Medan

Medan
City and provincial capital
City of Medan Kota Medan
Regional transcription(s)
• Jawi	ميدن
• Batak	ᯔᯩᯑᯉ᯲
From top, left to right: Medan Central Business District Great Mosque of Medan Maimun Palace Tjong A Fie Mansion and Sri Mariamman Temple
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Parijs van Sumatra (Dutch)[1][2]
Motto(s):  Bekerja sama dan sama-sama bekerja (Working together and everybody work)
Location within North Sumatra
Interactive map of Medan
Medan Location in Sumatra and Indonesia Show map of Sumatra Medan Medan (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 03°35′22″N 98°40′26″E / 3.58944°N 98.67389°E / 3.58944; 98.67389
Country	Indonesia
Region	Sumatra
Province	Templat:Country data North Sumatra
Founded	1 July 1590
Government
• Mayor	Bobby Nasution (Gerindra)
• Vice Mayor	Aulia Rachman [Templat:Separated entries]
Pemesai
• City and provincial capital	265.1 km2 (102.4 sq mi)
• Urban	478 km2 (185 sq mi)
• Metro	2,831.97 km2 (1,093.43 sq mi)
Elevation	2.5–37.5 m (8–123 ft)
Penyampau mensia  (2023 estimate[3])
• City and provincial capital	2,494,512 (5th)
• Urban [4]	3,632,000 (4th)
• Urban density	7,598/km2 (19,680/sq mi)
• Metro [5]	4,744,323 (5th)
• Metro density	1,675/km2 (4,340/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Medanese Medanite
Demographics[6]
• Ethnic groups	Native: Malays and Karo Majority: Javanese and Batak Others: Chinese, Minangkabau, Acehnese, Indians, etc.
• Religion	Islam Christianity Buddhism Hinduism Confucianism
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 61
Vehicle registration	BK
Nominal GDP[6]	2023
- Total	Rp 303.312 trillion (4th) US$ 19.899 billion US$ 63,731 billion (PPP)
- Per capita	Rp 105,908 thousand (13th) US$ 8,043 US$ 25,758 (PPP)
- Growth	6.0%
HDI (2023)	0.826 (26th) – very high
Website	pemkomedan.go.id

Medan (/mɛˈdɑːn/) nya indu nengeri sereta nengeri ke pemadu besai ba provinsi Sumatera Utara, Indonesia.^[7] Ejensi Perambu Pemansang Menua ngerintai Medan nyadi siti ari empat nengeri besai di Indonesia, beserimbai enggau Jakarta, Surabaya, enggau Makassar. Ari sukut penyampau tubuh, iya nyadi mengeri ke pemadu mayuh mensia di Indonesia luar ari pulau Jawa. Penyampau tubuh iya naka taun 2023 nyau deka sama enggau menua Moldova.^[8][9]

1. ↑ "Medan Het Parijs van Sumatra, Medan Paris di Sumatra". Teknomuda (in Indonesia). 2017-09-02. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
2. ↑ "Medan, Sang Parijs van Sumatera". BatakPedia (in Indonesia). 2020-01-07. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
3. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kota Medan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1271)
4. ↑ "Demographia World Urban Areas, 16th Annual Edition" (PDF). February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
5. ↑ "PU-net". perkotaan.bpiw.pu.go.id. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ralat Lua pada baris 3162 di Modul:Citation/CS1: attempt to call field 'year_check' (a nil value).
7. ↑ Ralat Lua pada baris 3162 di Modul:Citation/CS1: attempt to call field 'year_check' (a nil value).
8. ↑ "26. Z. Irian Jaya". bappenas.go.id (Word DOC) (in Indonesia). Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
9. ↑ Geografi. Grasindo. ISBN 9789797596194. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2019.