Place: Darek
The darek consists of the luak nan tigo (the three regions): these are Agam, Limo Puluah Koto, and Tanah Data. In contemporary Indonesia, these have become the names of kabupaten (regencies). The original settlers of the lands that came to be known as Minangkabau lands initially arrived in what is known as the darek and eventually spread out to the areas known as the rantau.