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Palembang
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Palembang , city (1990 pop. 1,144,047...factories, and food-processing plants. Palembang in the 8th cent. was the capital of...under British rule. The sultanate of Palembang was abolished by the Dutch in 1825...
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Ogan-Besemah
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Sumatra Province, from the outskirts of Palembang city on the east to the mountainous border...Besemah speakers are also fluent in the Palembang dialect of Malay, and many also command...was largely limited to the area around Palembang city. Local rulers carried out active...
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Sumatra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...with principal centers at Medan and Palembang; also important are Jambi, Padang...Jambi, Medan, Padang, Pakanbaru, and Palembang. The four largest ethnic groups are...Vijaya (with its capital in or near Palembang) flourished under the house of Sailendra...
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Netherlands East Indies
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...North Sumatra 7,484 Sumatra 39,755,000 Djambi 9,617 Palembang 22,654 Central Java 5,608 Java 6,168,000 Eastern Java...February, another Sixteenth Army invasion force landed at Palembang in southern Sumatra to capture the great oil refinery there...
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Malay Peninsula
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...from Sumatra), who adopted Mahayana Buddhism. Their cities in Kedah and Pattani rivaled the importance of their capital at Palembang. The peninsula was overrun in the 11th cent. by the Cholas from the Coromandel Coast of India; after about 50 years, the...
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Musi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Musi , river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, rising in the Pegunungan Barisan, S Sumatra, Indonesia. It flows SE to Palembang (head of oceangoing navigation), then northeast through the swampy coastal plain to the Bangka Strait. The Rawas...
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Bangka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of the inhabitants are Chinese; they are mostly employed as mine laborers. Bangka was ceded to Britain by the sultan of Palembang in 1812, but in 1814 it was exchanged with the Dutch for Cochin in India. The island fell under Japanese control from 1942...
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Indonesia
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
INDONESIA Republic of Indonesia Major Cities: Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan Other Cities: Ambon, Bandung, Kupang, Palembang, Semarang, Surakarta, Ujung Pandang, Yogyakarta EDITOR'S NOTE This chapter was adapted from the Department of State...
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Sailendra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Indochina. After their eclipse in Java (late 9th cent.), they retained control of Sri Vijaya, with important centers at Palembang (their capital) and in Kedah and Patani on the Malayan Peninsula. The Sailendra power was badly shaken by the Chola war...
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Belitung
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...owned), worked chiefly by Chinese labor. Belitung is also known for its pepper. Ceded to the British by the sultan of Palembang in 1812, it later became a Dutch possession. The chief town and port is Tandjungpandan. It was formerly called Billiton...
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