Palembang
capital of a residency (formerly an independent kingdom) near the S. end of Sumatra; on the Musi river, 50 miles from its mouth. The houses of the town are built on great log rafts on either bank. Manufactures, trade in silk goods, carved wood, ornaments in gold and ivory, ivory, and krises, as well as shipbuilding, are carried on. In the Middle Ages Palembang was one of the most important centers of Arabian trade with China. Pop. over 60,000; and of the residence about 775,000.
PALENCIA (the ancient Pallantia), walled of series of strata commencing with the first rocks which have traces of life, and a walled city of Spain, in Old Castile (province of Palencia) in a fruitful plain, ending with the upper part of the Permian. See FOSSIL: GEOLOGY. 180 miles N. N. W. of Madrid. The Gothic cathedral was built 1321-1504.
The first university of Castile was found-