Key facts
- Jawo
- کوتا سابڠ
- Country
- Indonesia
- Province
- Aceh
- Established
- June 24, 1965 ; 60 years ago ( 1965-06-24 )
- Mayor
- Reza Fahlevi
- Deputy mayor
- Suradji Junus
- Total
- 122.14 km (47.16 sq mi)
- Density
- 356.37/km (922.99/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( Indonesia Western Time )
- Area code
- (+62) 652
- Hdi 2021
- 0.761 ( High )
- Website
- sabangkota .go .id
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Indonesia
- Official name
- Kota Sabang
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- Aceh
- Population
- 38077
- Area
- 153.00
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Official website
- www.sabangkota.go.id
- Image
- Rubiah Island Aceh.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sabang
- topic's main category
- Category:Sabang, Aceh
- Statistics Indonesia area code
- 1172
- name
- Sabang
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Encyclopedic overview
Sabang (Jawoë: سابڠ) is a city in Aceh province, Indonesia consisting entirely of Weh Island and several smaller islands off the northern tip of Sumatra. The administrative centre of the city is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of Banda Aceh. The city covers an area of 122.14 square kilometres (47.16 sq mi) and had a population of 43,391 in the 2020 census although that total was subsequently adjusted to 41,197; the official estimate as of mid 2023 was 43,527. Sabang is known as the northernmost and westernmost city of Indonesia. It also has by far the smallest population of any city in Indonesia.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sabang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.