South Sumatra Province (Indonesian:Provinsi Sumatera Selatan; Jawi: سوماتيرا سلاتن) is a province of Indonesia. It is located in the southern part of Sumatra Island, east of the Bukit Barisan Mountains. It spans 91,592.43km (35,364sqmi) and had a population of 7,450,394 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 10,675,862 (as at May 2015). The capital of the province is Palembang.