Medan The Largest City in Sumatra

Medan is the capital city of North Sumatra Province and the largest city in Sumetra with population around 2,5 million. Along the length of north Sumatra crosses the Bukit Barisan Mountains with peaks of numerous volcanoes with several lakes in between. The land has thick of virgin forest, lush vegetation, rice field, mountain streams, rivers, waterfall and sandy beaches.

Like other big city in the world, Medan is warm and overcrowded business center. Still its worth while staying a short time in this city to see a number of special places to visit.
Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya. Area of Medan around 265 km square. Medan also have harbor town is called Belawan, which is the sea link to Penang, Malaysia. Polonia airport in Medan is Indonesia’s western international gateway, it maintains regular flight to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Amsterdam and Vienna. Additionally there are several air connection between medan and another city in Indonesia