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Being between Banda Aceh and Medan, Lhokseumawe City holds a strategic position as a distribution channel for trading traffic in Aceh Special region. When separated from North Aceh Regency in 2001, the city was divided administratively into three districts ( kecamatan ); since then, the creation in 2006 of Muara Satu District (formerly part of ...
The name of the airport was reported to be a suggestion from the people of Karo to the government and later granted by the Ministry of Transportation. [6] The name consists of two words: 'Kuala,' a Malay and Indonesian word for 'river mouth;' [7] and 'Namu' or 'Namo,' the Karonese for 'deep sea.' [8] Thus, 'Kualanamu' means 'meeting point.' [6] Kualanamu is one of the very few airports in the ...
The 2024 Central Java gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the Governor of Central Java for a five-year term. . The election was contested by former Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Andika Perkasa, primarily backed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, and former provincial chief of police Ahmad Luthfi ...
Medan (/ m ɛ ˈ d ɑː n / meh-DAHN, Indonesian: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. [7] The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multicultural metropolis, acting as a financial centre for Sumatra and a gateway to the western part of Indonesia.
West Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Barat – NTB) is a province of Indonesia.It comprises the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the exception of Bali which is its own province.
Tana Toraja (lit. 'Toraja Land' in Toraja language) is a landlocked regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group. It covers an area of 2,054.30 km 2 (793.17 sq mi) and had a population of 221,081 at the 2010 census [3] and 280,794 at the 2020 census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 291,046 (comprising 150,655 males and 140,391 females), [5 ...
Islam reached the region in the 17th century, shortly after the Islamic avowal of Gowa, the powerful kingdom at the south part of Sulawesi island. Areas along the western coast of Central Sulawesi, from Kaili to Tolitoli, were conquered by the Sultanaete of Gowa around the middle of the 16th century under the leadership of King Tunipalangga. [14]
He managed the succession to the Gowa throne in 1593 of the 7-year-old boy later known as Sultan Alaud-din, and guided him through the acceptance of Islam in 1603, numerous modernizations in military and civil governance, and cordial relations with the foreign traders.