North Aceh Regency is a regency in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia

Indonesia

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. The regency covers an area of 3,477.92 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census had a population of 632,200 people.

Economy

This regency is included in the largest industrial region outside Java, especially with opening of liquid gas' processing industry (PT. Arun LNG) in Lhokseumawe

Lhokseumawe

Lhokseumawe is the second largest city in Aceh province, Indonesia. It faces the Malacca Strait, and is surrounded by North Aceh Regency . The city covers an area of 212 square kilometres. According to the 2000 census Lhokseumawe had a population of 188,974 people...

, 1974. There are many large factories: PT.Kertas Kraft Aceh, pabrik Pupuk AAF (Aceh Asean Fertilizer) and pabrik Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM).

In agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 section, this regency has a good reputation as the important rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 producer. The whole North Aceh Regency is the most potential region in Aceh and its income per capita is above Rp 1.4 million without oil and natural gas or Rp 6 million with oil and natural gas.

Gas and petroleum fields were found in Lhokseumawe

Lhokseumawe

Lhokseumawe is the second largest city in Aceh province, Indonesia. It faces the Malacca Strait, and is surrounded by North Aceh Regency . The city covers an area of 212 square kilometres. According to the 2000 census Lhokseumawe had a population of 188,974 people...

, North Aceh's capital city

Capital City

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 around 1970s. Then, many investors interesting in its natural resources came to Aceh. Since then, liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been converted temporarily to liquid form for ease of storage or transport....

 (LNG) processed in refinery of PT. Arun Natural Gas Liquefaction (NGL) Co, coming from the installation of PT. ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia (EMOI) in Lhokseumawe industrial zone, had changed this regency to modern petrochemistry

Petrochemistry

Petrochemistry is a branch of chemistry that studies the transformation of crude oil and natural gas into useful products or raw materials. These petrochemicals have become an essential part of the chemical industry today.-Origin of Petroleum:...

 industrial region.

There are 2 sectors dominating economical activity in North Aceh, ie. mining and excavating, and processing industrial sector. In mining sector, the gas wells processed by PT. EMOI surely become one of this sector's pioneering factor. With Rp 8.6 quintillion contribution on 2000 GRDP (Gross Regional Domestic Product), it occupies the first rank followed by industrial sector (Rp 4.7 quintillion).

Border

• North: Malacca Strait
• East: East Aceh Regency
  East Aceh Regency
  East Aceh Regency is a regency in eastern Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. The regency covers an area of 6906 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census had a population of 628,288 people....
  
  
• South: Central Aceh Regency
  Central Aceh Regency
  Central Aceh is a regency in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, Indonesia.The regency covers an area of 4318.39 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census had a population of 177,631 people. Most of its inhabitants are Gayo. Central Aceh is famous for its Lake Laut Tawar. Its capital is...
  
  
• West: Bireuen Regency

Administrative divisions

The regency is divided administratively into subdistricts

Subdistricts of Indonesia

In Indonesia, a kecamatan or district is a subdivision of a regency or of a city . A district is itself divided into kelurahan or administrative villages....

 (kecamatan):

1. Baktiya
2. Banda Baro
   Banda Baro, North Aceh Regency
   Banda Baro is a subdistrict in North Aceh Regency, Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam, province of Indonesia. The capital of this district is Ulèê Nyêu....
   
   
3. West Baktiya
4. Cot Girek
5. Dewantara
   Dewantara, North Aceh Regency
   Dewantara is a subdistrict in North Aceh Regency, Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam, province of Indonesia. The capital of this district is Krueng Geukuh. There are a few companies in this subdistrict, such as PT.Arun, PT.Pupuk Iskandar Muda, and PT.AAF....
   
   
6. Kuta Makmur
7. Langkahan
8. Lhoksukon
   Lhoksukon
   Lhoksukon is a town in Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the seat of North Aceh Regency....
   
   
9. Matang Kuli
10. Meurah Mulia
11. Muara Batu
12. Nibong
13. Nisam
14. Paya Bakong
15. Samudera
16. Sawang
17. Seunuddon
18. Simpang Keuramat
19. Syamtalira Aron
20. Syamtalira Bayu
21. Tanah Luas
22. Tanah Jambo Aye
23. Tanah Pasir

Politics

The current regent is Dr. H.T. Alamsyah Banta replacing Ir. H. Tarmizi A. Karim, M.Sc inaugurated by former governor Abdullah Puteh on August 2004. After the Local Elections on December 2006 Mr. Tgk. Munir Usman as a Mayor of Lhokseumawe City until 2010.