Palembang City is one of the big cities in Indonesia which is also the capital of South Sumatra province. Palembang is the second largest city in Sumatra after Medan. This city had once been the center of the Kingdom of Sriwijaya, before later switching to Jambi. Siguntang hill, in the western city of Palembang, until now many people are still sacred and regarded as a former center of purity in the past. Palembang entered the order of a metropolitan city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Bandung, Makassar, Semarang, and Balikpapan.

Palembang is the oldest city in Indonesia, this is based from the inscriptions found on the Mount Kedukan Siguntang Hill west of Palembang city, which declared the establishment of a wanua is interpreted as the city was the capital of Sriwijaya on June 16, 682 AD. So that date as a benchmark for the birthday of the city of Palembang. Geographically, Palembang is located at 2 ° 59′27 .99 “latitude and 104 ° 45′24 .24″ longitude. The total area is 102.47 km Palembang with an average height of 8 meters from the sea surface. Location of Palembang is quite strategic because it is passed by the road that connects Lintas Sumatera between regions on the island of Sumatera. Also in Kilkenny there is also the Musi River, which crossed the Ampera bridge, as a means of transportation and trade between regions.

Ampera Bridge :

Palembang climate is tropical climate with relative humid wind, wind speeds ranged from 2.3 km / h – 4.5 km / hr. Temperatures ranged from the city of 23.4 to 31.7 degrees celsius. Annual rainfall ranges from 2000 mm – 3000 mm. Humidity ranged between 75-89% with an average of 45% solar radiation. Topography is relatively flat and low land. Only a small area of the city where the land is situated at a rather high places, namely in the northern part of town. Most of the land is so marshy areas during the rainy season flooded the area. The average altitude of between 00-20 masl.

Palembang at night :

one of the main attraction of Palembang city itself is the presence of the Ampera bridge, a magnificent bridge which crossed over 1177 meters above the Musi River that connects the area Seberang Ulu and Ilir is an icon of Palembang. This bridge was built in 1962 and built using Japanese loot and experts from Japan. And even more proud Paembang in piih on as the cleanest metropolitan cities in this year provided directly by the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.