Aceh Jaya is a regency (kabupaten) of Aceh

Aceh

Aceh is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Daerah Istimewa Aceh , Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam and Aceh . Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. The regency covers an area of 3727 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census had a population of 86,601 people. The regency according to the 2010 figures has a population of 96,200. The seat of the regency is Calang

Calang

Calang, the capital of the Aceh Jaya Regency of the special territory of Aceh was on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It had a population of about 12,000 though it was reported to have "vanished completely leaving only scattered shards of concrete" as a result of the tsunami produced by the 2004...

. The main crops grown in the regency are rice, rambutan, durian, orange, water melon, rubber, oil palm and coconut.

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):

• Jaya (48 villages)
• Krueng Sabee (16 villages)
• Panga (19 villages)
• Sampoiniet (38 villages)
• Setia Bakti (13 villages)
• Teunom (13 villages)

2004 earthquake

On December 26, 2004, the regency was affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake. The Indonesian Government has announced that a rebuilt Calang will be sited further inland, although individual families and businesses are rebuilding at the same location along the coast. By October 2006 substantial parts of the town of Calang have been reconstructed, including a small hotel and a number of restaurants and other businesses. By the end of 2006 a total of 15,000 houses and 57,000 permanent houses had been reconstructed in the regency. Many people along the coast are still in transitional housing but progress has been made by the various local and many international organizations such as the Red Cross and USAIDwho are assisting with the reconstruction.