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North Sumatra

North Sumatra is a province in the north 's Island. Various tourist destinations can be found throughout the province, Berastagi is best known as a hilly place with a cooler temperature as the whole province is in tropical region.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Medan and Lake Toba.

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is a very large city on the north coast of the island of in Indonesia, and the capital and largest city of North Sumatra province. isn't a tourist destination, but it's a convenient stepping stone to other places like the 'weekend getaway' , the island of , Malaysia, and the popular, beautiful crater lake, .

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, on the island of in , is the largest volcanic lake in the world. Samosir island, in the lake, is an island within an island. It is in North Sumatra.

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is an island the Indian Ocean off North Sumatra. Isolated yet worldly, the Island chain has been trading since prehistory with other cultures, other islands, and even mainland Asia.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Mount Sinabung and Pematangsiantar.

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is North Sumatra's 4th most active volcano. The long eruption of is similar to that of Mount Unzen in Japan, which erupted for five years after lying dormant for 400 years.

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, and also known as the City of , is an independent city in North Sumatra Province of , surrounded by, but not part of, the , making an enclave within Simalungun Regency.

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, formally Kota , is an independent city in the North Sumatra province of , bordered by to the east and to the west.

Tanjungbalai, also colloquially written as , is a city in North Sumatra province, , on the estuary of the . It has an area of 60.52 square kilometers and the sixth largest kota population in North Sumatra with 154,445…

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is a city and a port located in the natural harbour of on the west coast of North Sumatra province, in . The city is located on the western side of North Sumatra facing the Indian Ocean, is a transit harbour to Nias Island, and was hard hit during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

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Padangsidimpuan is a city in North Sumatra, , and the former capital of , which surrounds the city. It covers an area of 159.28 km2 and had a population of 178,818 according to the 2000 Census.

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is an international airport in Deli Serdang, serving and North Sumatra.

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is a town in North Sumatra, . It is home to two famous volcanoes, Sibayak and Sinabung, the latter of which has been erupting quite frequently since 2013.

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is a stratovolcano that looming over the town of in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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The are an archipelago of located in the Indian Ocean, off the west coast of , between and . The three primary islands, of approximately equal size, are Pini, Tanahmasa, and Tanahbala.

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is an national park in that is located in Mandailing Natal regency. It was named after the main river that flows and divides Mandailing Natal Regency, the Batang Gadis River.

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is a city in North Sumatra and it is also the capital of Dairi Regency. It is famous for its coffee and durian.

is a city in North Sumatra province of and it is the seat of Labuhan Batu Regency. is also a name of village within the district of Rantau Utara.

is a large town in the North Sumatra province of . is the administrative capital of . does not now have the status of an independent city, but is composed of two administrative districts - West District and East District.
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North Sumatra

Latitude of center
2.1924° or 2° 11′ 33″ north
Longitude of center
99.3812° or 99° 22′ 52″ east
Population
14,900,000
Elevation
1,024 metres (3,360 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1898283463
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1213642
Wiki­data ID
Q2140
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“North Sumatra” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Sumatra Barôh”
  • Arabic: “سومطرة الشمالية”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Սումատրա”
  • Asturian: “Sumatra Septentrional”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Sumatra”
  • Balinese: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Basque: “Ipar Sumatra”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Provinsi Sumatera Utara”
  • Batak Toba: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Суматра”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Паўночная Суматра”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Паўночная Суматра”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর সুমাত্রা”
  • Betawi: “Sumatra Lor”
  • Breton: “Norzh Sumatra”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Суматра”
  • Catalan: “Sumatra Septentrional”
  • Cebuano: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Chamorro: “Lagu na Sumatra”
  • Chinese: “Pak Sumatera Séng”
  • Chinese: “北苏门答腊省”
  • Chinese: “北蘇門答臘”
  • Chinese: “北蘇門答臘省份”
  • Czech: “Severní Sumatra”
  • Danish: “Nordsumatra”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Sumatra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سومطره الشماليه”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Sumatro”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Sumatra”
  • French: “Sumatra du Nord”
  • Galician: “Sumatra Setentrional”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი სუმატრა”
  • German: “Nord-Sumatra”
  • German: “Provinz Nordsumatra”
  • German: “Sumatera Utara”
  • German: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Gorontalo: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Σουμάτρα”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર સુમાત્રા પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Sû-mùn-tap-lia̍p-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Sumatera”
  • Hebrew: “צפון סומטרה”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर सुमात्रा प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर सुमात्रा”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Szumátra”
  • Iban: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Iloko: “Amianan a Sumatra”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Tingkat I Sumatera Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatera - Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatera-Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Sumatra Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Sumatera Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Sumatera Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Sumut”
  • Irish: “Sumatra Thuaidh”
  • Italian: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Italian: “Sumatra Settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “北スマトラ州”
  • Javanese: “Sumatra Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಸುಮಾತ್ರ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តស៊ូម៉ាត្រាខាងជើង”
  • Komering: “Sumatera Liba”
  • Komering: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Korean: “북수마트라주”
  • Korean: “수마트라우타라 주”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļsumatra”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Sumatra”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Суматра”
  • Madurese: “Somattra Ḍâjâ”
  • Madurese: “Sumatra Ḍâjâ”
  • Malay: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Malay: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Malay: “سوماترا اوتارا”
  • Malay: “سوموت”
  • Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ സുമാത്ര”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर सुमात्रा प्रांत”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर सुमात्रा”
  • Mazanderani: “شمالی سوماترا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Báe̤k Sumatra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Sumatera”
  • Minangkabau: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Minangkabau: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Mongolian: “Умар Суматра”
  • Mongolian: “Хойд Суматра”
  • Nias: “Provinsi Sumatra Utara”
  • Nias: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Northern Luri: “سوماترا شمالی”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Sumatra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Norwegian: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Pampanga: “North Sumatra”
  • Pampanga: “Pangulung Sumatra”
  • Persian: “سوماترای شمالی”
  • Polish: “Sumatra Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Sumatra do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Sumatra Setentrional”
  • Russian: “Северная Суматра”
  • Scots: “North Sumatra”
  • Serbian: “Северна Суматра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna Sumatra”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු සුමාත්‍රා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු සුමාත්‍රා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Sumatra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی سوماترای”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Sumatra Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “provincia en Indonesia”
  • Spanish: “Sumatra del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Sumatra Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Sundanese: “Sumatra Kalér”
  • Swedish: “Sumatera Utara”
  • Swedish: “Sumatra Utara”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சுமத்ரா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சுமாத்திரா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சுமாத்திரா”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Суматра”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర సుమత్రా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర సుమత్రా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดสุมาตราเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Sumatra”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Суматра”
  • Urdu: “شمالی سماٹرا”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Sumatra”
  • Venetian: “Sumatra Setentrional”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Sumatera”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Sumatra”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Sumatra”
  • Western Armenian: “Հիւսիսային Սումաթրա”
  • Western Panjabi: “اُبھا سماٹرا”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اتلا سماٹرا”
  • Wu Chinese: “北苏门答腊省”
  • Yue Chinese: “北蘇門答臘”
  • “Prov. Sumatera Utara”
  • “Sumatera - Utara”
  • “Sumatera Utara”
  • “Sumatra Lor”
  • “Sumatra Utara”

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