Padang Panjang

Padang Panjang (sometimes written as Padangpanjang, spelled as Padang Pandjang in Dutch East Indies era, literally "long field", Jawi: ), is located in the cool highlands of West Sumatra, inland from the provincial capital Padang. It sits on a plateau beneath the volcanoes Mount Marapi and Mount Singgalang. It has an area of 23.0 km² and a population at the 2010 Census of 47,008; the latest estimate (as at mid 2020) is 54,421. It is located at .
Home to a famous performing arts conservatorium, "Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia" (STSI or "Indonesian College of the Art") Padang Panjang, the town stretches up the hill from the marketplace and central mosque, to the soccer field and bus terminal on up to STSI. The main road through Padang Panjang links coastal Padang and the highland capital, Bukittinggi.
The town is also home to the Minangkabau Cultural Documentation and Information Center ("Pusat Dokumentasi dan Informasi Kebudayaan Minangkabau - PDIKM").
Administrative Districts.
Padang Panjang city consists of two districts ("kecamatan"), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and the official estimates for mid 2018. The table also includes the number of administrative villages (urban "kelurahan") in each district, and its postal codes. 
The totals in 2018 included 26,402 males and 26,592 females.
Administrative villages ("kelurahan").
West Padang Panjang District consists of the 8 villages of Silaing Bawah, Silaing Atas, Pasar Usang, Kampung Manggis, Tanah Hitam, Pasar Baru, Bukit Surungan and Balai-Balai. East Padang Panjang District comprises the 8 villages of Koto Panjang, Koto Katik, Ngalau, Ekor Lubuk, Sigando, Ganting, Guguk Malintang and Tanah Pak Lambik.
Town without cigarette advertisements.
Since 2008, Padangpanjang is the only town/city in Indonesia without cigarette advertisements. In public areas, public transport, and youth facilities, smoking is prohibited. In other areas, smoking is restricted to smoking rooms. In 2014, some pulmonologists wished to transfer to other towns, because of the lack of patients.