Alahan Panjang Explained

Alahan Panjang
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Sumatra#Indonesia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:West Sumatra
Subdivision Type2:Regency
Subdivision Name2:Solok
Subdivision Type3:Kecamatan
Subdivision Name3:Lembah Gumanti
Timezone:WIB
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:-1.0764°N 100.7861°W

Alahan Panjang is a village in the kecamatan of Lembah Gumanti, Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The village is located on Kerinci Seblat National Park's eastern slopes, at an altitude of 1400–, near Mount Talang. Situated between Alahan Panjang and the other nearby major town of Muara Labuh are the subvillages of Air Dingin Barat, Alang Laweh, and Sungai Kalau II.[1]

Economy

It lies in the valley of the same name in northern Minangkabau Highlands, producing rubber, coffee, sugarcane, yams, maize, tobacco and bananas and using a high amount of pesticides.[2] [3] [4] The area is poor, dominated by arid farming,[2] and notable wet rice production. European firms have established mining exploration in parts of Alahan Panjang.

History

Alahan Panjang was the stronghold of the Indonesian hero Tuanku Imam Bonjol (1772–1864).[5] After 1848, the government constructed a secondary road between Alahan Panjang and Solok, West Sumatra, located to the east.[6] Historically, tiger hunting has been a problem that threatens the predators in the area; in 1935 alone some 500 tigers were shot by local poachers.[7]

Alahan Panjang, along with Padang, Pariaman, Silungkang, Sawah Lunto, Sijinjung and Suliki, has been cited as an area which had particularly active communists in local politics.[8] The area was affected by the Alahan Panjang earthquakes in 1943.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cairns, Malcolm. Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming. 8 August 2012. 23 May 2007. Earthscan. 978-1-891853-92-0. 157–.
  2. Book: Hadler, Jeffrey. Muslims and Matriarchs: Cultural Resilience in Indonesia Through Jihad and Colonialism. 7 August 2012. 2008. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-4697-9. 25.
  3. Book: Scott, James C.. History and Peasant Consciousness in South East Asia. 7 August 2012. 1984. National Museum of Ethnology. 300, 319.
  4. Book: Schuman, Stanley H. Agromedicine: Selected Papers from the First Ten Years of The Journal of Agromedicine. 7 August 2012. 6 June 2005. Psychology Press. 978-0-7890-2533-3. 351.
  5. Book: Holt. P. M.. Lambton. Ann K. S.. Lewis. Bernard. The Cambridge History of Islam:. 8 August 2012. 21 April 1977. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-29137-8. 166–.
  6. Book: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands). Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde. 8 August 2012. 2002. M. Nijhoff. 733.
  7. Book: Ellis, Richard. Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine. 7 August 2012. 27 May 2005. Island Press. 978-1-55963-532-5. 165.
  8. Book: Thomas, Lynn L.. Change and Continuity in Minangkabau: Local, Regional, and Historical Perspectives on West Sumatra. 7 August 2012. 1985. Ohio University Center for International Studies. 978-0-89680-127-1. 228.