Metro

city in Lampung Province, Indonesia
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Summary

Metro is a city of Indonesia[1]. Metro draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (city of indonesia category, ranking #65 of 91).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lampung[3]
  • Country: Indonesia[4]
  • Head of government: Bambang Iman Santoso[5]
  • Instance of: Kotamadya[6]
  • Shares border with: Central Lampung[7], East Lampung[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Metro Pusat[9], North Metro[10], East Metro[11], South Metro[12], West Metro[13], Metro Raya[14], Bantul[15]
  • Legislative body: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kota Metro[16]
  • Executive body: Q114187319[17]
  • Highest judicial authority: Q140470557[18]
  • Commons category: Metro, Indonesia[19]
  • Inception: June 9, 1937[20], April 20, 1999[21]
  • Significant event: boundary change[22]
  • Separated from: Central Lampung[23]
  • Official website: http://www.metrokota.go.id/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Metro (city)[25]
  • Population: 161,799[26]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Metro[27]
  • Replaces: Metro[28]
  • Capital of: Central Lampung[29]
  • Official name: Kota Metro[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Metro (Indonesia)[31]
  • Statistics Indonesia area code: 1872[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Metro (city)[33]
  • Elevation above sea level: 60 m[34]
  • Area: 68.74 km²[35]

Why It Matters

Metro has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Metro is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The Master Book of Indonesian Territory Data 2015. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 6 of 2008. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . sig.bps.go.id. Retrieved . sig.bps.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 8h ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Executive body → Q114187319
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ban', 'bew', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja'
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 14d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1391137477
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  3. 15d ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Highest judicial authority → Q140470557
    Legislative body → Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kota Metro
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56462|batch #56462]]: kabupaten/kota highest judicial authority"
  4. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  5. 22w ago · Danil Satria · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Bambang Iman Santoso
    Website → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Metro (city)
    Country → Indonesia
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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