Mentawai, West Sumatra in Heaven.

One of the beach in Mentawai Islands

Mentawai is a group of small islands located in the western island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Mentawai is one of the districts in West Sumatra Province .The Original Mentawai People Mentawai.Language is used by the people is the Mentawai
Island-island in habited many of the residents in the Mentawai Islands is Sipora, North Pagai, Pagai south and Siberut.
Mentawai District is the capital of Tua Pejat.
Area districts Mentawai is 6011.35 square Kilometers.
With a population of 38,300 people (2000).
custom house people Mentawai is uma
with the head of his tribe Sakerei title.

Mentawai history.
the theory of pleistocene glaciation, Mentawai islands separated from Sumatra by the increase due to surface water is estimated to have been sea. Mentawai islands add have 200 and 500 of SM.migration north through Siberut Island and moving toward to south and Sipora Island pagai.Austronesia language, customs and habits of life is very different from the West Sumatra province as a mother.
In the early 17th century the Portuguese Mentawai make a map with the name 'Mintaon' map is made year 1606.
On August tahun1792 an employee British East India Company, John Crisp visit Pagai (Poggy) to learn about the Mentawai people mentawai.article loaded in crisp 1799.John is the first person to introduce the literature on the Mentawai west.
On 10 July 1864 to become part of the Dutch East Indies.
Mentawai people

Tourism.
Mentawai has many beautiful islands with waves large, a very good sport for surfing.
Tourism Mentawai people are known starting in mid-1990, which is accidentally a surfer of Australia to find a good wave to Mentawai surfing. when it is visited by many tourists to surfing. Are waves in the Mentawai goods third world to surfing.

Now the Mentawai people as a tourist destination, particularly for surfing, but also to find out more in the life of Mentawai tribes, see the natural beauty of Mentawai investigate animal life in the Mentawai and others.

In the Mentawai now many stand-resort resort that dikelolah by foreigners, among Kandui resort.
Besides, the economic community in the Mentawai also grow by providing Home stay at tourist attractions.

Mentawai ........... 2nd to go to Bali.