Fun fact 1 about Palembang
city
The name 'Palembang' may mean 'a place to pan gold and diamond ores' or 'a place which was constantly inundated by water'.
Palembang
Indonesia
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Palembang
Indonesia
Country
Indonesia
Population
1.7M
Coordinates
-2.98, 104.78
Palembang is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers 352.51 square kilometres on both banks of the Musi River in the eastern lowlands of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,801,367.
From the “Etymology” section
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