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AcehBesarRegency(KabupatenAcehBesar)

Regency

WadukKeuliling,KutaCotGlie,AcehBesar

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Regencylocation

Coordinates:522N9532E

Country IndonesiaProvince Aceh

Regency 1956

Capital Jantho

AreaTotal 2,969.00km2(1,146.34sqmi)

Population(2014)

AcehBesarRegencyFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

AcehBesarRegencyisaregency(kabupaten)ofAcehSpecialRegion,Indonesia.Theregencycoversanareaof2,969squarekilometresandaccordingtothe2010censushadapopulationof351,418thelatestofficialestimate(forJanuary2014)is369,972.TheregencyislocatedatthenorthwesttipofSumatraislandandsurroundstheprovincialcapitalofBandaAceh.TheseatoftheregencygovernmentisJantho.[1]Theregencyisdividedinto23districts(kecamatan)with618villages.

Contents

1Economy2Landmarks

2.1Museums2.2Placesofworship2.3Fortressandtombs

3Administrativedivisions4RusaIsland5References

Economy

AcehBesarRegencyproducescloves,nutmegandpalmoilandrice,andalsosmallquantitiesofmaize,cassava,sweetpotatoesandbeans.[2]

Landmarks

Museums

AcehBesarRegencycontainsseveralmuseums.TheMuseumdanRumohAcehistheStateMuseum,locatedinBandaAceh.Themuseum'smainbuildingisbuiltinthestyleofatraditionalAcehnesehouse.ItwasinstalledbyDutchGovernorVanSwartin1915.[3]MuseumAliHasymicontainsthepersonalcollectionofAliHasymi,aformergovernorofAcehandartistandincludebooksbythescholarsof

Coordinates:522N9532E

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Total 369,972Density 120/km2(320/sqmi)

Timezone WIB(UTC+7)

Website http://www.acehbesarkab.go.id/

Acehnesepast,ancientceramics,thetypicalweaponsofAceh,souvenirsfromallovertheworld,etc.MuseumCutNyakDhienwasoriginallythehomeoftheheroineCutNyakDhien.TheancientAbeeTanohLibrary,locatedatthefootofMountSeulawacontainssomeimportantmanuscripts.

Placesofworship

IndraPuriOldMosqueislocatedabout20kmsouthofMedan.IndraPuriwasaHindukingdomanditwasaplaceofworshipbeforeIslamarrived.Later,SultanIskandarMudaintroducedIslamtothepublic.AfterthepeopleembracedIslam,theprevioustemplewasconvertedintoamosque.[4]Themosquesitecoversanareaof33,875m,andislocatedapproximately150metersfromtheedgeofKruengAcehRiver.

Fortressandtombs

IndraPatraFortressissituated19kmfromBandaAcehatKruengRaya.AccordingtohistoryitwasbuiltundertheIndraPuriHindukingdom,althoughsomesaythatthefortwasbuiltduringtheSultanateofAcehDarussalaminanefforttoresistthePortuguese.TheforthadaveryimportantfunctionatthetimeofSultanIskandarMuda.[5]

TheTombofAdmiralMalahayatiislocatedabout32kmfromthecityofBandaAceh.

Administrativedivisions

Theregencyisdividedadministrativelyinto23districts(kecamatan):

Baitussalam(13villages)(36,52km2)BlangBintang(26villages)(52,14km2)DarulImarah(32villages)(32,97km2)DarulKamal(14villages)(16,2km2)Darussalam(29villages)(77,66km2)Indrapuri(52villages)(282,75km2)InginJaya(55villages)(99,68km2)KotaJantho(12villages)(280,02km2)KruengBaronaJaya(12villages)(8,7km2)KutaBaro(52villages)(95,88km2)KutaCotGlie(32villages)(232,31km2)KutaMalaka(15villages)(28,72km2)

LembahSeulawah(12villages)(326,53km2)Leupung(6villages)(76,0km2)Lho'nga(25villages)(99,05km2)Lhoong(28villages)(124,92km2)MesjidRaya(13villages)(110,38km2)Montasik(53villages)(125,81km2)PeukanBada(26villages)(32,0km2)PuloAceh(17villages)(92,85km2)Seulimeum(41villages)(466,94km2)SimpangTiga(18villages)(42,87km2)SukaMakmur(35villages)(74,0km2)

RusaIsland

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RusaIslandinLhoongdistrictwasshapedlikeRusa(deer)beforethetsunamistrucktheislandon26December2004,butnowtheformoftheislandchangedandbecomesmallerlikealambembryo.TheislandisveryimportantformarkingIndonesianboundariesduetoitslocationintheoutermostwestislandinIndonesiawithTitikDasarTD175andTitikReferensiTR175(BasePointTD175andReferencePointTR175).[6]

References1. DiscussionPaperonEnhancingCommunityResiliencetoNaturalDisasters:LivesofChildrenandYouthin

Aceh(http://books.google.com/?id=Kdb_fL5cy4sC&pg=PA31&dq=jantho#v=onepage&q=jantho&f=false).UnitedNationsPublications.p.31.

2. Indonesiahandbook(http://books.google.com/?id=uKwuAQAAIAAJ&q=Aceh+Besar+Regency&dq=Aceh+Besar+Regency).Dept.ofInformation,RepublicofIndonesia.1975.p.91.

3. "Pariwisata"(http://acehprov.go.id/Pariwisata/5.38/Museum).GovernmentofAceh.Archived(http://web.archive.org/web/20101212054537/http://acehprov.go.id/Pariwisata/5.38/Museum)fromtheoriginalon12December2010.RetrievedDecember20,2010.

4. Oey,Eric(1991).Sumatra.PeriplusEditions.p.191.ISBN0844299073.5. "IndraPatra"(http://www.indonesiatourism.com/aceh/indra_patra.html).IndonesiaTourism.Archived

(http://web.archive.org/web/20101124212201/http://indonesiatourism.com/aceh/indra_patra.html)fromtheoriginalon24November2010.RetrievedDecember20,2010.

6. "PulauRusa"(http://koranjakarta.com/index.php/detail/view01/91306).May20,2012.

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