Minangkabau

Also known as Minangkabau people, Minang, Minang people, Minangkabaw, Minangkabaw people, Menangkabau, Menangkabau people, Menangkabaw

Sumatran indigenous group native to Minangkabau Highlands in western Sumatra

Key facts

Indonesia: 6,462,713
West sumatra: 4,281,439
Riau: 624,145
North sumatra: 345,403
Jakarta: 305,538
West java: 202,203
Jambi: 168,947
Riau islands: 156,770
Malaysia: 1,000,000 (counted as part of the local " Malays ", see also: Minangkabau Malaysians )
Singapore: 15,720
Netherlands: 7,490

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: native Indonesians
Part of: native Indonesians
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Islam
Country: Singapore
Population: 6600000
Country of origin: Singapore
Location: Negeri Sembilan
Image: Minangkabau wedding 2.jpg

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native label: urang Minang
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
language of work or name: Minangkabau
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Singapore
has works in the collection: National Gallery of Victoria
Commons category: Minangkabau people
topic's main category: Category:Minangkabau people

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Encyclopedic overview

The Minangkabau (Minangkabau: Bangso Minangkabau, Urang Minangkabau or Urang Awak, lit. 'our people', Jawi script: منڠكبو; Indonesian: Orang Minangkabau; Malay: Orang Minangkabau, Jawi script: أورڠ مينڠکاباو), Minangkabos, or simply Minang, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of Western Sumatra region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

The Minangkabau's West Sumatera homelands was the seat of the Pagaruyung Kingdom, believed by early historians to have been the cradle of the Malay race, and the location of the Padri War (1821 to 1837).

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