West Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Barat) is a
regency
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in the
Aceh special region of
Indonesia
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. It is located on the island of
Sumatra. The regency currently covers an area of 2,927.95 square kilometres and had a population of 173,558 at the 2010 Census and 198,736 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 200,579. The town of
Meulaboh
Meulaboh ( Jawoë: ملابوه; or ''Moulabouh'') is the capital of West Aceh Regency, Indonesia.
Geography
Meulaboh is about 245 km southeast of Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province. Meulaboh is located in the western part of Sumatr ...
remains the seat of the regency government (notwithstanding unsubstantiated reports that on 8 July 2013 it was separated out as an independent city). The regency is a
palm oil-producing area.
Some of the people of the regency are
Minangkabau Minangkabau may refer to:
* Minangkabau culture, culture of the Minangkabau people
* Minangkabau Culture Documentation and Information Center
* Minangkabau Express, an airport rail link service serving Minangkabau International Airport (''see belo ...
-descended
Aneuk Jamee.
The regency was among the hardest-hit areas during the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
The regency is bordered by the regencies of
Aceh Jaya to the west,
Pidie
Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie ...
to the north,
Central Aceh
Central Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Tengah) is a regency in Aceh Special Region (''Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam'') of Indonesia. It is located on Sumatra island. Formerly this regency covered a much larger area; in 1969, the Southeast Aceh Reg ...
to the northeast, and
Nagan Raya to the southeast, and by the
Indian Ocean
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to the southwest.
Administrative districts
The regency was divided administratively into twelve
districts (''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code.
See also
*
List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
Regency (Indonesia), Regencies (''kabupaten'') and City status in Indonesia#Kota, cities (''kota'') are the second-level subdivisions of Indonesia, administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the Provinces of Indonesia, provinces, ...
References
Regencies of Aceh
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