Teluk Dalam (also written as Telukdalam) is a town and district in the
South Nias Regency
Nias Selatan (South Nias) Regency is a regency in North Sumatra province, Indonesia. The regency covers a land area of 2,487.98 square kilometres and according to the 2010 census had a population of 289,708; the 2020 Census showed a population ...
,
North Sumatra
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province,
Indonesia
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. Following the splitting off of parts of the original district to form new districts, it is now mainly confined to the town, and its area is now . In
English
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, ''Teluk Dalam'' means "Deep Bay". As of mid 2021, Telukdalam had a population of 25,780 and a population density of 624.2/km
2.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.] Telukdalam has various tourist sites, such as
Sorake Beach,
Lagundri Beach and
Bawömataluo which hosts Nias traditional houses of hundred years ago.
History
Telukdalam port came about after the original port in the south of Nias Island was in Teluk Lagundri (''Lagundri Bay''), further to the west along Nias's south coast. In 1883, the resulting tsunami from the Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java washed the original Teluk Lagundri trade village away. The trade village was moved to the present position in Teluk Dalam.
On 28 March 2005, the
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
The 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake occurred on 28 March off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. At least 915 people were killed, mostly on the island of Nias. The event caused panic in the region, which had already been devastated by ...
destroyed many ancient sites and many people were killed. On 2 April 2005, an
Australia
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n Sea King helicopter carrying 11 soldiers on a humanitarian mission to help the earthquake victims crashed there, killing nine soldiers.
Climate
Teluk Dalam has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
References
External links
Tourist sites in Teluk Dalam
Populated places in North Sumatra
Regency seats of North Sumatra
Districts of North Sumatra
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