The city of Palembang

Here is a posting about the city of Palembang in Indonesia
Is the capital city of Palembang in South Sumatra province. Palembang is the second largest city in Sumatra after Medan.

History of Palembang which was once the royal capital of maritime Southeast Asia's largest Buddha at the time, the kingdom of Srivijaya, which dominate the archipelago and the Malay peninsula in the 9th century also makes this city known as "Earth Sriwijaya". Based on the inscriptions found in Kedukan Bukit Bukit Siguntang west of Palembang, which states that the establishment of a Wanua interpreted as a city on June 16, 682 AD, making the city of Palembang as the oldest city in Indonesia. In the Western world, the city of Palembang is also nicknamed the Venice of the East ("Venice of the East").