Skip to content
Vinony
English
EnglishBahasa IndonesiaDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsSvenskaTiếng ViệtTürkçeРусскийالعربيةفارسیहिन्दीไทย한국어中文日本語
Jambi

File:Coat_of_arms_of_Jambi.svg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ2051· pop 80· linked from 1,076 articles

Jambi

Sign in to save

Also known as Jambi Province

Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and stretches to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is also called Jambi. It is bordered by the provinces of Riau to the north, West Sumatra to the west, Bengkulu to the southwest, South Sumatra to the south, and shares a maritime border with the Riau Islands to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The province has a land area of 49,026.58 km2, and a sea area of 3,274.95 km2. Its area is comparable to the European country of Slovakia or Smolensk Oblast. It had a po

AI overview

Jambi is a province located on the east coast of central Sumatra in Indonesia, stretching from coastal areas westward to the Barisan Mountains. The province is significant as a geographic and administrative region of Indonesia, with its capital city also named Jambi.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Key facts

Settlement.elevation_m
500
Settlement.name
Jambi
Settlement.translit_lang1
Local
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
Jawi
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
جمبي
Settlement.shield_link
Armorial of Indonesia#Provincial
Settlement.shield_size
100
Settlement.type
Province
Settlement.image_map
Jambi in Indonesia.svg
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
6 January 1957
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Sumatra
Settlement.seat_type
Capital
Settlement.seat
Jambi
Settlement.governing_body
Jambi Provincial Government
Settlement.leader_title
Governor

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Daerah Swatantra Tingkat I Jambi
Country
Indonesia
Located in
Indonesia
Capital
Jambi
Official language
Indonesian
Population
3724300
Area
50058.16
Elevation
69
Time zone
Indonesia Western Standard Time
Shares border with
West Sumatra
Official website
www.jambiprov.go.id
Image
Mount Kerinci from Kayuaro.jpg
Unemployment rate
265420
Licence plate code
BH
Motto
Sepucuk Jambi Sembilan Lurah
Show 11 more facts
Commons category
Jambi
email address
mailto:[email protected]
topic's main category
Category:Jambi
replaces
Central Sumatra
inception
1957-08-10
language used
Kubu
described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
located in/on physical feature
Sumatra
postal code
36111–37574
Statistics Indonesia area code
17
name
Jambi
Sources (9)

via Wikidata · CC0

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Government and administrative divisions
  • World Heritage Sites
  • Demographics
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and stretches to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is also called Jambi. It is bordered by the provinces of Riau to the north, West Sumatra to the west, Bengkulu to the southwest, South Sumatra to the south, and shares a maritime border with the Riau Islands to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The province has a land area of 49,026.58 km2, and a sea area of 3,274.95 km2. Its area is comparable to the European country of Slovakia or Smolensk Oblast. It had a population of 3,092,265 according to the 2010 census and 3,548,228 according to the 2020 census; the official estimate of population as of 2026 was 3,811,660 (comprising 1,893,490 males and 1,830,790 females).

==History== thumb|left|Mosque in Jambi, during the Dutch East Indies|colonial period. ca 1900–1939.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jambi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (17)

On the map

Available in 75 languages

Show 56 more

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0