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Sumatra

Location One of the principal islands of Indonesia, between E Indian Ocean, Straits of Malacca

Latitude and longitude 0 50 S, 102 00 E

Sovereignty Indonesia

Political status notes Includes Aceh Special Region and Provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, Bengkulu, and Lampung

Population 40,830,400

Census notes est. 1995

Land area in square kilometers 443,066

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement, August 15, 2005, from the Humanitarian Information Center for Sumatra (PDF 183K)

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement, August 15, 2005, from the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (PDF 183K)

Sources and other useful websites

Aceh Monitoring Mission

Aceh Peace Process Negotiations, from the Crisis Management Initiative

Humanitarian Information Centre Sumatra

State of Acheh/Free Acheh Movement

Statistics Indonesia

United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island Directory

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