Sawahlunto Tourism

Sawahlunto city is one of the cities in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The city located 95 km northeast of Padang city has an area of 273.45 km² consisting of 4 districts with a population of more than 54,000 inhabitants. During the Dutch East Indies government, the city of Sawalunto was known as a coal mining town. This city had died, after coal mining stopped. Currently the city of Sawahlunto developed into a multi-ethnic old tourist city, so it becomes one of the best old town in Indonesia. In the city that was founded in 1888, there are many old buildings built Dutch relics. Partly has been designated as a cultural heritage by local authorities in order to encourage tourism and proclaim Sawahlunto to be a "Cultured Cultural Tourism City".

Puncak Cemara

Peak Cemara can be said as a new tourist attraction, inaugurated on February 15, 2015 by the father of Ali Yusuf who was then served as Mayor Sawahlunto. Cemara Peak is 6 Km from the city center, to get to the location is quite easy, we just drive the vehicle to Talawi later on the right of the road there is a signpost guide to Puncak Cemara.

Puncak Polan

Peak Polan "is one of the hills that became one of the natural walls that adorn the city of Sawahlunto. From downtown Sawahlunto seen the words "SAWAHLUNTO" adorn the cliff wall on a hill, this hill is called "Peak Polan". From the top of this hill is seen the natural scenery of Sawahlunto city surrounded by hills so it looks Sawahlunto City like a cauldron.

Menara Silo

Three gigantic Silos are located adjacent to each other and the Third Silo is in the Saringan area, a few hundred meters apart with the Sizing Plant, connected by the towering rail in the sky. Third Silo which is at least 40 m high serves to keep the coal that has been cleaned and ready to be transported to Bayur Bay Harbor. But that's the first story when coal is still the pedestal of Sawahlunto City. It seems that everything has now become history, because the three Silos are now empty, no longer used to function, and live as a landmark past glorious mine in the region.

Lubang Suro

From 1898 to 1932, coal mining activities in Sawahlunto still use this tunnel. But for the purposes of tourism, local government to renovate this tunnel into a place worth visiting both in terms of security and ease of reaching the area under the ground by building the stairs. The renovation started from 27th June 2007 to December 2007. It was inaugurated as a tourist attraction on April 23, 2008. The authenticity that is still maintained, can be seen from the roof and the walls are made of coal.

Kantor Bukit Asam

Sawahlunto is a small town east of the city of Padang. This name is quite sticky with coal mining. When speaking of coal, memory was fixed to PT.Bukit Asam, one of the state-owned large companies engaged in coal mining. In the report of a national news website, liputan6.com, told, coal mining in this small town began in 1867. At that time, a Dutch adventure Willem Hendrik de Greve managed to find a coal deposit in the bowels of the earth, around the Ombilin River , reaching 205 million tons. This discovery was stunning at that time and After Indonesia became independent, it was managed by the state through its established company, PT Tambang Batu Bara Ombilin (TBO). TBO is then liquidated into a subsidiary of PT.Bukit Asam located in Tanjung Enim, South Sumatra.

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