Bukit Lawang
Bukit Lawang is a small tourist village on the bank of Bahorok River in North Sumatra province of Indonesia. Situated approximately 86 km northwest of the city of Medan, Bukit Lawang is known for the largest animal sanctuary of Sumatran orangutan and also the main access point to the Gunung Leuser National Park from the east side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Bukit Lawang
- Type: Village
- Description: animal sanctuary in North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Categories: animal sanctuary and locality
- Location: Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
3.54803° or 3° 32′ 53″ northLongitude
98.12717° or 98° 7′ 38″ eastElevation
165 metres (541 feet)Open location code
6MMWG4XG+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 665549235OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Batak Toba to Spanish—“Bukit Lawang” goes by many names.
- Batak Toba: “Buhit Lawang”
- Bulgarian: “Букит Лаванг”
- Chinese: “布及特·拉旺”
- Chinese: “武吉拉旺”
- Dutch: “Bukit Lawang”
- French: “Bukit Lawang”
- German: “Bukit Lawang”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Lawang”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Lewang”
- Japanese: “ブキットラワン”
- Malay: “Bukit Lawang”
- Portuguese: “Bukit Lawang”
- Slovenian: “Bukit Lawang”
- Spanish: “Bukit Lawang”
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