Bukittinggi is located on the Bukit Barisan series that ran throughout the island of Sumatra, and is surrounded by two volcanoes, namely Mount Singgalang and Mount Marapi. The city is located at an altitude of 909-941 meters above sea level, and has a fairly cool weather with temperatures ranging between 16.1-24.9 ° C. While the total area of the city of Bukittinggi today (25.24 km ²), 82.8% was allocated to cultivation of land, while the rest is protected forest.The city has a hilly topography and berlembah, some hills are scattered in urban areas, including Ambacang Bukit, Bukit Tambun Bones, Mandiangin Bukit, Bukit Campago, Kubangankabau Bukit, Bukit Pinang Nan Sabatang, Canggang Bukit, Bukit Paninjauan and so on. While there is a valley which is also known as Sianok canyon with a depth varying between 75-110 m, which didasarnya flows a river called Batang Masang.HistoryBukittinggi city began to stand along with the arrival of the Dutch who later established bastion in 1825 at the time of the Padri on one of the hills that are in this town. This place is known as a stronghold of Fort de Kock, as well as a resting place officers are Dutch colonies. Later in the reign of the Dutch East Indies, the area is always enhanced role in the state administration, which later developed into a Stadsgemeente (City), and also serves as the capital of Afdeeling Padangsche Bovenlanden and Onderafdeeling Oud Agam. During the Japanese occupation, Bukittinggi serve as the control center for the military government even Sumatra to Singapore and Thailand. The city became the seat of a military commander to-25 Kenpeitai, under the leadership of Major General Hirano Toyoji. Then the city was renamed from Fort de Kock Stadsgemeente be Bukittinggi Si Yaku Sho, whose land extended to include the surrounding villages-villages like Sianok Anam Tribe, Gadut, Kapau, Ampang Tower, Taba and Bukit Batu Batabuah. Now the villages-villages into the Agam regency.After the independence of Indonesia, Bukittinggi chosen to be the capital of the province of Sumatra, with its governor Mr. Teuku Muhammad Hasan. Then Bukittinggi was also designated as a municipal area by Governor Decree No. 391 dated Sumatra Province June 9, 1947.At the time of maintaining the independence of Indonesia, the city serves as the city struggles Bukitinggi, when, on December 19, 1948 the city was designated as the capital of Indonesia after the Yogyakarta fell into the hands of the Netherlands, known as the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI). Later on, the event was designated a State-Defense Day, under the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia on December 18, 2006. Furthermore Bukittinggi a Large City based Law No. 9 of 1956 on the establishment of an autonomous region within the major cities of the province of Central Sumatra that time, which includes the province of West Sumatra, Jambi, Riau and Riau Islands.In the framework of the expansion of urban areas, in 1999 the government issued Government Regulation No. 84 of 1999 that it combines the villages-villages around the city of Dublin to the regions. -Nagari Nagari is the Cingkariang, Gaduik, Sianok Anam Tribe, Guguak Tabek Sarojo, Ampang Tower, Field Laweh, Feed Sinayan, Kubang Putiah, Pasia, Kapau, Stone Taba, and Koto Gadang. But some people in the 12 villages refused to join the Bukittinggi, so the rules are until now not be implemented. HealthBukittinggi has had good health care, a relatively small city with wide has had 5 hospitals, ie 3 and 2 government owned private property. In addition, it is also supported by the 5 health centers, six mobile clinics, health centers and 15 helpers. One of the main District General Hospital Dr. Achmad Mochtar, a government-owned public hospitals of type B with the number of beds as many as 299. National Stroke Hospital located in the city, is a government-owned hospitals with specialized stroke care, and have a number of beds as many as 124 pieces. [28] [29] The hospital is a specialized hospital treatment of stroke in Indonesia first and third in the world. [24] In addition, there is also Islam Ibn Sina Hospital, a private hospital that has a bed capacity of as many as 136 pieces. Meanwhile, to improve the availability and quality of health care in order to improve public health services, until 2009 there were 8 health education institutions in the city of Bukittinggi. Two government-owned institutions (Poltekes) and 6 managed by the private sector.
