Japanese occupation of West Sumatra

{{Infobox former country | conventional_long_name = West Coast Province of Sumatra | common_name = Imperial Japan | native_name = スマトラ西海岸州 (Japanese)
Sumatora Nishikaigan-shū | image_flag = | image_coat = | symbol_type = Imperial Seal | national_motto =
八紘一宇 ("Hakkō Ichiu")
"Eight Crown Cords, One Roof"

| national_anthem =
君が代 ("Kimigayo")
"His Majesty's Reign"

| image_map = | capital = Padang | coordinates = 1°00′S 100°30′E | largest_city = capital | religion = | demonym = | legislature = Shū Sangi-kai | area_km2 = | area_rank = | GDP_PPP = | GDP_PPP_year = | HDI = | HDI_year = | currency = Netherlands Indian roepiah | time_zone = TST | utc_offset = +9 | footnotes = | status = Military occupation | status_text = Province of the Japanese occupied Sumatra | year_end = 1945 | year_start = 1942 | flag_type = Flag | image_map_caption = West Coast Sumatra (dark red) within the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (red)

| common_languages =

• Japanese
• Indonesian
• Dutch
• Minangkabau

| title_leader = Emperor | year_leader1 = 1942–1945 | leader1 = Hirohito | title_representative = Army Commander (Gunshireikan) | year_representative1 = 1942 | representative1 = Tomoyuki Yamashita | year_representative2 = 1942‒1943 | representative2 = Yaheita Saito | year_representative3 = 1943‒1945 | representative3 = Moritake Tanabe | title_deputy = Governor (Shūchōkan) | year_deputy1 = 1942‒1944 | deputy1 = Yano Kenzo | year_deputy2 = 1944‒1945 | deputy2 = Hattori Naoaki | type_house1 = Council of state | house1 = Kerukunan Minangkabau | event_pre = Pacific War begins | date_pre = 8 December 1941^a | event_start = Invasion of Sumatra | date_start = 14 February | event1 = Dutch captitulation | date_event1 = 8 March 1942 | event2 = Japanese troops land on Padang | date_event2 = 17 March 1942 | event3 = | date_event3 = | event4 = Japanese Civil Administration
set up | date_event4 = 9 August 1942 | date_end = 17 August | event_post = Surrender of Japan | date_post = 10 October 1945 | p1 = Sumatra's West Coast Residency | s1 = Indonesian National Revolution#Formation of the Republican government|Indonesia | flag_p1 = Flag of the Netherlands.svg | flag_p2 = | p2 = | p3 = | flag_s1 = Flag of Indonesia.svg

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