Aceh
Aceh (/ˈɑːtʃeɪ/) is a province of Indonesia at the northern end of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Banda Aceh. It is close to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India across the Andaman Sea.
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| • Jawoë | اچيه دارالسلام | ||||||
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 Location of Aceh in Indonesia. | |||||||
| Coordinates: 5°33′N 95°19′E / 5.550°N 95.317°ECoordinates: 5°33′N 95°19′E / 5.550°N 95.317°E | |||||||
| Country |  Indonesia | ||||||
| Established | December 7, 1956 | ||||||
| Capital (and largest city) | Banda Aceh | ||||||
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| • Governor | Irwandi Marzuki (PNA) | ||||||
| • Vice Governor | Nova Iriansyah | ||||||
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| • Total | 58,376.81 km2 (22,539.41 sq mi) | ||||||
| • Rank | 11th | ||||||
| Elevation | 125 m (410 ft) | ||||||
| Highest elevation | 3,466 m (11,371 ft) | ||||||
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||||||
| Population (2017)[1] | |||||||
| • Total | 5,189,500 | ||||||
| • Rank | 14th | ||||||
| • Density | 88.8966/km2 (230.2411/sq mi) | ||||||
| • Rank | 20th | ||||||
| Demographics | |||||||
| • Ethnic groups | 70.65% Acehnese 8.94% Javanese 7.22% Gayo 3.29% Batak 2.13% Alas 1.49% Simeulue 1.40 Aneuk Jamee 1.11% Tamiang Malay 1.04% Singkil 0.74% Minangkabau[2] | ||||||
| • Religion | Islam 98.48% Protestantism 1.02% Buddhism 0.16% Catholicism 0.07% Hinduism 0.003% Confucianism 0.0008% Others 0.006% | ||||||
| • Languages | Indonesian (official) Acehnese (regional) Gayo, Simeulue, Tamiang Malay, Aneuk Jamee, Alas-Kluet, Singkil (minority) | ||||||
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time) | ||||||
| Postcodes | 23xxx, 24xxx | ||||||
| ISO 3166 code | ID-AC | ||||||
| Vehicle sign | BL | ||||||
| GRP per capita | US$2,239.49 | ||||||
| GRP rank | 26th | ||||||
| HDI (2016) |  0.700 (High) | ||||||
| HDI rank | 12th (2014) | ||||||
| Website | acehprov | ||||||
Aceh is a religiously conservative territory and the only Indonesian province practicing Sharia law officially. Islam first entered Indonesia here.
Aceh has large amounts of oil and natural gas. Some estimate that Aceh gas reserves are one of the largest in the world.[3]
Tsunami disaster
The west coast of Aceh, including the cities of Banda Aceh, Calang, and Meulaboh, were hit hard by the tsunami after the magnitude 9.2 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004.[4] More than 170,000 people were killed by tsunami in Aceh and about 500,000 were homeless.
Government
Aceh is governed not as an Indonesian province but as a special territory (daerah istimewa). This different title is to give the area more autonomy from the central government in Jakarta.
Internal divisions
The province is has eighteen regencies (kabupaten) and five cities (kota). The capital and the largest city is Banda Aceh. It on the coast near the northern tip of Sumatra.
Aceh Media
Mollusca piles in Aceh Tamiang Regency
Head of Avalokiteshvara from Aceh.
Neusu inscription stored in the Aceh Museum
Teungku Daud Beureu'eh, 3rd governor of Aceh and the regional leader of Darul Islam in Aceh
Women soldiers of the Free Aceh Movement with GAM commander Abdullah Syafei'i, 1999
References
- ↑ "Statistik Indonesia 2018". Badan Pusat Statistik. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ↑ Aris Ananta; Evi Nurvidya Arifin; M. Sairi Hasbullah; Nur Budi Handayani; dan Agus Pramono (2015). Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies dan BPS – Statistics Indonesia.
- ↑ How An Escape Artist Became Aceh's Governor Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, Time Magazine, 15 February 2007
- ↑ For details of the impact of the tsunami in Aceh, see Jayasuriya, Sisira and Peter McCawley in collaboration with Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, Budy P. Resosudarmo and Dushni Weerakoon, The Asian Tsunami: Aid and Reconstruction after a Disaster Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA USA: Edward Elgar and Asian Development Bank Institute, 2010.
Other websites
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Aceh |
- Local App Portal (in Indonesian)