage 2 Tour International de Blida, Thomas Rabou :Stage 1 Tour International de Sétif, Ronald Yeung :Stage 1 Le Tour de Filipinas, Eric Sheppard Eric Sheppard (born 1 October 1950) is a British and American geographer, currently Distinguished Research Professor of Economic geography at UCLA. Background Sheppard grew up in Cambridge, England, the son of Norman Sheppard and Kay McClean/S ... 2014 Team roster As of 31 December 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisan Racing Team
is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team sponsored by . It was previously formed in 1976 as the bicycle club for the employees of Aisan Industry. The club started racing in earnest in 1987 after registering in the Japan Industrial Track & Field Association. Team roster Major wins ;2006 :Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani ::Prologue, Kazuhiro Mori ::Stage 3, Taiji Nishitani :Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, Satoshi Hirose ;2007 :Stage 7 Tour de Taiwan, Satoshi Hirose :Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani :Stages 7 & 8 Tour of South China Sea, Taiji Nishitani ;2008 :Stage 3 Tour de East Java, Taiji Nishitani :Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Satoshi Hirose :Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Kazuhiro Mori :Stage 6 Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani ;2009 : Road Race Championships, Taiji Nishitani : Time Trial Championships, Kazuhiro Mori :Stage 6 Jelajah Malaysia, Taiji Nishitani :Stage 3b Tour de Singkarak, Taiji Nishitani :Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Kazuhiro Mori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solok
Solok (means ''valley'') is a city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The motto of this city is Kota Beras which is an abbreviation of "Bersih, Elok, Rapi, Aman dan Sejahtera". It has an area of 58.72 km2 (0.14 percent of the area of West Sumatra), a population of 59,396 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 73,438 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid-2023 was 77,842 - comprising 39,239 males and 38,603 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Solok Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1372) Solok topography varies between the plains and hilly with a height of 390 m above sea level. Three tributaries cross Solok, namely Batang Lembang, Batang Gawan, and Batang Air Binguang. Judging from the type of soil, 21.37 percent of the land in Solok is rice fields and the remaining 78.63 percent is used for other than rice fields. The travel time from Solok to Padang is 75 minutes, to the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batusangkar
Batusangkar (''batu'': stone, rock, ''sangkar'': cage) is the capital of the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is known as "the city of culture". History The town is near the former seat of the Minangkabau people, Minangkabau royalty established by Adityawarman in ''Pagaruyung'', represented by the reconstructed Pagaruyung Palace. Several stones bearing inscriptions (''prasasti'') left by Adityavarman that remain in the region are the first written records in West Sumatra. After the death of Adityawarman (1375), no more stone inscriptions were produced. Fort van der Capellen The town was known as Fort van der Capellen during Netherlands East Indies, colonial times when it was a Fort van der Capellen, Dutch outpost established during the Padri War (1821–37). The fort was built between 1822 and 1826 and named after the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Godert van der Capellen. The city was officially renamed Batusangkar in 1949, replacing its colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagaruyung
Pagaruyung (, other name: ''Pagaruyung Dārul Qarār''), also known as Pagarruyung, Pagar Ruyung and Malayapura or Malayupura, was a kingdom that once stood in the island of Sumatra and the seat of the Minangkabau kings of Western Sumatra. Modern Pagaruyung is a village in ''Tanjung Emas'' subdistrict, Tanah Datar regency, located near the town of Batusangkar, Indonesia. Prior to its establishment, the kingdom was part of Malayapura, a kingdom that the Amoghapasa inscription mentions was ruled by Adityawarman, who established himself as the ruler of ''Bhumi Malayu'' (Suvarnabhumi). Also included in Malayapura were the kingdom of Dharmasraya and several other kingdoms or conquests of Adityawarman. The region gradually became Muslim throughout the 16th century and after. In the early 17th century, the kingdom was forced to recognise the sovereignty of the Sultanate of Aceh but rebelled in 1665, also Dutch influence and presence grew in the 17th century. In the early 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jam Gadang
Jam Gadang (Minangkabau language, Minangkabau for "Big Clock"; Jawi script, Jawi: جام غدانغ ) is a clock tower, major landmark, and tourist attraction in the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is in the centre of the city, near the main market, Pasar Ateh. It has large clocks on each face. History Jam Gadang is located in central Bukittinggi, a city in the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra. It sits in the middle of the Sabai Nan Aluih Park, near the Ateh Market and palace of Mohammad Hatta. The structure was built in 1926, during the Dutch East Indies, Dutch colonial era, as a gift from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina to the city's ''controleur''. It was designed by architects Yazid Abidin and Sutan Gigi Ameh, reportedly at a cost of 3,000 guilder. Originally a rooster figure was placed on the apex, but it was changed into a ''Sōrin'' spire used in Shinto shrine architecture during the Japanese occupation of West Sumatra, Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawahlunto
Sawahlunto ( Jawi: ) is a city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It lies 90 kilometres (a 2-hour drive) from Padang, the provincial capital. Sawahlunto is known as the site for the oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia. Sawahlunto is geographically located in a narrow valley along the Bukit Barisan mountains and surrounded by several hills, namely Bukit Polan, Bukit Pari, and Bukit Mato. The town has a land area of 273.45 sq. km, and had a population of 56,866 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. 60,136 at the 2015 Census, and 65,138 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid-2023 was 67,760 - comprising 34,090 males and 33,670 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kota Sawahlunto Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1373) Sawahlunto is one of the mining towns in West Sumatra. It was first established as a town in 1882 by the Dutch along with coal mining operations. Coal was discovered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padangpanjang
Padang Panjang (sometimes written as Padangpanjang, and spelt as Padang Pandjang in the Dutch East Indies era, , Jawi: ), is a city located at in the highlands of West Sumatra, around 80 Km inland from the provincial capital Padang. It sits on a plateau beneath the volcanoes Mount Marapi and Mount Singgalang, thus creating cooler temperatures. It was a popular tourist destination during Dutch rule in Indonesia, and it later became one of the centres of Islamic education in Sumatra. Home to a famous performing arts conservatorium, Institut Seni Indonesia Padang Panjang' (Indonesian Art Institute Padang Panjang). The town stretches up the hill from the marketplace and central mosque to the soccer field and bus terminal up to ISI. The main road through Padang Panjang links coastal Padang and the highland capital, Bukittinggi. The city is also home to the Minangkabau Cultural Documentation and Information Center ( Indonesian: ''Pusat Dokumentasi dan Informasi Kebudayaan Minan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
