Geografis

Padang City is the capital of West Sumatra Province located on the west coast of the
Sumatra island and is located between 0 ° 44 '00 "and 1 ° 08' 35" South Latitude and between
100 ° 05 '05 "and 100 ° 34' 09" East Longitude. The total area of Padang City is 51.01 % or
mostly government-protected forest. Area of building and yard is about 51.08 km2 or 7.35 %. In
addition to the mainland island of Sumatra, Padang City has 19 islands where the largest is
Bintangur island area of 56.78 ha, then Sikuai island in Bungus Teluk Kabung District of 48.12
ha and Toran island in Padang Selatan District of 33.67 ha. The topography condition of Padang
City is very varied, that is between 0 - 1853 m above sea level with the highest area is Lubuk
Kilangan District. Padang City has many rivers, namely 5 major rivers and 16 small rivers, with
the longest river of Batang Kandis by 20 km.
According to Government Regulation no. 17 In 1980, the area of Padang City was 694.96
km2, equivalent to 1.65 % of West Sumatera Province. Padang City consists of 11 districts with
the largest district is Koto Tangah which reached 232.25 km2. The strategic location of the city
of Padang against other administrative regions is as follows:
North border : Padang Pariaman Regency
South border : Pesisir Selatan Regency
East border : Mentawai Strait
West border : Solok Regency
Padang city area includes hilly coastal areas and water areas with several small islands.
The topographic condition of the area, 47.38% mainly in the west and the eastern part is lowland,
52.62% east to the boundary of Solok Regency and the southern part is the hilly area until it
reaches a height of 600 m above sea level.
 Areas with an elevation of 0 - 10 masl, are located along and around the coastline.
Includes sub-district: Padang Barat, Padang Utara, Padang Selatan, Padang Timur,
Kabung Bay and part of Koto Tengah and Lubuk Bagalung.
 Areas with an elevation of 10 - 600 masl, including Lubuk Kilangan District, Kuranji
District, Pauh District, Nanggalo District, part of Lubuk Bagalung District and part of
Koto Tengah District.
 Areas with elevation above 600 masl, include Lubuk Kilangan District, Pauh District,
Koto Tengah District.
 Based on climatic type according to Schmidt and Fergusson classification, Padang City
area has climate type A, B, C and D. The average temperature on the West coast ranges from 21°
C - 38 ° C, in hilly areas ranging from 15 ° C - 33 ° C. While in the plains on the East side of
Bukit Barisan has a temperature between 19 ° C - 34 ° C. Although the dry season generally falls
in April - August and the rainy season falls in September - March but on the West Coast there is
still frequent rain in the dry season.
Geologically, Padang City is located above the subduction zone of 2 large tectonic plates
of the Indo-Australian Plate in the South and the Eurasian Plate in the North which is marked by
the presence of tectonic earthquake centers in the Mentawai Islands District and surrounding
areas. This causes Padang City prone with high intensity of tectonic earthquakes that is
potentially generating tsunami waves. The movement between plates in the subduction zone is a
source of earthquakes in the sea, the subduction zone extends to the Sunda Strait and continues
to the south of Java Island. Earthquakes that occur with great strength, shallow depths, and by
fault mechanism potentially generate a tsunami. The great earthquakes that ever occurred on
Sumatra island occurred in 1797 and 1833. Due to the collision of these two large plates
furthermore, trigger other tectonic symptoms of the magmatic arc characterized by the
emergence of a series of Bukit Barisan mountain ranges and its volcanoes and a large of Sumatra
fault that extends in the direction of the second collision zone of the North-South plate.