Solok

Solok lies in a broad highland plain southeast of Lake Singkarak, within the Barisan Mountains of Sumatra. The plain and the lake occupy parts of the same long depression, surrounded by higher ridges. Local tradition connects the origins of Solok with Kubuang Tigo Baleh, remembering a group of thirteen leaders who left the Minangkabau royal country and sought new lands near the lake. Their story places the settlement within the larger history of the Minangkabau highlands.