Report Text : Pekanbaru City

        Pekanbaru is the capital of Riau province. The city which has 12 districts and 83 villages is a city of trade and services, including as a city with a growth rate, migration and urbanization are high. Its population reaches 1.1 million in 2016. Pekanbaru itself has been developing well.  The city which number 10 of the biggest  cities in Indonesia has unic sides that make Pekanbaru different from the other cities in Indonesia.

Geography of Pekanbaru  has a strategic position in the path East Sumatera, connected with several cities such as Medan, Padang and Jambi. With  the administrative area, it is flanked by Siak regency on the north and east, while the west and south by the District of Kampar. Pekanbaru is included to tropical climate with maximum temperatures ranging between 34.1 ° C to 35.6 ° C and minimum temperature between 20.2 ° C to 23.0 ° C.

Beside that,  caused Pekanbaru is the city with imigrant and urbanization are high,  making Pekanbaru has many kinds of ethics. In 2014, Pekanbaru has become the fourth most populous city in Sumatra after Medan, Palembang, and Bandar Lampung. Based on census 2010, compotition of ethics in Pekanbaru is won by Minangnese with 37,96 %, Malaynese 26,10 %, Java 15,70 %, Bataknese11,06 %, Tionghoa2,5 %, the others 6,7 %. It also influences the religion there,  like Muslim as the biggest in Pekanbaru,  next Christian,  Buddhist and so on.

In education,  Pekanbaru has some universities, among which are Politeknik Caltex Riau, Universitas Riau, UIN Suska, Universitas Muhammadiyah Riau, Universitas Islam Riau, and Universitas Lancang Kuning. Another side,  Pekanbaru also has big library called perpustakaan Hs Soeman. It is a library Riau provincial government, was established to support public education in particular Pekanbaru and Riau general. The library is located in the heart of Pekanbaru city, including one of the libraries "grandest in Indonesia", with its unique architecture and has a collection of 300 thousand books until 2008. The library name is immortalized on the name of a teacher and man of letter, Soeman Hasibuan.