There's more than one place called Padang: Indonesia Padang - the capital city of West Sumatra Padang (Karimata Island) - the largest village on the island of Karimata, one of the Karimata Islands in the Karimata Strait off the west coast of West Kalimantan Padang Bai - a small town on the east coast of Bali Malaysia Padang Besar (Malaysia) - a border town in the north of Perlis, opposite the Thai border town of the same name Padang Serai - a town in the south of Kedah Thailand Padang Besar (Thailand) - a border town in the south of Songkhla (province), opposite the Malaysian border town of the same name