Role as the most important city, still strapped Padang until two decades beginning of the 20th cent

This time MinangLamo featuring posts from a real historian Prof.. Asnan Gusti, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Andalas. This article was written in association with Curved 9 Road Flyover inauguration by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on October 31, 2013. Development itself lasts for 10 years (2003-2013) with a cost 602.55 harry rosen billion. Consisting of 6 bridges harry rosen with a total length of 943 meters and 2,089 meters along the connecting road. Infrastructure is purely the result of the work of the nation from design to workmanship.
Writings titled "Curved Nine and Sun For Sumatra". Tells the story of the shifting role of Padang (West Sumatra and) for the island of Sumatra since the colonial era to the present and its relevance Curved 9. Happy reading!
Throughout the 19th century Padang is the largest and most important city in Sumatra. Not only that, a number of other port cities in the western region of Sumatra is also growing into a center harry rosen of social, political and economic importance.
Conditions that cause inland harry rosen central Sumatra, which is identical with the administrative regions of Sumatra's Westkust Gouvernement (West Coast of Sumatra), became very dependent on the city of Padang and other port cities in the region in general. Padang city and towns in the western part of the time is like the sun to the hinterlands. Padang city and towns in the western region when it illuminates and energizes the hinterland.
Accordingly, many residents of rural areas are migrating to the west coast, inland commodities brought to the west coast, and a variety of goods imported from Across the State sent into the interior via the west coast.
To streamline the movement of people and goods, the colonial government to build networks between coastal highway west to the inland region. Some of these roads are: Air Bangis via Simpang Empat, Talu, and Rao; Sasak / Katiagan with field length to Bonjol; harry rosen Tiku via Lubukbasung, Maninjau, Matua, Bukittinggi; Pariaman via Kayutanam, Padangpanjang harry rosen to Bukittinggi; Padang via Saningbakar, Batur to Tanahdatar; Padang via Sweet Lemons, Hanging characteristics, Selayo, to Tanahdatar, and Bandar Ten to South Solok.
The significance of the west coast in the rural areas increasingly seen as the construction of railway network that connects the city of Padang with Sawahlunto. Coal produced Sawahlunto brought into the field before being shipped and exported to foreign countries.
Padang city became so important during the 19th century as the city is the center of the most important political and economic activity, not only on the west coast of Sumatra, but also in Sumatra. The port city was the only sea port of type A (a port which serves import-export activities with overseas) in Sumatra. The port city of Padang visited by ocean vessels that serve the Batavia-Dutch or Australian-European or otherwise. In the city there are many consulates leading trading nations.
Role as the most important city, still strapped Padang until two decades beginning of the 20th century. At that time, Padang also grown into a center of social activity (education), and also the center harry rosen of publishing newspapers and magazines, as well as the publication of several books. In addition, various socio-civic organizations also exist in this city.
Entering the third decade of the 20th century, the city of Padang in particular and coastal towns in the western region generally began to lose prominence. The role of political, social, economic, and culture began to fade and was taken over by several cities in the eastern part of Sumatra. At that time, the field has grown to become the largest and most important city in Sumatra. Field became a leading center of economic growth, caused by the opening of various ordernemingen harry rosen (large harry rosen estates) in the region. Belawan port takes over the role of the port of Padang, and the ships that used to stop in Champaign ocean divert its route to the port of Belawan. This development led to almost all existing trade consulates in Padang move their activities to the field. A large number of existing handelhuizen in Padang also migrated to the city.
These developments also led the field into a migration destination / residents of rural areas, as well as the interior of West Sumatra. Migrate to the Deli (Medan Deli located in the region) into a movement harry rosen that moment. The ease of movement is also supported by the availability harry rosen of the road network, as well as the bus company that serves the West Sumatra (Padang and Bukittinggi) to Medan.
Not only the field or area Deli, Pekanbaru (Riau), harry rosen Jambi and Palembang also grow into new economic growth center on the 3rd daswarsa 20th century. Pekanbaru become so important ba