HIstory of South Sumatra

South Sumatra is one of the Indonesian province located in the southern part of Sumatra Island. This provincial capital in Palembang. Geographically, the South Sumatra province bordering the province of Jambi to the north, the province of Kep. East of Bangka-Belitung, Lampung province in the south, and west of Bengkulu province. This province is rich in natural resources, such as petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Besides the provincial capital of South Sumatra, Palembang, has been famous since the first since he became the capital of the Kingdom of Sriwijaya.

In addition, this province has many attractive tourist destination to visit, such as the Musi River, the bridge shall, Kemaro Island, Lake Ranau, Kota Pagaralam, etc.. Because since the former has become a center of trade, indirectly influence the culture of the society. Food typical of this province are as varied as Pempek, model, tekwan, boiled catfish, boiled bones, chili jokjok, berengkes, and tempoyak.

HISTORY
South Sumatra province since centuries ago, also known as Earth Sriwijaya; in the 7th century to 12th century AD this area was the center of Srivijaya kingdom which is also famous for the largest and most powerful maritime kingdom in the archipelago. Echoes and its influence even to Madagascar in the African Continent.

Since the 13th century until the 14th century, the area under the power of Majapahit. Furthermore, this region had become no man's land and pirates from International bersarangnya especially from China.

In the early 15th century the Sultanate of Palembang's ruling stood until the advent of Western colonialism, and then followed by Japan. When I was victorious, Sriwijaya Palembang as the City also makes the Kingdom.

According to inscriptions found Kedukan Hill mentions in 1926, the settlement called Srivijaya was founded on June 17, 683 AD. This date was later to become the city of Palembang day which is celebrated every year.