The city of Bukittinggi is one of the city in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia.

The city was formerly called Fort de Kock and was once also dubbed with Parisj van other than the city of Medan and Sumatra town of Bukittinggi was also the capital city of Indonesia.

City which is the hometown of one of the Bung Hatta proclaimed Indonesia, is a heritage town famous for its Clock Tower, a landmark in the heart of the city that shaped the height of the clock like Big Ben, and became a symbol for the city which is also located on the edge of a valley named Canyon Sianok.

In addition, the city of Bukittinggi is also famous as a tourist city cool temperate, and siblings (sister city) with the Seremban Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia.

Bukittinggi city began to stand in line with the arrival of the Dutch who later founded the fort in 1825 during the Padri War in one of the hill contained in this town, known as the fortress Fort de Kock, who as well as a resting place for officers who are in the area colonies. Later in the reign of the Dutch East Indies, this area always increased role in state administration which later developed into a Stadsgemeente (city) and also served as the capital Afdeeling Padangsche Bovenlanden and Onderafdeeling Oud Agam
During the Japanese occupation, the town of Bukittinggi serve as the central control of its military government for the Sumatra region, even to Singapore and Thailand, where in this city is the seat of the military commander to 25 Kenpeitai, under the leadership of Major General Hirano Toyoji And this town changed its name from Stadsgemeente Fort de Kock became Bukittinggi The Yaku Sho, whose land extended to include village-like surrounding villages Sianok Anam Tribe, Gadut, Kapau, Ampang Tower, Bukit Batu Taba and Batabuah. And now the villages-villages are entered into the territory of Agam District. And in this city the Japanese army established the largest radio transmitter to the island of Sumatra in order to raise the spirit of the people to support the interests of the Greater East Asia War Japanese version
At times defend the independence of Indonesia, the city serves as the city struggles Bukitinggi, where on 19 December 1948, the city is designated as the capital city of Indonesia after the Yogyakarta fall into the hands of the Dutch or known by the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI). And then the event was designated a State-Defense Day, based on Presidential Decree No. 28 of 2006 dated December 18, 2006
Furthermore, the town of Bukittinggi was also the provincial capital of Sumatra with its governor Mr. Tengku Muhammad Hasan.

Bukittinggi city was established by Law No. 9 of 1956tentang formation of an autonomous region within the major cities of the province of Central Sumatra that period, which covers the province of West Sumatra, Jambi, Riau and Riau Islands now.

Although after the issuance of Government Regulation no. 84 of 1999 as a new legal basis for local government town of Bukittinggi, but their implementation is still not yet implemented