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Tanah Datar Regency is located between two mountains, namely Mount Marapi and Mount Singgalang. This topography is dominated by hilly areas and has two-thirds of the Singkarak lake. [7] In general, the climate in Tanah Datar Regency is moderate with temperatures between 12 °C–25 °C with an average rainfall of more than 3,000 mm per year.
It is located in the hills with an altitude of 200–860 meters. Its highest point is on Mount Ketra (860 m). Datar has a tropical climate with dry and rainy seasons. Daytime temperatures range from 23 - 31 degrees Celsius.
The side view of the bulls and jockey. The pacu jawi (Minangkabau pronunciation: [ˈpatʃu ˈdʒawi]) is a traditional bull race in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia. In the race, a jockey stands on a wooden plough loosely tied to a pair of bulls and holds them by their tails while the bulls cover about 60–250 metres (200–820 ft) of ...
In the 70's, the DATAR gives funds Matra Transport to launch the development of ARAMIS, a personal rapid transit project. [4] In the 80's, the DATAR launches a Mission photographique, whose goal is to know better the French territory by taking thousands of photographs. [5] Most of those photographs are stored in the Bibliothèque nationale de ...
Pagaruyung (Minangkabau: Karajaan Pagaruyuang, other name: Pagaruyung Dārul Qarār), also known as Pagarruyung, Pagar Ruyung and Malayapura or Malayupura, [2] was a kingdom that once stood in the island of Sumatra and the seat of the Minangkabau kings of Western Sumatra. [3] Modern Pagaruyung is a village in Tanjung Emas subdistrict, Tanah ...
Atar is a nagari (village) in Padang Ganting, Tanah Datar Regency, in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, with a population of just under 5,000 people. Geography and administration [ edit ] Atar is located approximately 23 km (10 mi) away from the regency capital at Batusangkar , and is one of two nagari in Padang Ganting.
Datar began writing and becoming politically active out of frustration as living as a housewife. [1] She wrote her first collection of short stories in Marathi, Goshta Sādhī Saral Sopī in 1972 and her second, Vartulacha Ant in 1977. [1] She is also one of the founders of a publishing group based in Bombay, called Stri Uvach (A Woman Said). [1]
20. Beginning on 11 May 2024, heavy rain caused flash floods and lahars in West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing at least 67 people and leaving 20 more missing. More than 4,000 people were also displaced. The regencies of Agam and Tanah Datar were most affected.