Simeulue Tengah (Central Simeulue) is a
district
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of the
Simeulue Regency
Simeulue Regency () is a regency in the Aceh special region of Indonesia. It occupies the whole island of Simeulue (Pulau Simeulue), 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra, which with its many small offshore islands covers a land area of . It ...
on
Simeulue island
Simeulue is an island of Indonesia, off the west coast of Sumatra. It covers an area of 1,754 square kilometre (677 square miles), including minor offshore islands. It had a population of 80,674 at the 2010 census and 92,865 at the 2020 census ...
in the
Indonesia
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n province of
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 capit ...
. At the 2010 Census it had a total population of 9,010 people, living in 1,930 households in 2005.
Following the splitting off of eight villages (''kampong'') to form a separate Simeulue Cut district in 2012, the reduced Simeulue Tengah District covers 112.48 km
2 and had a population of 7,647 in mid 2023.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Simeulue Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1109)]
Administrative divisions
As at 2010, Simeulue Tengah was divided administratively into 24 ''kampong''. However in 2012 eight of these were removed from the regency to form a new district (''kecamatan'') of Simeulue Cut. The remaining sixteen ''kampong'' are:
* Dihit
* Kampung Aie
* Kuta Batu
* Lakubang
* Lamayang
* Lambaya
* Latitik
* Lauke
* Lauree
* Luan Sorip
* Putra Jaya
* Sebee
* Situfa Jaya
* Suak Baru
* Wel Langkum
* Wel Wel
References
Districts of Aceh
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