Padang Panjang, is a city located in the cool highlands of West Sumatra, inland from the provincial capital Padang. Created by Law No.12 of 1956, it is an enclave situated geographically within Tanah Datar Regency. It sits on a plateau beneath the volcanoes Mount Marapi and Mount Singgalang. It has an area of 23.0 km2 and a population at the 2010 Census of 47,008 and 56,311 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 58,627 - comprising 29,461 males and 29,166 females. It is located at 0°27′S100°25′E.
Semen Padang Football Club is an Indonesian professional football club based in Indarung, Padang, West Sumatra. Founded on 30 November 1980, they currently compete in the Liga 1 since 2024–25 season, following promotion.
Sriwijaya Football Club, commonly known as Sriwijaya FC or simply SFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Palembang, South Sumatra. The club competes in the Liga 2, the second tier of Indonesian football. Founded on 23 October 2004, the team play their home games at Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, which has a capacity of 23,000 spectators. The club won its first major honour, the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, in 2008. In the same season the club also won the Copa Indonesia, making them the first and only club in Indonesia to ever achieve the double. Sriwijaya have a fierce rivalry with nearby club Semen Padang, with whom they contest the Andalas derby.
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Garut is an Indonesian football club based in Garut, West Java. They currently compete in the Liga 4.
The 2012 Tour de Singkarak was the 4th edition of the Tour de Singkarak, one of Indonesian official tournament series of Union Cycliste International (UCI). It started on 4 June in Sawahlunto and ended in the Padang on 10 June. Like previous edition, the international cyclists competed in 7 stages over 7 days, which the routes has been surveyed by Amaury Sport Organization which surveyed also Tour de France routes. Covering a distance of 854 kilometres with prize money total to IDR 1 billion. The route across Lake Singkarak on stage 2 and stage 5.
PS GAS Sawahlunto stands for Persatuan Sepakbola Gunung Arang Sawahlunto is an Indonesian football club based in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra. They currently compete in the Liga 4 and play at Ombilin Stadium.
Mahyeldi Ansharullah is an Indonesian politician from the Prosperous Justice Party who is the current governor of West Sumatra. He was made mayor of Padang in 2014, following a five-year tenure as deputy and victory in the elections of 2013 and 2018.
The West Sumatra Regional House of Representatives is the unicameral legislative body within the regional government of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. The council is composed of 65 members elected via party lists in the 2024 general election.
Persatuan Sepakbola Kota Bukittinggi is an Indonesian football club based in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra. They currently compete in the Liga 4.
Batang Anai Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra. They currently compete in the Liga 4 and their homeground is Bukik Bunian Stadium.
PT Naikilah Perusahaan Minang, abbreviated as NPM, is an Indonesian autobus company based in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra. Founded in 1937, it is the oldest operating autobus company in Indonesia.
Zainal Bakar was an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat who served as the governor of West Sumatra between 2000 and 2005. Prior to becoming governor, he served as the regent of Padang Pariaman between 1990 and 1993, and had been part of the province's bureaucracy since 1967.
Ikram Algiffari is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga 1 club Semen Padang.
Athari Gauthi Ardi is an Indonesian businesswoman and politician who became a member of the 2019–2024 House of Representatives (DPR) of Republic of Indonesia (RI). Additionally, she is the deputy general chair of the Indonesian Cross-Professional Women's Association (PPILIDI) since 2018. Along with her membership in Commission V, she oversees the areas of transportation, infrastructure, Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (DTT), and Search and Rescue.
The 2023–24 Liga 3 West Sumatra will be the sixth season of Liga 3 West Sumatra as a qualifying round for the national round of the 2023–24 Liga 3.
Josal Football Club Piaman, commonly known as Josal FC, is an Indonesian football club based in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra. They currently compete in the Liga 4 West Sumatra zone.
The 2024 Padang mayoral election will be held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the mayor of Padang, West Sumatra for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018.
Padang metropolitan area or officially Palapa; is a metropolitan area located in Indonesia. This area includes Padang city and its surrounding areas such as Padang city, Pariaman city, Padang Pariaman Regency with later include Solok city and Solok Regency (part) due to increase mobility between area. This region of West Sumatra province, officially the biggest city in Sumatra island directly facing Indian Ocean. Padang city also host First Summit Indian Ocean Rim Association in 2017. It has an area of 3,206.85 km2, and at the 2023 estimate had a population of 1,752,482
The Andalas derby, also known as the Super Sumatra derby, is the name given to inter-city rivalry between Indonesian professional football clubs Semen Padang and Sriwijaya. Semen Padang was founded in 1980 in Padang, West Sumatra, while Sriwijaya is based in Palembang, South Sumatra since it was founded in 2004. “Andalas” is another name for Sumatra, and is used to refer the island.
