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Fun fact 4 about Palembang

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Palembang officially recognizes six religious faiths, with Islam being the most widely held at 93.21%.

Palembang
Indonesia
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Palembang

Indonesia

Country
Indonesia
Population
1.7M
Coordinates
-2.98, 104.78
190th most populous city in the world

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.

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