What is Medan?
[[Image:Logo Kota Medan (Seal of Medan).svg|thumb|90px|coat of arms]] '''Medan''' ({{IPA-id|meˈdan|3=Id-Medan.ogg}}; <small>English</small>: {{IPAc-en|m|eɪ|d|ɑː|n}}) is the capital and largest city of the [[Indonesia]]n [[Provinces of Indonesia|province]] of [[North Sumatra]]. It is one of the [[Regions of Indonesia#Development regions|four main central cities of Indonesia]], alongside [[Jakarta]], [[Surabaya]], and [[Makassar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bappenas.go.id/files/2713/5227/9312/bag-z-74-75-cek__20090130070903__25.doc|title=26. Z. Irian Jaya|last=|first=|date=|website=bappenas.go.id|type=Word DOC|language=id|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705115720/https://www.bappenas.go.id/files/2713/5227/9312/bag-z-74-75-cek__20090130070903__25.doc|archive-date=5 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMaqCLchf9UC&pg=PT114 |title = Geografi|isbn = 9789797596194}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cities in Indonesia]] {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}}