Calang ( Jawoë: چالڠ), the capital of the Aceh Jaya Regency of the special territory (''daerah istimewa'') of

Aceh Aceh ( , ; , Jawi script, Jawoë: ; Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, Old Spelling: ''Atjeh'') is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern end of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capit ...

, is on the island of

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. It had a population of about 12,000 though it was reported to have ''"vanished completely leaving only scattered shards of concrete"'' as a result of the

tsunami A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, ...

produced by the

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+07:00, UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicenter, epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The Submarine earthquake, undersea ...

. Only about 30 per cent of the townspeople survived. The trail of destruction left by the tsunami extends two kilometers inland from the coast. Whole hills have been washed away. The township, a former Indonesian Military (TNI, ''Tentara Nasional Indonesia'') stronghold, has been relocated inland, according to Indonesian Welfare Minister Alwi Shihab.

Climate

Calang has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

Only 30% of the Residents of Calang are Left

External links

Leuser International Foundation
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Climate

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