Teluk Dalam
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Teluk Dalam is a sub-district in the South Nias
regency, North Sumatra
province, Indonesia
. Its area is 490 km². In English
, "Teluk Dalam" means Deep Gulf.
As of 2004, Teluk Dalam has 39 villages with population of 76,750 and population density 157/km².
Teluk Dalam has various tourist sites, such as Sorake Beach, Lagundri Beach dan Bawömataluo which hosts Nias tradisional houses of hundred years ago.
On 28 March 2005, the 2005 Sumatra earthquake
destroyed many ancient sites and many people were killed.
On 2 April 2005, an Australia
n Sea King helicopter carrying 11 soldiers on a humanitarian mission to help the earthquake victims crashed here, killing 9 soldiers.
Teluk Dalam port came about after the original port in the south of Nias Island was in Lagundri Bay. In 1883 the resuting Tsunami from the Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straight between Sumatra and Java washed the original Teluk Lagundri trade village away. The trade village was move to the present position in Teluk Dalam
Nias
Nīas is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago, containing the Hinako archipelago....
regency, North Sumatra
North Sumatra
North Sumatra is a province of Indonesia on the Sumatra island. Its capital is Medan. It is the most populous Indonesian province outside of Java. It is slightly larger than Sri Lanka in area.- Geography and population :...
province, 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...
. Its area is 490 km². In English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, "Teluk Dalam" means Deep Gulf.
As of 2004, Teluk Dalam has 39 villages with population of 76,750 and population density 157/km².
Teluk Dalam has various tourist sites, such as Sorake Beach, Lagundri Beach dan Bawömataluo which hosts Nias tradisional houses of hundred years ago.
On 28 March 2005, the 2005 Sumatra earthquake
2005 Sumatra earthquake
The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on 28 March 2005, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 1300 people were killed by the earthquake, mostly on the island of Nias...
destroyed many ancient sites and many people were killed.
On 2 April 2005, an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Sea King helicopter carrying 11 soldiers on a humanitarian mission to help the earthquake victims crashed here, killing 9 soldiers.
Teluk Dalam port came about after the original port in the south of Nias Island was in Lagundri Bay. In 1883 the resuting Tsunami from the Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straight between Sumatra and Java washed the original Teluk Lagundri trade village away. The trade village was move to the present position in Teluk Dalam