Jambi

Jambi
Province
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	جمبي
Mount Kerinci, the highest peak in Sumatra Island
Flag Seal
Motto(s): Sepucuk Jambi Sembilan Lurah (One Jambi, formed by nine regional entities)
Location of Jambi in Indonesia
Coordinates: 1°35′S 103°37′E / 1.583°S 103.617°E / -1.583; 103.617Coordinates: 1°35′S 103°37′E / 1.583°S 103.617°E / -1.583; 103.617
Country	Indonesia
Established	January 6, 1957
Capital	Jambi City
Government
• Body	Jambi Regional Government
• Governor	Zumi Zola (PAN)
• Vice-governor	Fachrori Umar
Area
• Total	50,058.16 km2 (19,327.56 sq mi)
Area rank	11th
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Highest elevation	3,805 m (12,484 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2017[1])
• Total	3,515,000
• Rank	19th
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Density rank	23th
Demonym(s)	Jambian Warga Jambi (id) Kaum Jambi (ms)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Malay (38%), Javanese (28.8%), Kerinci (10%), Minangkabau (5.2%), Batak (3.43%), Banjarese (3.3%), Buginese (3.1%), Sundanese (2.56%), Tionghoa (1.2%), Other (4.41%)[2]
• Religion	Islam (95.41%) Protestantism (2.66%) Roman Catholicism (0.43%) Buddhism (0.97%) Confucianism (0.05%) Hinduism (0.02%)
• Languages	Indonesian (official) Jambi Malay, Kerinci, Kubu (regional)
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Postcodes	36xxx, 37xxx
Area codes	(62)74x
ISO 3166 code	ID-JA
Vehicle sign	BH
GRP per capita	US$ 4,064
GRP rank	7th
HDI	0.696 (Medium)
HDI rank	17th (2016)
Largest city by area	Sungai Penuh – 391.5 square kilometres (151.2 sq mi)
Largest city by population	Jambi City – (576,067 – 2016)
Largest regency by area	Merangin Regency – 7,679 square kilometres (2,965 sq mi)
Largest regency by population	Muaro Jambi Regency – (399,157 – 2016)
Website	Government official site

Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital is Jambi. The province has a land area of 50,058.16 km², and it has a population of 3,092,265 according to the 2010 Census;^[3] by January 2014 this had risen to 3,412,459.

History

Mosque in Jambi, during the colonial period. ca 1900-1939.

Jambi was the site of the Srivijayan kingdom that engaged in trade throughout the Strait of Malacca and beyond. Jambi succeeded Palembang, its southern economic and military rival, as the capital of the kingdom. The movement of the capital to Jambi was partly induced by the 1025 raid by pirates from the Chola region of southern India, which destroyed much of Palembang.

In the early decades of the Dutch presence in the region (see Dutch East India Company in Indonesia), when the Dutch were one of several traders competing with the British, Chinese, Arabs, and Malays, the Jambi Sultanate profited from trade in pepper with the Dutch. This relationship declined by about 1770, and the sultanate had little contact with the Dutch for about sixty years.

In 1833, minor conflicts with the Dutch (the Indonesian colonial possessions of which were now nationalised as the Dutch East Indies) who were well established in Palembang, meant the Dutch increasingly felt the need to control the actions of Jambi. They coerced Sultan Facharudin to agree to greater Dutch presence in the region and control over trade, although the sultanate remained nominally independent. In 1858 the Dutch, apparently concerned over the risk of competition for control from other foreign powers, invaded Jambi with a force from their capital Batavia. They met little resistance, and Sultan Taha fled upriver, to the inland regions of Jambi. The Dutch installed a puppet ruler, Nazarudin, in the lower region, which included the capital city. For the next forty years Taha maintained the upriver kingdom, and slowly reextended his influence over the lower regions through political agreements and marriage connections. In 1904, however, the Dutch were stronger and, as a part of a larger campaign to consolidate control over the entire archipelago, soldiers finally managed to capture and kill Taha, and in 1906, the entire area was brought under direct colonial management.

Following the death of Jambi sultan, Taha Saifuddin, on April 27, 1904 and the success of the Dutch controlled areas of the Sultanate of Jambi, Jambi then set as the Residency and entry into the territory Nederlandsch Indie. Jambi's first Resident OL Helfrich was appointed by the Governor General of the Dutch Decree No. 20 dated May 4, 1906 and his inauguration held on July 2, 1906.

Administrative divisions

Jambi province is divided into nine regencies (kabupaten) and two cities (kota), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and according to the latest (January 2014) estimates.

Languages

The official language of Jambi province is Indonesian as in all parts of Indonesia. However Jambi is also home to several indigenous languages and dialects such as Jambi Malay, Kerinci language, Kubu language, Lempur Malay, and Rantau Panjang Malay, all of them belong to Malayan languages. ^[5]

Due to transmigration policy, many ethnic groups from various parts of Indonesia, especially Java, Borneo, Sulawesi and other parts of Sumatra brought their native languages as well. The non-Pribumi people such as the Chinese Indonesians speak various varieties of Chinese.

World Heritage Sites

• Kerinci Seblat National Park

The largest of the three national parks comprising the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Kerinci Seblat has the distinction of being the second-largest national park in all of Southeast Asia, only after Lorentz National Park on Papua. It is one of the Sumatran Tiger's last strongholds on the island, and within its borders sits the highest active volcano in Southeast Asia - Mount Kerinci.

• Muaro Jambi Temple Compounds

Muaro Jambi Temples

May 2011: The Jambi provincial administration is striving to have the ancient Muaro Jambi temple site at Muaro Jambi village in Maro Sebo District, Muaro Jambi Regency, recognized as a world heritage site.

The site was a Buddhist education center that flourished during the 7th and 8th centuries and is made from bricks similar to those used in Buddhist temples in India.^[6]

Demographics

Islam is the largest religion in Jambi representing 96.5% of the whole population. Minority religions are Christianity with 3%, Buddhism 0.97%, Confucianism 0.05% and Hinduism 0.25% of the total population.^[8]

See also

• Putri Tangguk, a Malay traditional folklore originated from Jambi

References

• Locher-Scholten, Elsbeth. 1993. Rivals and rituals in Jambi, South Sumatra. Modern Asian Studies 27(3):573-591.

External links

• (in Indonesian) Official government site
• (in Indonesian) Fan site