Abstract
The Minangkabaus inhabit the western part of central Sumatra, the area which Dutch writers call the Padang Highlands (Padangse Bovenlanden). The nucleus of the Minangkabau territory is formed by the three districts or luha’ of Agam, Tanah Data, and Limo Pulueh Koto: this last name means the “Fifty Towns”, and is usually abbreviated, in print, as L Koto.
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de Josselin de Jong, P.E. (1980). Preliminary Survey. In: Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8198-0_3
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