Geographica: Science & Education Journal GSEJ Website: http://usnsj.com/index.php/geographica Email: geographicausn@gmail.com SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRADITIONAL MARKET IN PADANG CITY Suggestion for the Citation and Bibliography Citation in Text: Ichsan, et al (2020) Bibliography: Ichsan, C., Zuriyani, E., Rezki, A. (2020). Spatial Distribution of Traditional Market in Padang City. Geographica: Science & Education Journal, 1 (2, July), 71-82. A. Introduction Padang city is the capital of West Sumatra Province. The location geographically Padang City is in 0 ° 44 'and 01 ° 08' LS and at 100 ° 05 'and 100 ° 34' BT. Based on PP No. 17/1980 Padang City has an area of 694.96 km2. Administratively, Padang City has eleven regencies and one hundred and four urban villages. Eleven districts that is, Bungus District, Lubuk Kilangan Subdistrict, Lubuk Begalung District, South Padang District, East Padang District, West Padang District, North Padang District, Nanggalo District, District Kuranji, Pauh District, Koto Tangah District (BPS Kota Padang, 2020). Chairul Ichsan Prodi Pendidikan Geografi STKIP PGRI Sumbar chairulichsan.ci@gmail.com Elvi Zuriyani Prodi Pendidikan Geografi STKIP PGRI Sumbar elvizuriyani@gmail.com 081266616527 Afrital Rezki Prodi Pendidikan Geografi STKIP PGRI Sumbar afrital.rezki@gmail.com ISSN: 2716-4837 Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2020 URL: http://usnsj.com/index.php/Geographica © 2020 GSEJ All rights reserved Abstract This study aims to spatial distribution of traditional markets in Padang City that which consist of: 1) Distribution spatial of traditional market, 2) Spatial patterns of tradional market, and 3) Range pattern of traditional market. Type of this research is descriptive research with spatial analysis technique. Population in this study are all traditional markets in the Padang City. Sample of this study was that all traditional markets in Padang were taken with a sampling technique. That is total sampling where the number of samples is equal to the population. The data analysis technique uses the analysis of the nearest neighbor index and buffer zone. The results of this study were found that: 1) Spatial Distribution of Traditional Markets in Padang City, there are 21 traditional markets spread across 9 Subdistricts: Koto Tangah District, Padang Utara District, Padang Barat District, Padang Timur District, Padang Selatan District, Lubuk Begalung District, Lubuk Kilangan Subdistrict, Kuranji Subdistrict, and Nanggalo Subdistrict, 2) The distribution pattern of traditional markets in Padang City is included in the pattern of uneven distribution (random), 3) Range pattern of traditional markets in Padang City with a radius of 5Km are more likely to focus in the city center or the western and northwestern parts of Padang City. Keywords: Spatial distribution, Traditional market AUTHORS INFO ARTICLE INFO Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License