Pekanbaru (
Jawi:
ڤكنبارو) is the capital of
Riau, on the island of
Sumatra . It has an area of 632.26 km² with a population of 950,571, making it Sumatra's fourth largest municipality, after
Medan,
Palembang, and
Batam, and the 9th-largest city in Indonesia after
Greater Jakarta,
Surabaya,
Bandung, Medan,
Semarang,
Makassar, Palembang, and Batam.