Sea Games 2011

26th Southeast Asian Games
Nations participating	11
Athletes participating	>6000 (estimated)
Events	545 in 56 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 Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia in November 2011. Indonesia's fourth time to host the SEA Games, it last hosted the Games in 1997. Parallel to the SEA Games, the 6th ASEAN ParaGames for physically disabled athletes, begins 2 weeks after the SEA Games ends, with competition to be held in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, Indonesia.

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.