Samalanga is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in north coast of

Aceh Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a s ...

, part of

Bireuën Regency Bireuën Regency ( id, Kabupaten Bireuen) is a regency of Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The capital is Bireuën, 105 miles east of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. The regency covers an ar ...

. The main occupations of the population are fishing, agriculture and animal husbandry.

Gallery

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Militairen voor de moskee van Samalanga TMnr 10016556.jpg, Soldiers in front of the Samalanga mosque (1880-1910) File:Samalanga 1878.jpg, Artist's depiction of the Battle of Samalanga in the

Aceh War The Aceh War ( id, Perang Aceh), also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873–1913), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Kingdom of the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between represe ...

, 1878

References

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