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Takengon
Takengon is a town in Aceh, Indonesia. The town itself sits on three administrative districts of the Central Aceh Regency—Bebesen, Kebayakan, and Lut Tawar, and acts as the seat of Central Aceh Regency. The town is in the highlands of western Sumatra, situated on the shores of Lake Laut Tawar. Surrounding it is a region that is well known for its coffee. Takengon is a plateau with cool air at an altitude of about 1200 metres above sea level. Around Takengon there are many tourist attractions, including Lake Laut Tawar, Puteri Pukes Cave in Kebayakan sub-district, and Pantan Terong in Bebesen sub-district. Takengon residents comprise various tribes and ethnicities, the majority of which is Gayo (), its indigenous inhabitants.. Additionally, there are Acehnese, Javanese, Batak, Minangkabau, Karo, Mandailing, and Chinese Indonesians. History During the 11th century, a Gayo kingdom known as Linge existed near Takengon in Central Aceh. Following the Aceh War and the intrusion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rembele Airport
Rembele Airport is an airport serving the city of Takengon in the Central Aceh Regency, Aceh, Sumatra Island, Indonesia. The airport serves as one of the point of entry to the Gayo highland, a tourism destination known for its coffee and natural environment, including Lake Laut Tawar. To boost tourism growth in the region, the airport was renovated between 2014 and 2016, and the airport terminal's area of 400 m2 expanded to 1000 m2. The terminal can accommodate around 200,000 passengers annually. The appearance of the interior of the terminal was extensively remodeled. On the air side, the runway was extended from the original 1,400 m x 30 m to 2,250 m x 30 m so that it can accommodate narrow-body aircraft such as the Boeing 737 Next Generation and the C-130 Hercules. The apron was enlarged from the original 80 m x 106 m to 95 m x 150 m. The runway and taxiway were also paved. The airport's renovation was finished in 2016 and it was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 2 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency () is a regency in Aceh province of Indonesia. It is located on Sumatra island. Formerly this regency covered a much larger area; on 4 June 1974, the Southeast Aceh Regency was separated from the Central Aceh Regency, and on 18 December 2003 the Bener Meriah Regency was separated from the remaining Central Aceh Regency. The remaining regency covers an area of 4,527.58 square kilometres and had a population of 175,527 according to the 2010 census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. which rose to 215,576 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 223,833 - comprising 113,388 males and 110,445 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Aceh Tengah Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1104) Most of its inhabitants are Gayo. Central Aceh is famous for its Lake Laut Tawar. Its capital is Takengon, in Lut Tawar District. The residual regency is the main centre of coffee produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Laut Tawar
Lake Laut Tawar () is a lake in Central Aceh Regency of Aceh Province, Indonesia. It is located at . The name literally means "freshwater sea". The Peusangan River serves as the outflow channel for the lake. The lake is an important ecosystem to its endemic marine species, such as Rasbora tawarensis fish. Images File:Laut Tawar Lake.jpg, Laut Tawar Lake File:Danau Laut Tawar.jpg, View of Lake Laut Tawar See also * List of drainage basins of Indonesia * List of lakes of Indonesia This is a list of the notable lakes of Indonesia. Indonesia has 521 natural lakes and over 100 reservoirs, covering approximately 21,000 km2. The total volume of water held is approximately 500 km3. The largest lake, by both area and ... * Rembele Airport * Takengon References Laut Tawar Landforms of Aceh {{Aceh-geo-stub Peusangan basin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aceh
Aceh ( , ; , Jawi script, Jawoë: ; Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, Old Spelling: ''Atjeh'') is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern end of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west, Strait of Malacca to the northeast, as well bordering the province of North Sumatra to the east, its sole land border, and shares maritime borders with Malaysia and Thailand to the east, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India to the north. Granted a special Autonomous administrative division, autonomous status, Aceh is a religiously Religious conservatism, conservative territory, with the majority of the population being Muslim and the only Indonesian province practicing Islamic Sharia law officially. There are ten indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people, accounting for approximately 70% of the region's population of about 5.55 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jawi Script
Jawi (; ; ; ) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese, Banjarese, Betawi, Magindanao, Malay, Mëranaw, Minangkabau, Tausūg, Ternate and many other languages in Southeast Asia. Jawi is based on the Arabic script, consisting of all 31 original Arabic letters, six letters constructed to fit phonemes native to Malay, and one additional phoneme used in foreign loanwords, but not found in Classical Arabic, which are ''ca'' ( ), ''nga'' ( ), ''pa'' ( ), ''ga'' ( ), ''va'' ( ), and ''nya'' ( ). Jawi was developed during the advent of Islam in Maritime Southeast Asia, supplanting the earlier Brahmic scripts used during Hindu-Buddhist era. The oldest evidence of Jawi writing can be found on the 14th century Terengganu Inscription Stone, a text in Classical Malay that contains a mixture of Malay, Sanskrit and Arabic vocabularies. However, the script may have used as early as the 9th century, when Peureulak Sultanate has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darul Islam (Indonesia)
Darul Islam ( meaning ''Divisions of the world in Islam, House of Islam''), also known as Darul Islam/Islamic Armed Forces of Indonesia (, DI/TII), is an Islamism, Islamist group whose goal is to fight for the establishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia. It was established in 1942 by a group of Muslim militias, coordinated by the Muslim politician, Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo. The group recognises only ''Shari'a'' as the valid source of law. The movement has produced splinters and offshoots that range from Jemaah Islamiyah to non-violent religious groups. Establishment During the Indonesian National Revolution, Kartosoewirjo founded his own band of fighters in West Java, called Hizbullah and Sabilillah. As a protest toward the Renville Agreement signed by Indonesian leaders in 1948, which State of Pasundan, ceded West Java to the Dutch, Kartosoewirjo proclaimed a ''Darul Islam'' (meaning "Islamic State") in West Java on 7 August 1949. Darul Islam did not disband itsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayonese People
The Gayo people are an Austronesian ethnic group living in the highlands (primarily Gayo Lues) of Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Gayo tribe has a population of 336,856 and they live predominantly in the mountains. Most Gayo live in three regencies in Aceh namely Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, and Gayo Lues. Some of them live in several districts in other regencies, such as Serbejadi District, Simpang Jernih District, and Peunaron District in East Aceh Regency and Beutong District in Nagan Raya Regency. Other than that, the Gayo population also covers Southeast Aceh Regency and Aceh Tamiang Regency. Their homeland lies in the Barisan Mountains which has elevations of over 12,000 feet and extends more than one thousand miles. The Gayonese language has four dialects: Lut, Serbejadi-Lukup, Lut and Luwes. Their language does not have a writing system, but folk tales, stories and poetry are passed down in oral tradition. The traditional house of the Gayo is called '' Uma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aceh War
The Aceh War (), also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873–1904), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Kingdom of the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United States in Singapore in the Straits Settlements, Singapore during early 1873.Ricklefs (2001), p. 184–88 The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch East Indies, Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia. The campaign drew controversy in the Netherlands as photographs and accounts of the death toll were reported. Isolated bloody insurgencies continued as late as 1914 and less violent forms of Acehnese resistance continued to persist until World War II and the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Japanese occupation. Background For much of the 19th century, Aceh's independence had been guaranteed by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. During the 1820s, Aceh became a regional pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bireuën Regency
Bireuën Regency () is a regency of Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra, and was created on 4 October 1999 from the former western districts of North Aceh Regency. The capital is the town of Bireuën, 105 miles east of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. The regency covers an area of 1,796.97 square kilometres and had a population of 340,271 people according to the 2000 Census; at the 2010 Census it had a population of 389,288,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. which had risen to 436,418 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 453,242 - comprising 224,053 males and 229,189 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Bireuen Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1111) It is bordered by the Strait of Malacca on the northeast coastline. Bireuen has been affected by the clashes between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the government, and by the India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bener Meriah Regency
Bener Meriah Regency () is a regency in Aceh Special Region, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ..., and was formed on 18 December 2003 from districts previously part of Central Aceh Regency. The regency covers an area of 1,941.61 square kilometres and it had a population of 122,277 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 161,342 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 169,214 - comprising 85,754 males and 83,460 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Bener Meriah Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1117) Its capital is the town of Simpang Tiga Redelong. Until 2003 the present territory of this regency was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesian National Armed Forces
The Indonesian National Armed Forces (; abbreviated as TNI) are the military forces of the Republic of Indonesia. It consists of the Indonesian Army, Army (''TNI-AD''), Indonesian Navy, Navy (''TNI-AL''), and Indonesian Air Force, Air Force (''TNI-AU''). The President of Indonesia is the Commander-in-chief#Indonesia, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. , it comprises approximately 400,000 military personnel including the Indonesian Marine Corps (), which is a branch of the Navy. Initially formed with the name of the People's Security Army (TKR), then later changed to the Republic of Indonesia Army (TRI) before changing again its name to the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) to the present. The Indonesian Armed Forces were formed during the Indonesian National Revolution, when it undertook a guerrilla war along with informal militia. As a result of this, and the need to maintain internal security, the Armed forces including the Army, Navy, and Air Force has been organised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
