Great Aceh
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regency in Aceh Province, Indonesia
Key facts
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- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sumatra
- Province
- Aceh
- Regency seat
- Jantho
- Regent
- Muharram Idris [ id ]
- Vice regent
- Syukri A. Jalil [ id ]
- Total
- 2,903.49 km (1,121.04 sq mi)
- Density
- 156.04/km (404.15/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( IWST )
- Area code
- (+62) 651
- Website
- acehbesarkab .go .id
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Great Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Besar) is a regency of the Indonesian province of Aceh. It covers an area previously known as Lamuri. The regency covers an area of 2,903.49 square kilometres and had a population of 351,418 at the 2010 Census, 391,870 at the 2015 census and 405,535 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 453,070 (comprising 227,130 males and 225,940 females). The Regency is located at the northwest tip of Sumatra island and surrounds the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, many suburbs of which lie within the Regency. It also includes a number of islands off the northern tip of Sumatra, which comprise Pulo Aceh District within the regency. The seat of the Regency government is the town of Jantho.
Economy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Great Aceh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.