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Banda Aceh or
Banda Acèh is the capital and largest city in the province of
Aceh, Indonesia. It is located on the island of
Sumatra and has an elevation of 35 meters.
The city covers an area of 64 square kilometres and had a population of 219,
070 people, according to the
2000 census.[1] Banda Aceh is located on the northwestern tip of
Indonesia at the mouth of the
Aceh River.
The city was originally established as
Bandar Aceh Darussalam Kandang[2] and served as a capital and hub for the
Sultanate of Aceh upon its foundation in the late
15th century.
Later its name was changed to Bandar Aceh Darussalam, and then became popularly known as Banda Aceh. The first part of the name comes from the
Persian bandar (بندر) meaning "port" or "haven." The city is also dubbed the "port to
Mecca," or the "porch of Mecca" (
Indonesian: Serambi Mekkah) in reference to the days when hajj pilgrims travelled by sea from Indonesia and would make a stop over in the city before continuing their journey to Mecca.
Banda Aceh had long been at the centre of protracted conflicts between the Acehnese and foreign domination, including wars with the
Dutch, the
Japanese and the
Indonesian government. The city rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the
Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004, which struck off the western coast of Sumatra. Banda Aceh was the closest major city to the earthquake's epicenter, which lay 249 km off the coast.[3] It suffered great damage in the earthquake and further damage when a tsunami struck shortly afterwards. 167,000 people died as a result and many more were injured.[
4][5]
The aftermath of the tsunami has seen a the cessation of much of the conflict in the city and province, and domestic and international aid as a result has seen a major modernization and reconstruction of the city over the past decade.[6]
Banda Aceh, situated at the tip of Sumatra, has long been a strategic, transportation and trading hub in the eastern
Indian Ocean. Its first mention in western accounts comes from 1292 when
Marco Polo and his expedition visited the city, which they identified as 'Lambri' and as the logical first port of call for any travellers from
Arabia and
India to Indonesia.[7]
Ibn Battuta also reported visiting the city in the mid-14th century when under the control of the trading kingdom of
Samudera Pasai, the then dominant entity in northern Sumatra.[8] However the
Pasai began to collapse under pressure from declining economic conditions and the
Portuguese, who occupied much of the area in the early 15th century.
Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah, ruler of the newly founded Sultanate of Aceh, aggressively expanded in the area in the 1520s and established sultanate was built on the remains of the Pasai and other extinct kingdoms in the area, and made Banda Aceh the capital, naming it for himself as
Kutaraja or '
City of the
King'.
After a long period of rule by the Sultanate,
Aceh began to come into conflict with the Dutch and the
British in the second half of the
18th century.
At the end of the 18th century, the territory of Aceh in the
Malay Peninsula, namely
Kedah and
Pulau Pinang, were seized by the British. In
1871, the Dutch began to threaten Aceh, and on March 26, 1873, the Dutch formally declared war on Aceh.
The Dutch bombarded the capital in that year and sought to capture the
Sultan's palace in the city to bring about a capitulation of the Acehnese. Significant support from the British in the region led the modernization and fortification of the city, and while coastal areas were lost the Dutch underestimated the city's defences. The Dutch expedition commander
General Johan Köhler was killed in a skirmish around the city, the first time that a Dutch leader was killed by a native army, leading to the failure of the first expedition. A second expedition was mounted by the Dutch within months and was successful in overwhelming the city. The Dutch moved into the capital on January 1874 believing the Acehnese to have surrendered; however, the conflict moved into the countryside, and the Acehnese continued to actively oppose
Dutch rule.
After it entered the
Government of the
Republic of Indonesia on
December 28, 1962, the name of the city was changed back to Banda Aceh by the
Ministry of Public Administration and
Regional Autonomy on May 9,
1963. On
December 26, 2004, the city was hit by a tsunami caused by the 9.2-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean. The disaster killed 167,000 inhabitants and destroyed more than 60% of the city's buildings.
Based on the statistical data issued by the City Government of Banda Aceh, Banda Aceh had 248,727 inhabitants in May
2012
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