Dream Land Of Sumatera

General

Jam Gadang, the symbol of Bukittinggi

Bukittinggi is located in West Sumatera, its about 100 km from the capital of West Sumatera, Padang. It is also located on the Bukit Barisan range that ran along the island of Sumatra, surrounded by three volcanoes is Mount Singgalang, Mount Marapi and Mount Sago, and at an altitude of  909-941 meters above sea level. The city is also has cool weather with temperatures ranging between 16.1 - 24.9 ° C. While the total area of ​​the current town of Bukittinggi (25.24 km ²), 82.8% have been devoted to cultivation of land, while the rest is protected forest.

Health

Bukittinggi has good health care, where a city with a relatively small area has had 5 hospital that is 3 pieces of government-owned and two private sector, supported by 26 people health care. One of the hospital is Achmad Mochtar Hospital, a government-owned public hospital type B which has 299 beds.

Dr. Achmad Mochtar Hospital

National Stroke Hospital located in this city, a government-owned hospitals which has excellence service for stroke which has 124 beds. Ibnu Sina Hospital, a private hospital that has the capacity of the bed is 136 units.

Meanwhile, to increase the availability and quality of health personnel in order to improve public health services, until the year 2009 there were 8 health personnel education institutions in the city of Bukittinggi, two government-owned institutions (Poltekes) and 6 are managed by private parties.

Economic

Pasa Ateh

Galuang Loih market developments now called Pasa Ateh, making the Dutch East Indies government then re-develop the market, by rebuilding a loods to the east in 1900, precisely at the waist area of ​​the hill adjacent to the ditch that flows at the foot of the hill, because the market is located in the slope of the local people call it by name Teleng Market (Lereng) or Pasa Lereng. The next development in the surrounding area appear again in the next several markets including the Pasa Bawah and Pasa Banto. In structuring the market, the Dutch East Indies government also connects each market with long and slender (stairs) and among the famous stair, called Janjang 40.

Janjang 40

To reduce buildup on one area of ​​the town of Bukittinggi and then develop the urban area to the east of Bukittinggi then goverment built Pasa Aur, which currently is one of the wholesale trade center for goods convection in the town of Bukittinggi. While the traditional markets around Jam Gadang area is Pasa Ateh, Pasa Bawah and Pasa Lereng, now evolved into a place that selling handicrafts and souvenirs typical of Minangkabau.

Tourism

Tourism sector is one of the leading sectors for the city of Bukittinggi, the many interesting attractions, make this city dubbed as the "city tour". Currently in the town of Bukittinggi has been there about 60 hotels and 15 travel agencies. There are many hotels are located in the center of the city, such as The Hills Bukittinggi (formerly Novotel), Hotel Pusako and so on.

Sianok Canyon valley is one of the main attractions. Panorama Park is located in the town of Bukittinggi allow tourists to see the beautiful scenery Sianok canyon. Inside the park there is also a cave Panorama hideaway former Japanese soldiers during World War II is referred to as Japan's Hole Bukittinggi.

Sianok Canyon

Lubang Jepang

 In Bundo Kanduang Park, there is a replica of Rumah Gadang which serves as a museum of Minangkabau culture, Bukittinggi Zoo (Kinantan Zoo) and Fort de Kock is connected by a pedestrian bridge called the Limpapeh Bridge. Limpapeh pedestrian bridge above A. Yani street which is the main street in Bukittinggi.

Rumah Gadang

Limpapeh Bridge

Limpapeh Bridge

Fort de Kock

 Pasa Ateh is adjacent to Jam Gadang which is the center of the city. In the market there are many sellers that sell handicrafts and embroidery as well as snacks souvenirs typical of West Sumatra as Karupuak Sanjai (cassava chips ala Sanjai area in Bukittinggi) is made from cassava, Karupuak Jangek made from cow’s or buffalo’s leather and Karak Kaliang, a kind typical of Bukittinggi snacks shaped like a figure 8. Currently, he also has built several modern shopping centers in the city of Bukittinggi.

Karupuak Sanjai

Sports

 Bukittinggi has 3 big sport field, Wirabradja Field (Kantin Field)
 Ateh Ngarai Field, and Bukit Ambacang Field. Wirabradja Field is located on Sudirman Street. Ateh Ngarai Field is located in Bantolaweh. And Bukit Ambacang Field is located in Gulai Bancah.

Bukittinggi people is very like riding horse sport, and every year the city held a contest in Bukit Ambacang horse racing, which has been held since 1889, the race this horse racing is a series of runway horse race held in several other areas in West Sumatra, with existence also encourages farmers to keep the persistence of their horses, other than as a tradition as well as a source of livelihood of the people. In addition, the revolution in Indonesia, the region has also become a runway or airfield for small aircraft types.

Pacu Kudo in Bukit Ambacang

Pers and Media

During the Japanese occupation, the city's largest ever established a radio transmitter to the island of Sumatra at the time, in order to raise the spirit of the people to support the interests of the Greater East Asia War by Japanese version. In this town there are several radio stations that give information and entertainment such as RRI Bukittinggi, Elsi FM,SK FM, Giggsy FM and so on.