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Universitas Andalas (usually abbreviated as UNAND) is an Indonesian state university located in Padang City, West Sumatra, Indonesia. This university is the oldest university outside Java and was officially opened on December 23, 1955 by Vice President Mohammad Hatta. At that time, Unand was the fourth university to be inaugurated by the Indonesian Government. 

The start of construction of the Limau Manis Campus (as the local community calls Limau Manih), was symbolically carried out by the Minister of Education and Culture Prof. Dr. Fuad Hassan laid the first stone on March 11, 1986. Buildings were gradually built: rectorate, lectures, faculties, departments, laboratories, libraries, dormitories, and so on. Until now, the construction of infrastructure and facilities on the Limau Manis campus is still ongoing, even though they have been used since 1989. Universitas Andalas consists of fifteen faculties with the main campus in Limau Manis, Padang. There are also other campuses in Padang, Payakumbuh, and Dharmasraya.

Even though the Unand Limau Manis Campus covers an area of ​​500 hectares, the area that can be built safely is only 135 hectares. The rest is a protected forest area and Sumatran medicinal plantation forest owned by Unand, cattle pastures and village heads with a sharp slope. The area that can be built covering an area of ​​135 hectares has almost all been used in accordance with the master plan for the development of the Unand Limau Manis Campus.