West
Sumatra lies in the middle of the western coast of Sumatra, and has an area of
42,130.82 km2. Geographic features include plains, mountainous volcanic
highlands formed by the Barisan mountain range that runs from north-west to
south-east, and an offshore island archipelago called the Mentawai Islands. The
West Sumatran coastline faces the Indian Ocean and stretches 375 km from North
Sumatra province in the north-west to Bengkulu in the south-east. The province
includes large areas of dense tropical forest, which is home to a host of
species including: Rafflesia Arnoldii (world's largest flower), Sumatran tiger,
Siamang, Malayan tapir, Sumatran serow, deer, Malayan sun bear, Bornean clouded
leopard, and many birds and butterflies.
The
province includes two national parks: Siberut National Park and Kerinci Seblat
National Park, as well as a number of nature reserves: Rimbo Panti Nature
Reserve, Batang Palupuh Nature Reserve, Lembah Anai Nature Reserve, Lembah
Harau Nature Reserve, Bung Hatta Grand Forest Park, and Beringin Sakti Nature
Reserve.
The
Minangkabau people inhabit the area of West Sumatra province on the island
Sumatra. They speak Minangkabau language. They are predominantly Muslim, and
they have a reputation as traders, intellectuals as well as politically savvy
people who have successfully exported their culture, language, cuisine and beliefs
throughout Indonesia.
Mentawaians
live on the Mentawai Islands, off the western coast of Sumatra, that are also
part of the province. They speak Mentawai languages, which are not intelligible
with neither Indonesian nor Minangkabau. Small minority of the Mentawais are
Christians nowadays.
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