Jambi

Jambi is a province of Indonesia located on the east coast of central Sumatra, which contains a city also named Jambi, located at .

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The population of the province is 2,400,940 (2000 census).

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Before what is now Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch East India Company, Jambi was the site of a well-established, powerful Srivijayan kingdom that engaged in trade throughout the Strait of Malacca and beyond. It succeeded Palembang to the south, which was a frequent military and economic rival, as the later capital of the ancient kingdom. The move to Jambi was partly induced by the historic 1025 raid by pirates from the Chola region of southern India that destroyed much of Palembang.

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