Alafan is a
district
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of the
Simeulue Regency
Simeulue Regency ( id, Kabupaten Simeulue) is a regency in the Aceh special region of Indonesia. It occupies the whole island of Simeulue (Pulau Simeulue), 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra, with an area of . It had a population of 80,674 ...
on
Simeulue
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in the
Indonesia
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n province of
Aceh.
At the 2010 Census it had a total population of 4,479 people, living in 969 households in 2005.
Administrative divisions
Alafan is divided administratively into 8 ''desa''/''kelurahan'':
# Lewak
# Lamerem
# Serafon
# Lhok Pauh
# Langi
# Lubuk Baik
# Lhok Dalam
# Lafakha
References
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Districts of Aceh