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Province profile NATURAL DISASTER 37 117 26 44 79 Natural disaster events - Period of 2008 - 2012 Landslide Drought Earthquake Whirlwind Legend Flood High Tide Flood and Landslide Earthquake and Tsunami 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2011 2009 2010 2012 = 1 Event Source: 1. Administrative from BPS (Indonesia Statistical Agency) 2. Population dataset is coming from Village Potential Survey 2011 and Sensus 2010 (http://sp2010.bps.go.id) 3. Geography from Aceh profile (http://www.aceh.go.id) 4. Natural Disaster dataset from Disaster ATLAS Indonesia produced by BNPB Prepared jointly by OCHA and UNFPA GEOGRAPHY Aceh's climate is almost entirely tropical, with the coastal plains averaging 82 °F (28 °C), the inland and mountain areas averaging 79 °F (26 °C), and the higher mountain regions, 73 °F (23°C). The area's relative humidity ranges between 70 and 90 percent. There is a dry season (June to September), influenced by Australian continental air masses, and a rainy season (December to March) resulting from mainland Asia and Pacific Ocean air masses. Western Sumatra has rainfall measuring more than 78 inches (2,000 millimeters) per year. Banda Aceh, the capital, lies at the mouth of the Krong Aceh and Krong Daroy rivers where they enter the Indian Ocean, and is the administrative and trading center of this mountainous region. The main local agricultural product is rice. POPULATION 28,12% Percentage of Urban Population Percentage of Rural Population 71,88% 2,23 percent/year Population Growth Rate Population Density 78 person/km 2 PIDIE GAYO LUES ACEH TIMUR ACEH JAYA ACEH TENGAH NAGAN RAYA ACEH TENGGARA ACEH BARAT ACEH BESAR ACEH UTARA BIREUEN SIMEULUE BENER MERIAH ACEH SINGKIL ACEH SELATAN ACEH TAMIANG ACEH BARAT DAYA PIDIE JAYA SUBULUSSALAM LANGSA ACEH SINGKIL SABANG LHOKSEUMAWE BANDA ACEH Legend: < 85000 85000 - 145000 145000 - 190000 190000 - 250000 250000 - 544690 Percentage distribution of population by district varied from the lowest which is 0,68 percent in Sabang Municipality to the highest which is 11,79 percent in Aceh Utara Regency. Population 4,494,410 Female Gender 50,04% 49,96% 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 Male Age Group ACEH BARAT 12 322 275 8 1 13 45 ACEH BARAT DAYA 9 157 173 4 1 13 24 ACEH BESAR 23 604 378 5 1 25 68 ACEH JAYA 6 174 130 2 1 7 20 ACEH SELATAN 17 248 336 8 1 21 47 ACEH SINGKIL 11 120 167 3 1 11 25 ACEH TAMIANG 12 213 281 2 2 14 32 ACEH TENGAH 15 296 285 9 1 14 42 ACEH TENGGARA 16 399 279 4 1 19 34 ACEH TIMUR 24 513 434 4 3 26 43 ACEH UTARA 27 859 586 9 0 28 78 BANDA ACEH 9 90 173 37 15 11 25 BENER MERIAH 7 240 216 3 2 10 27 BIREUEN 17 617 415 4 6 18 45 GAYO LUES 11 144 135 2 1 12 32 LANGSA 5 66 115 11 3 5 6 LHOKSEUMAWE 4 69 118 11 9 6 22 NAGAN RAYA 10 225 230 6 2 13 40 PIDIE 23 744 461 16 2 26 70 PIDIE JAYA 8 229 165 1 1 10 21 SABANG 2 19 48 2 2 6 9 SIMEULUE 8 140 200 1 1 8 110 SUBULUSSALAM 5 69 121 3 0 5 0 DISTRICT Number of Sub-District Village School Univercity/ Hospital Puskesmas Pustu Academic INFRASTRUCTURE BANDA ACEH PIDIE GAYO LUES ACEH TIMUR ACEH JAYA ACEH TENGAH NAGAN RAYA ACEH BARAT ACEH BESAR ACEH UTARA BIREUEN BENER MERIAH ACEH SELATAN ACEH TENGGARA SIMEULUE ACEH TAMIANG ACEH SINGKIL ACEH BARAT DAYA PIDIE JAYA SUBULUSSALAM LANGSA ACEH SINGKIL SABANG LHOKSEUMAWE BANDA ACEH ADMINISTRATIVE Province Capital District Boundary Sub-District Boundary Village Boundary Legend Number of villages Number of districts Number of sub-districts 23 281 6,557
