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Medan | |
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City and provincial capital | |
| City of Medan Kota Medan | |
| Regional transcription(s) | |
| • Jawi | ميدن |
| • Batak | ᯔᯩᯑᯉ᯲ |
| • Hanzi | 棉蘭 |
| • Tamil | மேடான் |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Parijs van Sumatra (Dutch)[1][2] | |
| Motto(s): Bekerja sama dan sama-sama bekerja (Working together and everybody work) | |
 Location within North Sumatra | |
 Interactive map of Medan | |
  Medan Location in Sumatra and Indonesia  Medan Medan (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 03°35′22″N 98°40′26″E / 3.58944°N 98.67389°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Region | Sumatra |
| Province |  North Sumatra |
| Founded | 1 July 1590 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bobby Nasution |
| • Vice Mayor | Aulia Rachman |
| Area | |
| • City and provincial capital | 265.10 km2 (102.36 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 478 km2 (185 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,831.97 km2 (1,093.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2.5–37.5 m (8–123 ft) |
| Population (2023 estimate [3]) | |
| • City and provincial capital | 2,494,512 (4th) |
| • Urban [4] | 3,632,000 (4th) |
| • Urban density | 7,598/km2 (19,680/sq mi) |
| • Metro [5] | 4,744,323 (5th) |
| • Metro density | 1,675/km2 (4,340/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Medanese Medanite |
| Demographics[6] | |
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| • Religion | Islam Christianity Buddhism Hinduism Confucianism |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (IWST) |
| Area code | (+62) 61 |
| Vehicle registration | BK |
| Nominal GDP[6] | 2019 |
| - Total | Rp 241.5 trillion (4th) US$17.1 billion US$56.1 billion (PPP) |
| - Per capita | Rp 105,908 thousand (13th) US$7,490 US$24,620 (PPP) |
| - Growth |  6.0% |
| HDI (2019) | 0.809 (21st) – very high[7] |
| Website | pemkomedan |
Medan (/mɛˈdɑːn/ meh-DAHN, Indonesian: [mɛˈdan] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra.[8] The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multicultural metropolis, acting as a financial centre for Sumatra and a gateway to the western part of Indonesia. About 60% of the economy in North Sumatra is backed by trading, agriculture, and processing industries,[9] including exports from its 4 million acres of palm oil plantations. The National Development Planning Agency listed Medan as one of the four main central cities in Indonesia, alongside Jakarta, Surabaya, and Makassar. In terms of population, it is the most populous city in Indonesia outside of the island of Java. Its population as of 2023 is approximately equal to the country of Moldova.[10][11]
As of the 2020 Census, Medan had a population of 2,435,252 within its city limits;[12][13] the official population estimate as of mid 2023 was 2,474,166 - comprising 1,231,673 males and 1,242,493.[3] When the surrounding urban area is included, the population is over 3.4 million, making it the fourth largest urban area in Indonesia.[14] The Medan metropolitan area—which includes neighbouring Binjai, Deli Serdang Regency, and a part of Karo Regency—is the largest metropolitan area outside of Java, with 4,744,323 residents counted in the 2020 Census.[15]
The city was founded at the confluence of the Deli River and the Babura river by a Karonese man named Guru Patimpus. Then called Kampung Medan Putri, it became part of the Deli Sultanate, established in 1632. In the late 19th century, colonial Dutch seeking new plantation areas chose Medan and Deli as plantation hubs to found the Deli Company. Within a few years, the Dutch tobacco trade transformed Medan into an economic hub, earning it the nickname Het Land Dollar ("the land of the money"). The Deli Railway, established to ship tobacco, rubber, tea, timber, palm oil, and sugar from Medan to the Port of Belawan for worldwide export, brought further rapid development to Medan. The city became first the capital of the State of East Sumatra, and then the provincial capital of North Sumatra.
- ^ "Medan Het Parijs van Sumatra, Medan Paris di Sumatra". Teknomuda (in Indonesian). 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Medan, Sang Parijs van Sumatera". BatakPedia (in Indonesian). 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kota Medan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1271)
- ^ "Demographia World Urban Areas, 16th Annual Edition" (PDF). February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "PU-net". perkotaan.bpiw.pu.go.id. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik Sumatra Utara (2020). Produk Domestik Regional Bruto Kabupaten/kota di Sumatra Utara 2015–2019. Medan: Badan Pusat Statistik. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Badan Pusat Statistik". bps.go.id. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Kumar, Pankaj; Mishra, Binaya Kumar; Avtar, Ram; Chakraborty, Shamik (2021). "Quantifying future water environment using numerical simulations: a scenario-based approach for sustainable groundwater management plan in Medan, Indonesia". Global Groundwater. Elsevier. pp. 585–596. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-818172-0.00043-8. ISBN 9780128181720. S2CID 230551984.
Medan is the capital city of North Sumatra province.
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- ^ "Jumlah Penduduk menurut Jenis Kelamin dan Kabupaten/Kota Sumatra Utara 2011–2016". Badan Pusat Statistik Provinsi Sumatra Utara (in Indonesian). 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ "Demographia World Urban Areas, 14th Annual Edition" (PDF). April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "PU-net". Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.