Kuala is a town and administrative district of
Langkat Regency
Langkat Regency ( id, Kabupaten Langkat) is the northernmost regency of North Sumatra. Its seat is Stabat. Its area is 6,263.29 km2 and its population was 967,535 at the 2010 Census and 1,030,202 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Ja ...
in northern
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
, Indonesia. It borders
Selesai to the north,
Salapian to the west, and
Sei Bingai to the south and east. Most people in Kuala are
Javanese people
The Javanese ( id, Orang Jawa; jv, ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦗꦮ, ''Wong Jawa'' ; , ''Tiyang Jawi'' ) are an ethnic group native to the central and eastern part of the Indonesian island of Java. With approximately 100 million people, Javanese people ...
, with a significant
Karo
Karo may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Karo people (East Africa), a group of tribes in East Africa
* Karo people (Ethiopia), an ethnic group from Ethiopia
* Karo people (Indonesia), the indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra
Language ...
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
Binjai (English: or , Jawi: ), formally Kota Binjai (Binjai City), is an independent city in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia, bordered by Deli Serdang Regency to the east and Langkat Regency to the west. Binjai is connected to Medan (th ...
and
Bukit Lawang
Bukit Lawang is a small tourist village on the bank of Bahorok River in North Sumatra province of Indonesia. Situated approximately 86 km northwest of the city of Medan, Bukit Lawang is known for the largest animal sanctuary of Sumatran ...
.
Agriculture
Agriculture in Kuala District is relatively homogenous, with 6,425 hectares of
oil palm, 4,243 hectares of sawah (wet rice), 880 hectares of
maize and 3,466 hectares of
natural rubber, with little land devoted to other crops. There are five factories in the district.
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Langkat Regency