Saturday, April 14, 2012

North Sumatera

North Sumatra is a province located on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. This province is a multi-ethnic region that is inhabited by many tribes.
There are 419 islands in the provision of North Sumatra. Outer islands is the island Simuk (Nias island), and the island of Sumatra in the strait Berhala (Malacca).

Nias Islands consists of the main island of Nias island and other small islands around it. Nias Island lies off the west coast of the Indian Ocean coast. Administrative center is located on Gunung Sitoli.

Batu Islands consist of 51 islands with four large islands: Sibuasi, Pini, Tanahbala, Tanahmasa. Central government on the island Pulautelo Sibuasi. Stone islands located in the southeastern island of Nias.

Other islands in North Sumatra: Imanna, Pasu, Bawa, Hamutaia, Batumakalele, Lego, Period, Bau, Simaleh, Makole, Jake, and Sigata, Wunga.

In North Sumatra, there are currently two national parks, namely Taman National Gunung Lauser and Taman Nasional Batang Gadis. According to Minister of Forestry, No. 44 of 2005, forest area in North Sumatra is currently 3.74212 million hectares (ha). Regions consisting of Nature / Nature Preservation Zone covering an area of ​​477 070 ha, 1.29733 million ha of Protection Forest, Production Forest 879 270 ha, Permanent Production Forest 1.03569 million hectares and the production forest area of ​​52 760 ha can be converted.
 Tourism in some areas of North Sumatra:
·      Kabupaten Asahan
·      Kabupaten Batubara
·      Kabupaten Dairi
·      Kabupaten Karo
·      Kabupaten Langkat
·      Kabupaten Nias
·      Kabupaten Samosir
·      Kota Binjai
·      Kota Gunungsitoli
·      Kota Medan
·      Kota Sibolga
·      Kota Tanjungbalai
·      Kota Tebing Tinggi

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