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The great mosque (Masjid gede) of Kotagede is the largest monument attributed to the kingdom of Mataram, therefore it is nowadays called the Mataram Mosque. The mosque was first established in 1575, the death year of Ki Ageng Pemanahan. The first major rebuilding was carried out during the reign of Sultan Agung to honor his ancestors.
The Javan trogon found in the national park, is an endangered species endemic to West Java. Mount Gede (2,958 m) and Pangrango (3,019 m) are twin volcanoes. The two summits are connected by a high saddle known as Kandang Badak (2,400 m).
Banda Aceh, situated at the tip of Sumatra, has long been a strategic, transportation and trading hub in the eastern Indian Ocean.Its first mention in western accounts comes from 1292 when Marco Polo and his expedition visited the city, referred to as 'Lambri' from Lamuri Kingdom which previously existed there and noted as the logical first port of call for travellers from Arabia and India to ...
Mount Gede (Indonesian: Gunung Gede; lit. ' Big Mountain ' in Sundanese ) is a stratovolcano in West Java , Indonesia . The volcano contains two peaks with Mount Gede as one peak and Mount Pangrango for the other one.
Aceh was first known as Aceh Darussalam (1511–1945). Upon its formation in 1956 it bore the name Aceh before being renamed to the Daerah Istimewa Aceh (Aceh Special Region; 1959–2001), Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam (2001–2009), and back to Aceh (2009–present). In the past it was also spelled as Acheh, Atjeh, and Achin. [15]
The province of Aceh in Indonesia is divided into regencies and cities, each of which in turn is divided administratively into districts (kecamatan). As of 2022, there are 289 districts in Aceh. As of 2022, there are 289 districts in Aceh.
The regency was created on 10 April 2002 from the northwestern districts of South Aceh Regency. It is located on the west side of the island of Sumatra . The regency covers an area of 1,882.99 square kilometres and according to the 2010 census had a population of 126,036; [ 2 ] this rose to 140,366 at the 2015 Census, and to 150,775 at the 2020 ...
Great Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Besar) is a regency of the Indonesian province of Aceh.The regency covers an area of 2,903.49 square kilometres and had a population of 351,418 at the 2010 Census, [3] 391,870 at the 2015 census and 405,535 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 435,298 (comprising 208,110 males and 217,180 females). [1]