Bengkulu province located in West coast Sumatra island which from geographical side around 46,54% or 920.964 ha his farm is forest of 131 asylum. The area is the source of natural abundance which with uique flora and his fauna. Its situation in westside mountain of this Mountain range forest area and still dwelt by various wild animal be like tiger, elephant, place and rhinoceros of growing of biggest flower in world Rafflesia Arnoldi.
Region of of length of frontier with provinsi Sumatra Barat to provinsi Lampung apart around]567 square kilometre and abut on direct with Samudra Hindia with coastline as long as 525 km.
Its resident reach 1,6 million people and most (96%) is believing in the Islam, the rest believe in the Christian, budha and hindu. Genuiness him society come from ethnic immeasurable with different dialect and vernacular be like Malay, Rejang, Enggano, Serawai, Lembak, Pasemah, Mulak Bintuhan, Pekal and Mukomuko.
From cultural side, society Bengkulu consist of two big group that is Orang Rejang and Orang Serawai. People Rejang this divided to the two shares again that is them who live in plateau region and them who live in [about/around] coast of so-called as Rejang Pesisir. People Serawai live in south Bengkulu, they still have the relation with People Pasemah which living in area Pagaralam dan Gunung Dempo
Fortress Marlborough located don't far from Monumen Thoma Parr in back part Ahmad Yani street. In the year 1719, Benteng Marlborough to to center position of English army in Bengkulu. Fortress in form of segi-empat long of the size 240 metre and wide of this 170 metre is founded by The British East India Company in the year 1713 and have at 1719.
There is waterfall of 9 level in Countryside Margasakti around 36 km from Arga Makmur, Sungai Suci, the beautiful view. There is also waterfall Kemumuh, Elephant training center in Seblat for the width of 20 ha and Waterfall Kemumu which located in countryside Kemumu broadly area of 30 ha and Waterfall Batu Layang, around 9 km from Argamakmur
In Tebing Binjai between paths pass by quickly Bengkulu-Kepahang grow the scarce flower of national that is flower Rafllesia Arnoldy. This flower is first time found by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and Dr Joseph Atnold, a botanis at 20 May 1919 somewhere near by Sungai Manna, Lubuk Tapi, Bengkulu Selatan. Biggest flower which have expanded reach 120 cm |