Kuala is a town and administrative district of
Langkat Regency in northern
Sumatra, Indonesia. It borders
Selesai to the north,
Salapian
Salapian is a subdistrict of Langkat Regency. Javanese people are in the majority (56% as of 2007) with 37% Karo. As against Karo Regency, the vast majority of Karo in Salapian are Muslims - the population is 81% Muslim and 13% Protestant. In all ...
to the west, and
Sei Bingai
Sei Bingai is a subdistrict of Langkat Regency. It borders Binjai to the north, Kuala and Salapian to the west, Deli Serdang Regency to the east, and Karo Regency to the south. Most people in Sei Bingai are Karo. A majority of people in Sei Bin ...
to the south and east. Most people in Kuala are
Javanese people, with a significant
Karo population. Although most Karo are Christian, many are also Muslim, and as the Javanese are nearly 100% Muslim, Kuala subdistrict is 80% Muslim.
Kuala town itself had a population of 12,459 in 2010, making it by far the largest settlement in the district. It lies on the main road between
Binjai and
Bukit Lawang.
Agriculture
Agriculture in Kuala District is relatively homogenous, with 6,425 hectares of
oil palm
''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm '' Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its c ...
, 4,243 hectares of sawah (wet rice), 880 hectares of
maize
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The ...
and 3,466 hectares of
natural rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...
, with little land devoted to other crops. There are five factories in the district.
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Langkat Regency