"Jambi" Jambi Province by Mangunsong

The province of Jambi is located in Central Sumatra encompassing an area of 53,435 km2 almost 60% consisting of forest area has made the province not only the home of a large variety of fauna and flora but also an exciting place for the sporty and adventure types. Temperatures seldom reach 90o F (33o C) and usually vary during the from 74o F to 88o F (23o C to 31o C) and are cooler on the mountains. Jambi province has a population of about 2.031.954 million consisting of Jambinese, Minangkabau, Javanese, Sundanese and descendants of Indiana and Chinese. About 90% are Moslem and the remaining 10% are Christians, Hindus and Buddhists.

Brief History:
Tracing of Jambi history could be started from 6 AD. The important points are the glory of the Melayu kingdom age, Sriwijaya kingdom, Malay Singosari kingdom, Damasyaraya kingdom and then until the national Indonesian Independent day. Malay II kingdom was built in the year of 1460 with it's first king was Datuk Paduko berhalo. It's an Islam kingdom. This kingdom reigned Jambi until 1907.
The Dutch colonisation bagan totally in 1904. There were many changes done by the dutch concerning on reorganization of the territorial. Jambi was registered as an independent province of the republic of Indonesia in 1957 through Undang-Undang Darurat no 19 tahun 1957.