Central Simeulue | |
Native Name: | (Kecamatan Simeulue Tengah) |
Settlement Type: | District (Kecamatan) |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Sumatra |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Aceh |
Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
Subdivision Name2: | Simeulue |
Area Total Km2: | 112.48 |
Population As Of: | mid 2023 estimate |
Population Total: | 7647 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | WIB |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 2.6042°N 96.0089°W |
Simeulue Tengah (Central Simeulue) is a district of the Simeulue Regency on Simeulue island in the Indonesian province of Aceh. At the 2010 Census it had a total population of 9,010 people,[1] living in 1,930 households in 2005.[2] Following the splitting off of eight villages (kampong) to form a separate Simeulue Cut district in 2012, the reduced Simeulue Tengah District covers 112.48 km2 and had a population of 7,647 in mid 2023.[3]
As at 2010, Simeulue Tengah was divided administratively into 24 kampong. However in 2012 eight of these were removed from the regency to form a new district (kecamatan) of Simeulue Cut. The remaining sixteen kampong are: