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Palembang

Indonesia

Watercolour of Palembang, Indonesia. Centered around Ampera Bridge across the Musi River, Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Grand Mosque, and traditional floating stilt houses (rumah rakit), with Ampera Bridge and Great Mosque of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Ampera Bridge; Great Mosque of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II; Musi River; Kemaro Island; traditional South Sumatran vernacular architecture; lush tropical Sumatran flora; Srivijaya
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Palembang, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in nipa palms along river margins, coconut palms, and sprawling banyan trees.
Population1,801,367Wikidata: 1,535,952
Coordinates2.92°S, 104.75°E
Elevation8 m
Area374,030,000 km²
Time zoneAsia/JakartaUTC+7
Solar noon12:01clock runs 0.0 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Palembang and you surface nearest to Neiva, Colombia — 4 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

Bandar LampungID285 km
TangerangID418 km
JakartaID434 km
South TangerangID434 km
BekasiID444 km
DepokID450 km
BatamID460 km
BogorID466 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Palembang inside this atlas.

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