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North Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera Utara [5]), also called North Sumatra Province, is a province of Indonesia located in the northern part of the island of Sumatra.Its capital and largest city is Medan on the east coast of the island.
The East Coast Residency was established in 1873, headed by a resident initially based in Bengkalis in the Siak sultanate, and from 1887 in Medan, which was at the center of the tobacco plantation region. The residency took its final form in 1908 after Tamiang, a small area in the north, was transferred to Aceh [5] [6] [7]
This is a list of regencies and cities in North Sumatra province. As of October 2019, there were 25 regencies and 8 cities. ... Medan [29]-Akhyar Nasution: 265.10: 2. ...
Medan Kota Belawan (or simply Medan Belawan) is the most northern of the 21 districts (kecmatan) comprising the city of Medan in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia, and the only one with direst access to the Malacca Strait. The district includes the major commercial Port of Belawan, as well as residential and manufacturing areas.
The district covers an area of 170.79 km 2 (65.94 sq mi) which lies immediately to the east of the city of Medan.At the 2010 Census it had 384,672 inhabitants [3] and at the 2020 Census 402,468 inhabitants, [4] making it one of the most populated districts in Indonesia; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 416,715 - comprising 209,536 males and 207,179 females.
The State of East Sumatra (Negara Sumatera Timur) was established by the Netherlands after the reoccupation of North Sumatra in July, 1947, during the first of the Dutch 'police actions' against the fledgling Republic of Indonesia.
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.
It includes Medan Belawan District, the most northerly of the city of Medan's 21 administrative districts (kecamatan), which covers an area of 33.27 km 2; at the 2010 Census the district had a population of 95,506, [1] which in the 2020 Census reached 108,987; [2] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 110,978 - comprising 56,718 males and ...