South Sumatra

Indonesia

South Sumatra connects to 15860 other places across 20 topics through 175 Bunkabop connections, with history, government, nature, and language as the dominant topic clusters. Its capital Palembang anchors many of these ties: during the Napoleonic Wars, Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II rejected British claims to suzerainty there. The region shares many connections with Indonesia, Palembang, India, and China. Palembang Malay distinguishes two registers, including a market language used across the city. A minority Chinese community practices Mahayana Buddhism alongside the Muslim majority.