Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Regency of Rokan Hulu

Regency Motto:
Discovering Potency Developing The Country

Situation Of Nature
Regency of Rokan Hulu lays in 100’50’ – 101’ 52’ Longitude East, 0’15’ – 1’30’ Paralel North.

Regional Boundaries
Regency of Rokan Hulu has regional boundaries as follows :
a. northside with Regency of South Tapanuli and Regency of Labuhan Batu, North Sumatra Province
b. eastside with Regency of Bengkalis and Regency of Rokan Hilir
c. southside with Regency of Kampar; and
d. westside with Regency of Pasaman, West Sumatra Province.

Regency of Rokan Hulu has entirety region of about 6.163,68 km2, consists 13 districts, those are Districts of Tambusai, Rambah, Rambah Samo, Kepenuhan, Tandun, Rokan IV Koto, Kunto Darussalam, Ujung Batu, Rambah Hilir, North Tambusai, Bangun Purba, Kabun and Pasir Pangirayan.

Regency of Rokan Hulu with capital regency in Pasir Pangraiyan is located about 180 km2 from the capital province of Riau, Pekanbaru with the distance of about 3 hours by land transportation.

Climate
Regency of Rokan Hulu has tropical climate with rainfall of about 1.850 mm/th, Air temperature of about 22’ – 31’ C.


Travel Destination in Rokan hulu

Aek martua waterfall
Location Aek Martua waterfall is in the area of Bukit Barisan Mountains. This Aek Martua Waterfall has its own typical characteristic because it has three storeys (Arda 1, 2 and 3). This waterfall has also beautiful natural panorama. Its clear water looks like mineral water, really pleased to look at. Beside become an object for tourism, this waterfall has also become a research object of a public university in Pekanbaru.


Bukit suligi protected forest
This protected forest is located in Districts of Tandun and Rokan IV Koto, of about 135 kilometres from the capital province, Pekanbaru. The area is about 3000 hectares. In Bukit Suligi, it can be found various types of plant and rare animal. To all of natural lovers or those whose adventures as the hobby, this place is a really intended place to be visited, because in this place, there are many various natural objects such as hot wellspring sources, natural caves, waterfalls, lakes, footpaths spread over the area that are very challenge and pleasant places to be explored.

High house
High House which is located in town of Rengat represents original form house of Indragiri society, but there are also people said that high house represented the omission of Indragiri kingdom, outside of this rumor however, the high house has very beautiful and unique Malay architecture and also has cultural and history potency for tourism. Its condition still in a development phase at this time so that it is expected that it can be a part of tourism object in Regency of Indragiri Hulu

Pawan hot water
This hot water source is located in Pawan village, District of Rambah. It is a good hot water source for bathing and for medication as well. In this place, we can feel the hot water while we are swimming in the river. The Hot Water has three heat levels.


The portress of seven layers
This fortress is also known as "Aur Duri Fortress" as the last defence fortress of Dalu-Dalu warriors under the command of Tuanku Tambusai "The Tiger of Paderi (islamic scholar) of Rokan" fought against colonial Dutch incursion. This fortress represents ?the silent witness? of the strength and heroic spirit that never give up of the child of country, Tuanku Tambusai. He died and was buried in our neighboring country, Saremban, Malaysia. He has been awarded by the government of Indonesia Republic as the First National Warrior of Riau. This Fortress is located in Dalu-Dalu village, District of Tambusai, which is about 252 kilometres from Pekanbaru.

The kingdom palace rokan
This palace is an ommission of the Kingdom of Rokan which has ever existed here. It is said that the kingdom had a relationship with a kingdom in Pasaman, West Sumatra. The palace which has the typical traditional architecture was built in the century of XVIII. It is located in District Of Rokan IV Koto, about 100 km from the capital city of Rokan Hulu.

Tujuh serangkai cave
This cave is situated in Kabun village, District of Tandun, which has its own unique characteristic, that is because the area which has about 10 hectares in width, do not only consist of one or two caves, but has many sequence caves that have connection one to another, precisely there are 7 caves in the area. Besides, there are also waterfall, very clean and clear river near to plantation area and Bukit Suligi Protected Forest. The location is about 100 kilometres from Pekanbaru, the capital city of Riau province. We can enjoy its natural beauty with hills and cold, green and shady trees as the background.

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