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Bandar Lampung
Bandar Lampung, capital of Lampung Province at southern Sumatra's tip, formed from twin cities Tanjungkarang and Telukbetung; 197.22 km², 20 districts, major flood research focus, gateway port and Radin Inten II airport.
Barus
Barus, known in Arabic sources as Fansur, is a historic port on the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia, famed since the seventh century for its camphor trade.
Bengkulu (city)
Bengkulu (city), capital of Bengkulu Province, southwest Sumatra; former British settlement from 1685, home to Fort Marlborough (1714–1719); high seismic and tsunami exposure; port economy via Pulau Baai.
Binjai
Binjai is a city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, near Medan in the Mebidang metropolitan area. Named after a Mangifera caesia tree, it covers 90.23 km², has 5 districts, 37 kelurahan, and about 279,302 residents (2020).
British Bencoolen
British Bencoolen was an East India Company settlement at Bencoolen (now Bengkulu) on Sumatra's southwest coast, established in 1685 to secure pepper and ceded to the Netherlands in 1824.
Dumai
Dumai (Jawi دوماي, Chinese 杜迈) is a port and industrial city on Sumatra's east coast in Riau, Indonesia, 188 km from Pekanbaru; carved from Bengkalis Regency, made an administrative city in 1979 and an autonomous city by Law 16/1999 on 20 April 1999, grown from a Caltex oil port.
Jambi City
Jambi City (Kota Jambi), capital of Jambi Province, Sumatra, on the Batanghari River; former sultanate seat, Dutch colonial residency from 1906, provincial capital since 1958, population about 650,000.
Lhokseumawe
Lhokseumawe, a coastal municipality in Aceh, Indonesia, between Banda Aceh and Medan; about 200,400 people (2024). Industrial city built around the Arun LNG plant (opened 1978), now home to the Arun Special Economic Zone.
Lubuklinggau
Lubuklinggau (Kota Lubuklinggau), also Bumi Silampari, is a landlocked autonomous city in western South Sumatra, Indonesia; a transit hub on the middle Sumatra corridor with 249,054 residents, 401.50 km2, and full city status since 2001.
Padang, West Sumatra
Padang, West Sumatra: capital and largest city of Indonesia's West Sumatra province on the Indian Ocean coast; about 950,512 people (2025), HDI 84.93, major port, Minangkabau cultural center, and high tsunami-hazard zone.
Padangsidempuan
Padangsidempuan (Padangsidimpuan, PSP) is a landlocked city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, surrounded by South Tapanuli Regency; largest Tapanuli city, Kota Salak nickname, autonomous since 2001, population about 240,000.
Pematangsiantar
Pematangsiantar (Siantar), city in North Sumatra, Indonesia; enclave of Simalungun Regency on the Trans-Sumatra highway. Area 79.97 km², population 274,056 (2022), third largest in the province, municipality since 1 July 1917.
Tanjung Pinang
Tanjung Pinang (Tanjungpinang), capital of Indonesia's Kepulauan Riau province on Bintan Island; former Dutch Residente Riouw seat and first Riau capital until 1959; about 237,000 people; gateway to heritage Penyengat Island.
Tanjungbalai
Tanjungbalai (Tanjung Balai) is a city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, at the mouth of the Asahan River, tied to the Asahan Sultanate founded in 1620, a Dutch gemeente from 1917, now 6 kecamatan, 31 kelurahan, 60.52 km².