Tuangku (also known as Great Banyak) is the main and largest

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in the Banyak Islands group in

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. The largest town on the island is Haloban. As a consequence of the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake, the island dropped rendering the coastal residences useless and damaging the

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Coastal Changes caused by 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
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