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Medan

Indonesia

Watercolour of Medan, Indonesia. Centered around Yellow Maimun Palace, black-domed Great Mosque of Medan, and Tjong A Fie Mansion, with Maimun Palace and Great Mosque of Medan.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Maimun Palace; Great Mosque of Medan; Tjong A Fie Mansion; Kesawan; Deli River; Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni; lush North Sumatran tropical flora; Deli Sultanate
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Medan, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in towering royal palms, weeping banyans, and flowering frangipani trees.
Population2,486,283Wikidata: 2,109,330
Coordinates3.58°N, 98.67°E
Elevation26 m
Area265,100,000 km²
Time zoneAsia/JakartaUTC+7
Solar noon12:25clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Medan and you surface nearest to Cancas, Peru — 60 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

Kuala LumpurMY339 km
PekanbaruID459 km
SingaporeSG629 km
BatamID653 km
PalembangID989 km
Cần ThơVN1,065 km
Phnom PenhKH1,123 km
BangkokTH1,149 km

Twinned cities

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