Koto Tuo IV Koto

Koto Tuo is one of sub-districts in IV Koto. It is located in Agam, West Sumatera. It is near from Bukittinggi, one of interesting city in West Sumatera. It is about 20 minutes from Bukittinggi by car. If you go from Padang, the capital of West Sumatera, it is about 2 hours 30 minutes. It is located in mountain slope.

The weather is fresh and good in Koto Tuo. It is not like in Padang. In the morning, it is pretty cold. In the afternoon, it is hot, but it is not as hot as in Padang. At night, the weather is pretty cold. You need jacket and blanket for sleeping. If there is rainy, it is very cold.

Koto Tuo has beautiful landscape. We can see the Singgalang mount from Koto Tuo. There are many trees on there. So, it make the weather is cold. There are many rice fields too on there because many people working as a farmer. The house is seems like Rumah Gadang. It is built from the woods. The river is clean because it is from mountain.

Singgalang mount
(celoteh-senja.blogspot.com/2008/09/telaga-dewi-dan-telaga-kumbang.html)

There is a big mosque in Koto Tuo. People call it “Al-Mubarak”. It has a tower in front of the mosque. But, because of the earthquake, the tower has fallen down. If the holyday, many people pray in there because many visitor come to Koto Tuo from another place. They want to meet with their family on there.

So, Koto Tuo is a great hometown to visit. You will not feel hot like in Padang. You can see beautiful landscape. One of them is Singgalang mount. You can come to one of big mosque in Agam, Al-Mubarak mosque. So, do you want to visit Koto Tuo?