Payakumbuh

city in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia
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Summary

Payakumbuh is a city of Indonesia[1]. Payakumbuh draws 149 Wikipedia views per month (city of indonesia category, ranking #54 of 91).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: West Sumatra[3], Central Sumatra[4]
  • Country: Indonesia[5]
  • Instance of: Kotapraja[6], capital of regency[7]
  • Shares border with: Lima Puluh Kota[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Lamposi Tigo Nagori[9], West Payakumbuh[10], South Payakumbuh[11], East Payakumbuh[12], North Payakumbuh[13]
  • Legislative body: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kota Payakumbuh[14]
  • Executive body: Q114187336[15]
  • Commons category: Payakumbuh[16]
  • Inception: March 19, 1956[17]
  • Official website: http://payakumbuhkota.go.id[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Payakumbuh[19]
  • Population: 125,608[20]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Payakumbuh[21]
  • Capital of: Lima Puluh Kota[22]
  • Official name: Kotapraja Payakumbuh[23], Kota Payakumbuh[24]
  • Statistics Indonesia area code: 1376[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 517 m[26], 520 m[27]
  • Area: 80.43 km²[28]
  • Name: Payakumbuh[29]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[30]
  • Related category: Category:District in Payakumbuh[31]

Why It Matters

Payakumbuh has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Payakumbuh is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 1957. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1956. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 1956. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . West Sumatra Province Administrative Division Data and Code 2015. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . West Sumatra Province Administrative Division Data and Code 2015. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . The Master Book of Indonesian Territory Data 2015. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1956. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 1957. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 6 of 2008. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . sig.bps.go.id. Retrieved . sig.bps.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Statistics Indonesia Regulation Number 5 Of 2021. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Executive body → Q114187336
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ban', 'be', 'bew', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fa', 'fj', 'fr', 'hy'
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kota Payakumbuh
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  3. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  4. 12w ago · MhdFajarM04 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://payakumbuhkota.go.id
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: http://payakumbuhkota.go.id"
  5. 23w ago · Danil Satria · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+517'}, {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+520'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Payakumbuh
    Coordinates → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Govdirectory
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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