Bukittinggi My City !!

Bukittinggi (Indonesian for "high hill") is one of the larger cities in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of over 91,000 people and an area of 25.24 km². It is situated in the Minangkabau highlands, 90 km by road from the West Sumatran capital city of Padang. It is located near the volcanoes Mount Singgalang (inactive) and Mount Marapi (still active). 

Jam Gadang (literally "Massive Clock") is a clock tower and major landmark of the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located in the centre of the city, near the main market, Pasar Atas, and is a tourist attraction.


Each clock face has a diameter of 80 centimeters. Its base is 13 metres long and 4 metres wide, and it stands 26 metres tall.

One unique feature of the clock is that it uses "IIII" for the number 4 instead of the traditional Roman number "IV". Based on a local story, the figure four made of four vertical lines represents the four persons who died while constructing the building.

The laying of the Jam Gadang cornerstone was done by the 6-year-old son of Rook Maker, the city secretary of Bukittinggi at the time.


there's so many place that we can visit in bukittinggi . It is a city popular with tourists due to the climate and central location. Attractions within the city include :

• Ngarai Sianok (Sianok Canyon) 

Sianok canyon is a steep valley (ravine) located in the border town of Bukittinggi, theIV Koto district, Agam regency, West Sumatra. The valley is long and winding as the southern border town of Koto Gadang canyon to the village Sianok Anam Tribe, and ended in the district Palupuh. Sianok canyon has very beautiful scenery and alsobecame one of the mainstay of the provincial tourist attraction.

Jurangnya Sianok deep canyon about 100 m, stretches along 15 km with a width of about 200 m, and is part of the fault that separates the island of Sumatra in halflengthwise (Semangko fault). This fault forms a steep wall, even perpendicular and form a green valley-the result of movement down the earth's crust (sinklinal)-fed rodSianok (rod means river, in the Minangkabau language) where the water is clear. Inthe Dutch colonial era, the gap is referred to as buffalo sanget, because of the manyfree-living wild buffalo in the bottom of this canyon.

Sianok rod can now be forded by the use of canoes and kayaks are disaranai by awater sports organization "Qurays". The route taken is from the village until theellipsoid Sitingkai Lambah Palupuh village for about 3.5 hours. On its banks there's also rare plants such as Rafflesia and medicinal plants. Fauna encountered suchlong-tailed monkeys, gibbons, hoops, deer, wild boar, leopard, and tapirs.

• Lobang Jepang (Japanese Caves) - a network of underground bunkers & tunnels built by the Japanese during World War II

• Pasar Atas and Pasar Bawah - traditional markets in downtown.

• Taman Bundo Kanduang park. The park includes a replica Rumah Gadang (literally: big house, with the distinctive Minangkabau roof architecture) used as a museum of Minangkabau culture, and a zoo. The Dutch hilltop outpost Fort de Kock is connected to the zoo by the Limpapeh Bridge pedestrian overpass.

• Museum Rumah Kelahiran Bung Hatta (Museum of Bung Hatta Birthplace) - the house where Indonesian founding father Mohammad Hatta was born, now a museum.

Source : Wikipedia