Nations participating 11 Athletes participating >6000 (estimated) Events 542 in 44 sports Opening ceremony November 11 Closing ceremony November 22 Officially opened by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President of Indonesia

The 26th Southeast Asian Games will be held in Palembang, Indonesia in 2011. This will be the fourth time for Indonesia to host the SEA Games. Previously, Indonesia hosted the games in 1997.

The capital city of Jakarta has been the host of Southeast Asian Games for three times, namely in 1979, 1987, and 1997. Palembang will be the third SEA Games host city that is not the national capital, after Chiang Mai and Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.