Beautifully of Cingkuak Island Historic

Beautiful beach on the Cingkuak Island.
(Photo by Arif Hamdani)

Cingkuak Island, with an area of ​​4.5 hectares, facing the Batu Kareta Island, located in the Carocok Beach, Painan. The island is a silent witness to the colonial heritage in the Pesisir Selatan District, which at that time was the economic center and port in west coast of Sumatra.

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Boelongan, A Piece Journey Period Ago

A diver, Saturday (29/12/2012), seeks to document one side of the wreck allegedly a Boelongan
at a depth of about 20 meters in the waters of the Mandeh Bay, Pesisir Selatan District, West Sumatra.
(Photo by Ingki Rinaldi/Kompas)

Wednesday, January 28, 1942, after the midday prayer time in Nagari Mandeh, Pesisir Selatan District, West Sumatra. Anas Malin Randah, a teenager when it was, relaxing at the cottage shifting over the hills.

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Historic Gold Mine in Salido Ketek

Batang Salido River in Kenagarian Tambang, IV Jurai
(by Adlenaline)

Salido Ketek or Small Salido, so the old people call it. Located in Kenagarian Tambang, IV Jurai, Pesisir Selatan District. Distance from the city center of Painan, the capital of Pesisir Selatan District is only about 30 minutes away by motorbike. 

Historically, the Dutch colonial times never operated a gold mine in Salido Ketek. Gold mine is managed by the VOC (Dutch) for about 150 years. Gold mine is one of the oldest gold mines in Indonesia.

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History of Painan City

PAINAN City is a city which is also the administrative capital of Pesisir Selatan District, in West Sumatera Province, Indonesia. Administratively, the City of Painan go into IV Jurai Subdistrict, and the city is crossed by Highway Traffic western Sumatera.

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About Pesisir Selatan District

PESISIR SELATAN DISTRICT is one of 19 districts/cities in West Sumatra, with an area of ​​5749.89 km2. Regency Pesisir Selatan Region is located in the southern part of West Sumatera Province, stretching from north to south by 234 km long coastline.


Pesisir Selatan District, the north is bordered by the city of Padang, the east by the District of Solok and Jambi Province, south of the Province of Bengkulu and the west by the Indonesian Ocean.

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