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Painan is a coastal town that serves as the capital of the South Pesisir regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is an urban centre (kelurahan) in IV Jurai District.




History


There is no certain historical document or archive that holds the origin of the town's name. According to the local folklore, the name 'Painan' originated from paik nian, which means "very bitter" in Bahasa Minangkabau, the language of the Minangkabau people who live in the area. The phrase paik nian itself might refer to how difficult the life of the town's local people was in the past. It might also reflect the fact that the town's topography (surrounded by hills and rivers) caused this place to be difficult to traverse by travelers.
This coastal town became an important place during Indonesia's colonial period in 1663 when the Dutch, via the Dutch East India Company, set a trading post in Pulau Cingkuak (Cingkuak Island), one of many islands that are located offshore the town, as documented in the "Perjanjian Painan" or 'Painan Treaty'. Through the treaty, the local chiefs of the West Coast of Sumatra were also bound to supply pepper and gold to the Dutch.




Economy


Nowadays, as the capital of the South Pesisir regency, this town is the center of economic activities in the regency. According to the regency's website, this town's main economic activities lie in farming, fishery, and tourism.




Education


Painan has 4 Kindergartens and 2 Play Groups.
It also has 9 Primary schools, 2 Junior High schools, 1 Senior High school, 1 Public High school and 1 University.




Administration


Painan is divided into 3 administrative villages or kelurahan :

East Painan
Painan
South Painan




Climate


Painan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.




Tourism



These are several tourist attractions in Painan :

Paragliding from the town's Langkisau Hill
Panorama of the Kabung Bay Hills .
Taratak River in Lundang
Mandeh Tourism Area
Batu Kalang Beach and the Gulf Coast Sikulo
Jembatan akar or "Tree-Root Bridge", a bridge that forms from the fabric of the root from two trees that grow across and extends over a stream
Bayang Sani Waterfalls (also known as Welkum, a former Dutch era bathhouse)
Lumpo Waterfall
Langkisau Hill (sights and paragliding)
Carocok Beach
Timbulun Waterfall
Salido Kecil (a famous gold mine during the era of Dutch East Indies)
Nipah River shore
Cingkuk Island (Site of the ruin of a Portuguese-Dutch fort)
Kerabak Island
Turtle Island
Teluk Kasai Beach




Notes






External links


http://int-mark.blogspot.com/2009/03/kota-painan-kota-rang-pasisia.html
http://kotapainan.blogspot.com/2008/12/kota-painan.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20101223161630/http://www.pesisirselatan.go.id/
http://wawasanislam.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/salido-sejak-kerjaan-lumbung-ameh/

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