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Located at the northwestern end of Sumatra Island often call „Serambi Mekah“ (Mecca‘s front verandah) because the dominant religiont is Islam an acronym for : Arabs, Chinese, European and Hindustans Aceh is one of the wealthy province. The natural wealth has provide a variety of valuable export commodities such as LNG, cement, fertilizers, rubber, coffee, palm oil etc
ACEH
Provincial Capital : Banda Aceh
Provincial area : 55,392 sq.km (including over
100 island)
Climate : dry season (March-Aug) rainy season (Sept-Febr)
Temperatures : 23 - 32 oC
GEOGRAPHY
Islam entered the Indonesian archipelago
and also SE Asia through Aceh
The first Islamic Kingdom of Perlak
was establish in the year 804
1292 Marcopolo visit Sumatra
1610 - 1640Aceh‘s dominant in trade
and politics in nothern parts of Sumatra
1873 - 1942The Aceh war
(costing the Dutch more than 10,000 lives)
1942The Japanase landed in Aceh
1945End of the war
Aceh decided as a full provinceof Indonesia
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
In 1511, the Portuguese seized the important
strategic port of Malacca
Populations : 4.0 Million Religions :
Moslems (97.75%)Protestant (1.5%)Catholics (0.25%)Hindus (0.02%)Budhist (0.47%)
Language : Indonesian and Aceh
The ACEHNESE
Known as fiercely independent people and are staunch Moslems
Honor each other and visitors
The Acehnese take their religion,
their manners and their morals
seriously
The ACEHNESE
BANDA ACEH
A city of 250,000 inhabitants has many historical and religious landmark
Mesjid RayaGunongan & Pinto KhopMuseum AcehKerkhoff
One of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesiawas built by the Dutch in 1875
•MESJID RAYA BAITURRAHMAN
Man-made miniature mountain built by Sultan Iskandar Muda (1608-1636) for his wife Putro Phang (from Malaysia)
GUNONGAN & PINTO KHOP
MUSEUM ACEH
1. RUMOH ACEH
Rumoh Aceh (Aceh house) is a typical traditional house which made of wood, caived and painted in the Acehnese colours of red, white, green and black
The ornament and costumes of the people and beautiful bridal settingPelaminan Aceh (wedding throne) heavily embroidered with gold thread and sequins, on velvet
MUSEUM ACEH
2. Wedding throne
Excellent beaches !–The most popular beaches are Ujong Batee, Lam Pu‘uk and Lho‘ Nga –Located about 17 km from Banda Aceh–Clean waters and white sands–The Sunsets are very impressive!
Beautiful Panorama
NATURAL SCENERY
CAMP DAUD JERMAN
Is located at the west coast of SumatraAbout 142 km of the northern Banda AcehProvide some bungalows for tourist in the near of the beach The famous bungalows are „Tree houses“
512 kinds mammals, 313 birds, 76 reptiles, 18 amphibians
Endanger species : Sumatran Tigers Other rare animals : the Forest Goat,
Orangutan, Elephant and many species monkeys
A big portion of Aceh are covered by rain forest
Gunung Leuser is the largest national park in South East Asia and the home way animals and plants that can not be found in other part of the world
NATURAL PRESERVATION