Islam is a predominant religion in the province, with about 97.4% of the total population. Another native ethnic group is the Mentawai people, who inhabit the western islands of the same name. West Sumatra is home to the Minangkabau people, although the traditional Minangkabau region is actually wider than the province's boundaries, covering up to the southern region of North Sumatra, the western region of Riau, the western region of Jambi, the northern region of Bengkulu, and Negeri Sembilan code: msa promoted to code: ms in Malaysia. Padang code: ind promoted to code: id is the province's capital and largest city. It has relatively more cities than other provinces outside of Java, although several of them are relatively low in population compared with cities elsewhere in Indonesia. The province is subdivided into twelve regencies and seven cities. West Sumatra borders the Indian Ocean to the west, as well as the provinces of North Sumatra to the north, Riau to the northeast, Jambi to the southeast, and Bengkulu to the south. The official estimate at mid 2022 was 5,640,629. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. West Sumatra ( Indonesian: Sumatra Barat) is a province of Indonesia. Indonesian (official), Minangkabau, Mentawai

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