Lingkungan Alam di Kepulauan Mentawai (Natural Environment)

In English

If we look at the Mentawai Island from the beach as if uninhabited, seemingly just an overgrown forest range of species rarely found settlements. Generally, they live in the countryside, on the edge and up the river. Often the name of the village where he lived always same with the name of river. The wide of Mentawai island ± 7000 km, has a population average per square kilometer is inhabited by 13 people to the distance from Mentawai to Padang is about go 90-120 miles which can be mached by boat for 10-15 hours. In the Mentawai islands only has hills which is height no more than ±500 meters above sea, which is a tropical forest consisting of mangrove forests, swamps forests, coastal forests. Forest products are various kinds of wood, gaharu, rattan and many different types (Hylobates closii). From interland flow large and small rivers, the people used them for transportation.

Ini nih Bahasa Indonesianya 

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Masjid Bingkudu , Agam (Bingkudu Mosque , Agam)

In English

Mingkudu mosque was built in 1823 AD or the eary 19th century by Haji Salam. There is number of years on migrab that using. Arabic letters that show the number 1316 H or 1906 AD. The number of year is alleged as a number of making migrab.
At the mosque in addition tu the main building there is also a pool of water located in the west,the south building. The main building of mosques Bingkudu facing towards the west, and the main entrance to the east.
The main mosque plan space measuring 21×21 m. Building foot-high concrete foundation of the mosque is 0, 4 meters. Mosque floor of wooden planks arranged surian average longitudinal direction east to west. In the main room there are 25 mosques pole pieces. The main mast is located in the middle of the main room of the mosque is made of square concrete 12 and 1,25 meters in diameter.

Ini bahasa indonesia nya bagi yang ga ngerti inggrisnya yaa^^

Masjid Bingkudu dibangun pada tahun 1823 M atau awal abad ke 19 oleh Haji Salam. Pada migrab terdapat angka tahun yaitu dengan menggunakan huruf arab yang menunjukkan angka tahun 1316 H atau 1906 masehi. Angka tahun tersebut diduga merupakan angka tahun pembuatan migrab. Pada masjid tersebut selain bangunan utama terdapat juga kolam air yang terletak di sebelah barat, selatan bangunan  masjid. Bangunan utama masjid Bingkudu menghadap ke arah barat, dan pintu masuk utama di sebelah timur.
Denah ruang utama masjid berujuran 21×21 m. Kaki bangunan masjid merupakan pondasi beton setinggi 0,4 meter. Lantai masjid dari papan kayu surian yang disusun rata membujur arah barat ke timur. Di dalam ruang utama masjid terdapat 25 buab tiang. Tiang utama terletak di tengah-tengah ruang utama masjid yang terbuat dari beton yang berbentuk segi 12 dan berdiameter 1,25 meter.

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