One of the interesting tourist attraction in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, is or Equator Monument Equator Monument.

At noon every 21-23 March and 23 September, the visitors are always treated to a view that is very interesting. Upright objects around the Equator monument did not have a shadow (no shadow).

This shows that Equator Monument in Pontianak is located right at zero degrees latitude. So it is natural that every 21-23 March and 23 September, foreign and domestic tourists are always thronged the Equator Monument. Pontianak Government itself always presents a variety of events for the sake of attracting more tourists.

Pontiac Mayor Sutarmidji to SH said, the Equator Monument attractions are second to none in Kalimantan. Therefore, efforts are continuously made to attract visitors. City of Pontiac has an area of 107.82 square kilometers, with a population of 514,622. Total labor force 238,576 people, and as many as 207,344 people have been absorbed so that the open unemployment rate of about 31,232 inhabitants. If a visit to the Equator Monument, visitors can buy various souvenirs, whether in the form of a miniature statue as well as T-shirt shirt Equator Monument. As a souvenir, Equatorial Monument miniature prices quite affordable, only $ 30,000. Equatorial Monument is a large indoor air conditioned room for 24 hours. Various reliefs on the walls depict the past Pontianak. Each visitor will be rewarded with a certificate from the Department of Tourism Pontianak which can be used as a memento that they had set foot on the Equator Monument. Based on 1941 records from V en V by Opsiter Wiese and quoted from Bidjragentot de Georgraphe from Chep Van den topographen dien in Nederlandsch Indie: Sten Den 31 Maart 1928 has arrived in Pontianak. One of the international expedition team led by an expert Geographie Dutch, to determine the point / milestone equator line in the city of Pontianak.

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The first monument built in 1928, then refined in 1930, with a circle-shaped pillars and arrows. In 1938, the monument re-refined by Opsiter Architerch Silaban, includes four milestones ironwood (purchase) diameter 0.30 meters.
Milestone in the front by the two as high as 3.05 meters above the ground and stake the back where a circle and arrow directions as high as 4.40 meters.
Finally, in 1990 restored the Equator Monument on a large scale, a size five times larger than the original monument. The building includes two front pillars with a diameter of 1.5 meters and a height of 15.25 meters from the ground.
Meanwhile, two milestones the back where a circle and arrow directions of 1.5 meters in diameter with a height of 22 meters from ground level. The length of the arrow directions 10.75 meters. Equatorial Monument of the original buildings still intact stored in a large monument building.

Source : Travel Club Magazine

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