Aceh

Aceh is a province and special territory of , in the northwestern part of the island of . It has a population of 4.2 million. Its major towns include: , , , Sigli, and Calang.
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is the capital of the Indonesian province of Aceh on the island of . It was also the capital for the Sultanate of Aceh upon its foundation in the late 15th century.

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, is the second largest city in Aceh province, , having recently overtaken . The city covers a land area of 181.06 square kilometres, and had a population of 171,163 at the 2010 census and 188,713 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid 2024 was 198,705.

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is a town of 34,00 people on an island north of on the northern tip of . The island's name is Weh Island and is the main town on the north coast, but the names are often used interchangeably.

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is a remote city in the province of Aceh in Indonesia. It is located on the western Indian Ocean coast of island, about 175 km southeast of the provincial capital .

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The are a group of tiny islands off the western coast of Aceh, , , primarily visited on surfing charters. The islands are about 100 km north of the island of .

Tapaktuan is a town and administrative district in the southwest of Aceh province of Indonesia. The town is the capital of . The district covers a land area of 106.99 km2, which is subdivided into 18 towns and villages.

is a town in the southwest of Aceh province on the island of . It is the capital of the Aceh regency, which also includes the .

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is a town in Aceh, Indonesia. The town serves as the capital of the Central Aceh regency in the middle of the highlands.

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is a town in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. Located just 15 km from the provincial capaital , you find the quiet beaches of and Lampuuk.

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is a town in Aceh province of and the seat of , . lies in a valley within the Bukit Barisan mountain range of northern Sumatra, with an average elevation of around 270 meters above sea level.

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is a village in Aceh, Indonesia.

Aceh

Latitude of center
4.3685° or 4° 22′ 7″ north
Longitude of center
97.0253° or 97° 1′ 31″ east
Population
5,330,000
Elevation
1,568 metres (5,144 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1898283435
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1215638
Wiki­data ID
Q1823
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Aceh” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Acèh”
  • Afrikaans: “Atjeh”
  • Albanian: “Aqeh”
  • Arabic: “آتشيه”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة آتشيه”
  • Armenian: “Աչեհ (նահանգ)”
  • Armenian: “Աչեհ”
  • Asturian: “Aceh”
  • Azerbaijani: “Açeh”
  • Balinese: “Acéh”
  • Banjar: “Acéh”
  • Basque: “Aceh”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Aceh”
  • Batak Toba: “Anse”
  • Belarusian: “Ачэх”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Ачэх”
  • Bengali: “আচেহ”
  • Betawi: “Acéh”
  • Buginese: “Acé”
  • Buginese: “Nangngero Acé Darussalang”
  • Buginese: “ᨊᨂᨛᨑᨚ ᨕᨌᨙ ᨉᨑᨘᨔᨒ”
  • Buginese: “ᨕᨌᨙ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ачех”
  • Catalan: “Aceh”
  • Cebuano: “Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province”
  • Cebuano: “Provinsi Aceh”
  • Central Bikol: “Aceh”
  • Chamorro: “Aceh”
  • Chinese: “Aceh Séng”
  • Chinese: “亚齐”
  • Chinese: “亚齐特别行政区”
  • Chinese: “亚齐特区”
  • Chinese: “亚齐省”
  • Chinese: “亞齊”
  • Chinese: “亞齊特區”
  • Chinese: “亞齊省”
  • Czech: “Ačeh”
  • Danish: “Aceh”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Açeh”
  • Dutch: “Achin”
  • Dutch: “Atjeh”
  • Esperanto: “Aĉeo”
  • Estonian: “Aceh”
  • Finnish: “Aceh”
  • French: “Aceh”
  • Galician: “Aceh”
  • Georgian: “აჩეჰი”
  • German: “Aceh”
  • German: “Provinz Aceh”
  • Gorontalo: “Aceh”
  • Greek: “Ατσέ”
  • Gujarati: “અસેહ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Aceh”
  • Hebrew: “אצ’ה”
  • Hindi: “असेह”
  • Hindi: “आचे”
  • Hindi: “आचेह”
  • Hungarian: “Aceh”
  • Iban: “Aceh”
  • Icelandic: “Aceh”
  • Ido: “Aceh”
  • Iloko: “Aceh”
  • Indonesian: “Aceh”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Aceh”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Aceh”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Daerah Istimewa Aceh”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Aceh”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Aceh”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi NAD”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam”
  • Italian: “Aceh”
  • Japanese: “アチェ”
  • Japanese: “アチェ州”
  • Japanese: “ナングロ・アチェ・ダルサラーム”
  • Japanese: “ナングロ・アチェ・ダルサラーム州”
  • Japanese: “ナングロ・アチェ州”
  • Javanese: “Acèh”
  • Kannada: “ಆಚೇ”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តអាឆេ”
  • Kirghiz: “Ачех”
  • Komering: “Aceh”
  • Komering: “Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam”
  • Korean: “아체주”
  • Latvian: “Ačeha”
  • Limburgan: “Aceh”
  • Lithuanian: “Ačehas”
  • Low German: “Aceh”
  • Macedonian: “Ачех”
  • Madurese: “Acèh”
  • Madurese: “Nanggroe Acèh Ḍarussalam”
  • Maithili: “आचेह”
  • Malay: “Aceh”
  • Malay: “اچيه”
  • Malayalam: “അക്കെ”
  • Marathi: “आचे”
  • Mazanderani: “آچه”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Aceh”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aceh Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Aceh”
  • Mingrelian: “აჩეჰი”
  • Mongolian: “Аче”
  • Nepali: “अाचे”
  • Nepali: “आचे”
  • Nias: “Aceh”
  • Northern Frisian: “Aceh”
  • Northern Luri: “آچه”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aceh”
  • Norwegian: “Aceh”
  • Ossetian: “Ачех (провинци)”
  • Ossetian: “Ачех”
  • Pampanga: “Aceh”
  • Persian: “آچه”
  • Polish: “Aceh”
  • Portuguese: “Achém”
  • Russian: “Ачех”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱪᱮᱦ”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Aceh”
  • Scots: “Aceh”
  • Serbian: “Aceh”
  • Serbian: “Аћех”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aceh”
  • Sinhala: “අකෙහ්”
  • Sinhala: “අචේ පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Slovak: “Aceh”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آچه”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Aceh”
  • Sundanese: “Acéh”
  • Sundanese: “Nanggroe Acéh Darussalam”
  • Swedish: “Aceh”
  • Tagalog: “Aceh”
  • Tamil: “அச்சே மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “அச்சே”
  • Tatar: “Açeh”
  • Telugu: “ఏసె”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอาเจะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Açe”
  • Ukrainian: “Ачех”
  • Urdu: “آچے”
  • Uzbek: “Achex”
  • Vietnamese: “Aceh”
  • Vlaams: “Aceh”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aceh”
  • Welsh: “Aceh”
  • Western Armenian: “Աչեհ Նահանգ”
  • Western Panjabi: “آچے”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚齐特区”
  • Yoruba: “Aceh”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞齊”
  • “Aceh”
  • “ma kipisi Ase”
  • “Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam”

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