Kuala is a town and administrative district of

Langkat Regency Langkat Regency () is the northernmost regency of North Sumatra Province in Indonesia. Its administrative centre is the town of Stabat. It has a land area of 6,263.29 km2 and its population was 967,535 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statist ...

in northern

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. ...

, Indonesia. It borders

Selesai Selesai is an administrative Districts of Indonesia, district (''kecamatan'') in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. This district borders directly with Binjai, Binjai City and Stabat. References

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to the north,

Salapian Salapian is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') of Langkat Regency, in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. Javanese people are in the majority (56% as of 2007) with 37% Karo. As against Karo Regency, the vast majority of Karo in Salapian ...

to the west, and

Sei Bingai Sei Bingai is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') of Langkat Regency, in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. It borders the city of Binjai to the north, the districts of Kuala and Salapian to the west, Deli Serdang Regency to the east ...

to the south and east. Most people in Kuala are

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, with a significant Karo minority. Although most Karo are Christian, many are also Muslim, and as the Javanese are nearly 100% Muslim, Kuala District is 80% Muslim. Kuala town itself had a population of 12,459 in 2010, making it by far the largest settlement in the district. It lies on the main road between

Binjai Binjai (English: or , Jawi script, Jawi: ), formally Kota Binjai (Binjai City), is an independent city in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia, bordered by Deli Serdang Regency to the east and Langkat Regency to the west. Binjai is connected ...

and

Bukit Lawang Bukit Lawang is a small tourist village on the bank of Bahorok River in North Sumatra province of Indonesia. Situated approximately 86 km northwest of the city of Medan, Bukit Lawang is known for the largest animal sanctuary of Sumatran or ...

Agriculture

Agriculture in Kuala District is relatively homogenous, with 6,425 hectares of

oil palm ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms, called oil palms, containing two species, native to Africa and the Americas. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. Description Mature palms are single-stemmed, and can gro ...

, 4,243 hectares of sawah (wet rice), 880 hectares of

maize Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native American ...

and 3,466 hectares of

natural rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Types of polyisoprene ...

, with little land devoted to other crops. There are five factories in the district.

References

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