Where is Bengkulu

Bengkulu city is the capital of Bengkulu province, Indonesia. The city has a total area 144.52 km ² and has a more or less as many as 200,000 people. Bengkulu city is located by the beach overlooking the island of Sumatra to the Indian Ocean. Bengkulu province itself is located on the west coast of Sumatra island at the position 101 ° 1 '- 104 ° 46' BT and 2 ° 16 'to 5 ° 13' LS, which is parallel with the longitudinal and Bukit Barisan dealing directly with the Indian Ocean with a 525 km long coast knowledgeable and territorial 48,075 km ².

The city is famous as the place had been the relegation Bung Karno years in the period 1939 - 1942 in the Netherlands-Indies. In addition, in this city there is the United Kingdom heritage fort, Fort Marlborough, which is located by the beach. Now the beach area near the fort is being attempted to be developed for tourism purposes.

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