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Minangkabau
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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.