Calang
Calang, the capital of the Aceh Jaya Regency of the special territory of Aceh, is on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It had a population of about 12,000 though it was reported to have "vanished completely leaving only scattered shards of concrete" as a result of the tsunami produced by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: village in Indonesia
- Also known as“Calong”“Chalang”“Tjalang”“Tyalang”
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Latitude
4.63068° or 4° 37′ 50″ north
Longitude
95.57655° or 95° 34′ 36″ east
UN/LOCODE
ID CLG
Open location code
6MPQJHJG+7J
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Calang” goes by many names.
كالانغArabic
CalangDutch
CalangIndonesian
カラン (インドネシア)Japanese
ČalangasLithuanian
CalangNorwegian
CalangNorwegian Bokmål
CalangPolish
ЧалангьRussian
КалангUkrainian
چالانگUrdu
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