Jambi
Sign in to saveJambi 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
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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.
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Key facts
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- 500
- Settlement.name
- Jambi
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- Local
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- Jawi
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- جمبي
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- Armorial of Indonesia#Provincial
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- 100
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- Province
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- Jambi in Indonesia.svg
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 6 January 1957
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- Country
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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.