Jambi City
Jambi is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Jambi.
Jambi is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Jambi. Located on the island of Sumatra, the city is a busy port on the Batang Hari River and an oil- and rubber-producing centre. The city is located 26 km (16 mi) from the ruins of Muaro Jambi Temple Compounds, an important city in the ancient Srivijaya kingdom.
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Worth seeing in and around Jambi City
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Masjid Agung Al-Falah
Al-Falah Great Mosque is the largest mosque in Jambi, Indonesia. This mosque is also known as the "Mosque of 1000 pillars," though it has only 232 pillars.
500 m · mosque in Jambi (city), Jambi, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Ikhsaniyyah Mosque
The Ikhsaniyyah Mosque, or better known as Batu Mosque, is the oldest mosque in the city of Jambi, Jambi province, Indonesia. The mosque is located on the opposite side of the city center of Jambi, which is divided by the Batanghari River, and specifically in the area of Olak Kemang, Teluk Teluk District.
1 km · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jambi City
- Stations
- Sultan Thaha Airport, 6.6 km
- Batam → Jambi City309 km · quickest by road, 39h 44m · Rp449,000–599,000
- Padang (Katapiang) → Jambi City380 km · quickest by road, 8h 10m · Rp317,000–422,000
- Jakarta → Jambi City626 km · quickest by road, 18h 19m · Rp455,000–607,000
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jambi City
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jambi City. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundCommon public transports are taxis, ojek (motorcycle-based) and angkot (small minivan with numbers and uniform color that has fixed route).
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Next door to Jambi City
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