Saturday, December 1, 2007

SABANG-GOLDEN ISLAND

Jakarta 1 Desember 2007


SABANG-GOLDEN ISLAND

Sabang on Pulau Weh
Pulau Weh`s natural beauty and unspoilt environment, the laid-back athmosphere of its beaches, the easy going life in it`s small main town Sabang have made it increasingly popular and loved by a growing number of foreign tourists and travellers. Blessed with eternal sunshine, overwhelming coral-reefs and spectacular rain-forests quite a few tourists get spellbound and stay much longer than originally intended and many wish to return again to this "GOLDEN ISLAND" as it was called during times gone past.

Banda Aceh`s Main Terminal
For public transportation is in Setui, approximately 2 km from the town center. Long distance buses to Medan and other destinations leave from here, also minibuses (labi-labi).

The Minibus Terminal
Situated at jalan Diponegoro close to the main market (pasar). Minibuses to destinations in the vicinity of Banda Aceh leave from here, also to the Malahayati harbour near Kreung Raya (ferry to Balohan-Sabang).

The Harbour of Malahayati
Near Kreung Raya is situated some 34 km from Banda Aceh. It`s the embarkation point for the ferry "KM Pulau Rubiah" which leaves twice daily for Sabang (except Tuesday and Wednesday). The ferry transports not only passengers but also cars and motobikes.

Balohan
Withtin its beatiful bay is the arrival point on the island of Pulau Weh (Sabang). The ferry crossing usually takes some 2,5 hours for the approximately 16 miles long trip.

Puncak Sabang
The summit, offers a great view over the lake of Anoek laut, the Bay of Sabang and it`s Island Klah, over hills covered with protected forests. This scenic spot is located near the village of Cot Ba`U.

The Lake of Anoek Laut
Literally the child of the sea, lies some five kilometers of Sabang. It serves as a water reservoir for the town and is surrounded by protected rain forest and orchards. An idylilic and peaceful area.

The Swembak
The swimming pool. was built by the Dutch colonial powers in the 1920`s. Cool spring water which has its source in the surrounding forest, clad hills provides for a refreshing swim. Recently the pool underwent extensive renovation and offers now much better facilities for swimmers.

The bay of Sabang
With its scenic beauty is surrounded by gentle rolling hills and protected against the sea by the Island of Klah. International Cruise ships anchor here occasionally.

A Tree Lined Road
overlooks the town of Sabang and the bay with its harbour. Huge rain trees, originally from South America and tamarind trees were planted here along the road some hundred years ago by the Dutch. the view from here is just spectacular.

Sabang Hill
Is a tranquil and relaxing place just outside of town. It offers great views and some heritage building like the seint post, a look out tower facing the staits of Malacca.

Taman Ujung Asam
Is a recreational area next to the sea with benches and small pavilions. Popular amongst the locals in the late afternoon.

Pantai Kasih
Literally Beach of Love, is the closest beach to the town of Sabang and very popular during weekend.

Pantai Tapak Gajah
Elephant footprints Beach, is a white sand beach with a safe pool formed by an old reef making it a safe swimming spot for children.

Pantai Sumur Tiga
Thee well Beach, is the longest beach on Pulau Weh and lined with some fresh water springs. Close to the village of Ie Meulee it presents the picture of a tropical beach.

Anoi Hitam (Tanah Hitam)
Black Land, is a black sanded beach due to its volcanic origin. It lies some 12 km outside Sabang town and offers nice views.

Japanese Fortifications
Benteng are scattered all over Pulau Weh which is also called the Island of a Thousand Forts. They were built during the second World War by the Japanese Occupation Army. Most are facing the sea and offer great views.
The most well known is located next to the beach in the village of Anoi Itam.

Waterfall at Pria laut
Is the only waterfall on Pulau Weh. The river of Pria laut which has its source in the mountains of Sarung Kris forms this multi tiered waterfall in the middle of rain forest. it can easily be found some 1,5 km from the main road to iboih at the village of Pria Laut.

Pantai Pasir Putih
A white sand beach, is situated some 17 km from Sabang next to the village of Paya. It`s popular camping area for local tourists.

The Hot Spring
Are 21 km from Sabang at the village of Keuneukai. A pool has been built which is fed by a hot spring. Its hot sulphuric water is said to have therapeutical effects and makes for a relaxing bath. The spot is popular amongst foreign and local tourist.

Pantai Long Angen
Often called Wind Long Beach is located halfway between Iboih and Gapang Beach. Simple wooden bungalows offer a nice retreat at these small beaches, surrounded by tropical forest. Close to it are Gua Sarang, the Swallows Nest Caves.

Gapang Beach
Is a well known tourist destination on Pulau Weh next to Iboih. It offers the most complete selection of accommodation and is famous amongst divers and snorkellers for its great variety of corals and fish.

Pantai Iboih (Iboih Beach)
The former fishing village Iboih have become the most popular and known tourist area on Pulau Weh. A wide range of bungalowa are situated here and a dive center is offering its serices. Diving,snorkeling and just sun bathing around the beach and the little Island Rubiah are best loved activities amongst the tourists.

Rubiah Sea Garden
Circles the little Island Rubiah just opposite the beach of Iboih. the surrounding waters, protected by a marine reserve, are teeming with a great variety of corals and coral fishes.

Pulau Rubiah (Rubiah Island)
opposite the beach of Iboih is a small unpopulated island covered with secondary forest. Its surrounded by a stunning coral reef. Remnants of a pilgrimage station, now overgrown, can still be found. According to a local legend an unfaithful princess with the name of Rubiah was exiled here.


Ujung Ba`U or Kilometer Nol
Kilometer Zero Point lies at the westernmost end of Indonesia.
A monument has been erected here in the middle of a protected nature reserve. Its location is some 8 km from the tourist area of Iboih.
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Friday, November 30, 2007

SABANG-GOLDEN ISLAND

SABANG GOLDEN ISLAND




GOLDEN ISLAND





Pulau Rubiah - Rubiah Island
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

DIREKTORI - KEDUTAAN ASING DI INDONESIA

Jakarta 26 November 2007

Direktori-kedutaan Asing di Indonesia


DIREKTORI - KEDUTAAN BESAR INDONESIA DI LUAR NEGERI

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

SABANG-PULAU WEH (WEH ISLAND)

The Dive sites
1. Batee Dua Gapang: Gapang's house reef
Just snorkel out to Batee Dua (Two Rocks) and start the deep part of your dive at 30 m and head back to the shallower reef closer to the beach. Look out for the reef sharks, the manta or eagle rays in the blue and the loads of blue-spotted ribbontail rays and blue spotted stingrays. Or make a long shallow beach dive and stay in the bay part of our house reef. Till 14 m you’ll see different hard corals and big waving leather corals. Our 4 local residential hawksbill turtles are found here. The house reef is densely populated by scorpion and lion fishes. Special are the brown and yellow coloured leaf scorpion fishes and the small size bi and even tri-occelated lionfish. Look for frog fishes, see razor fishes, an abundance of butterfly fishes, schools of red tooth triggerfishes and more. The banded sea snake and the look alike snake eel can be studied from close by. Whale sharks have been seen in the months September, October, November while snorkeling and even once during a special night dive (!) just 30 m of the beach in front of our shop!
2. Batee Meuroron
Is just 5 minutes from Gapang, but a less frequented dive site. It’s a rocky outcrop, where strong currents can sweep through. It is a place to see clown fishes in their anemones, giant reef rays and other stingrays, turtles, different kinds of moray eels and big schools of black snappers hanging out in the shallow water at safety stop level between the rocks.
3. Rubiah Seagarden
Famous for its shallow colourful coral gardens. From 10 m down follow the rocky slope with big branching hard corals till over 30 m before hitting sandy bottom. See colourful nudibranches and flatworms. And a couple of amazingly red fluorescent bubble anemones at 13 m. You are almost sure to find the beautiful honeycomb morays here, of which some of them are often on the move, so you can see them free swimming in full length! Check out the difference if you spot a black spotted or black blotched moray, both quite similar to the honeycomb moray as well.
4 Rubiah Utara (Rubiah North)
A dive here starts on the north point of Rubiah Island by following the rocky outline to the north. The deep part till over 30m offers beautiful scenery with huge boulders and gigantic seafans forming a dense cover of orange, pink & red colours. Coming back up to the 18 m level you’ll reach a remarkable field full with white whip gorgonians like an underwater savannah. Sharks, giant reefrays, schools of fusiliers, trevallies, snappers, butterfly fishes. This dive site is only diveable in no current or mild current conditions.
5. Arus Balee (Widow's current)
Arus Balee is the name for the water passage around a rocky pinnacle situated between the islands of Seulako and Rubiah. Appropriately nicknamed by the Acehnese Arus Palee, which means bastard current ;-), this narrow passage often sees lots of current as well as sharks and other current loving sea creatures, making it a very popular dive site. Best site for a kaleidoscopic moving palette of colours displayed by underwater “rivers” of hundreds and hundreds of neon bright fusiliers… enjoy the show! Also our best site for spotting Blue ribbon eels; here you can easily manage to find both the black juvenile as well as the blue male adult, and sometimes even the yellow female adult. The dive site that became best described with the words of one of our former Divemaster Trainees (Thierry, a French chef cook, 1998): “It’s like diving in the fish soup Bouillabaisse…!!!”
6. Seulako’s Drift
For specifically “flying WHILE diving”, we only schedule this site with its long steep slope for when we expect currents to be strongest. We enter south of Seulako Island and drift along the island to the north, sometimes making it all the way till past nr. 8, Batee Tokong, with maybe a safety stop in the blue. During the dive soar over the rocks, hard corals and gorgonians in the deep and the fields of soft leather corals in the shallow. Put your hands down on some bare rock, and let the current push you over into making a somersault. Big fun!
7. Batee Tokong & 8. Shark Plateau (often dived separately)
With its spectacular scenery and it’s abundance of marine life, Batee Tokong tends to be a favourite site for most short and long term divers in Pulau Weh. It takes approximately 20 minutes by boat.
“It’s the Nr. 1 Moray place in the world”, as all visitors so far have agreed on: giant, fimbriated, white eye, snowflake, whitemouth, yellowhead, zebra and yellow margined. Blue ribbon eels reaching out for orange anthiases, honey comb morays living together with their giant cousins and our local unique variety of the masked moray outnumbering all these other morays together by far. Hover above a few square metres of rocks and count at least a dozen of these morays sticking their heads out of their hiding places.
Batee Tokong, which translates as ‘Central Rock’, is a round plateau with one of the rocks sticking out of the water forming a vertical wall till 20 m. A steep slope densely covered with fan gorgonions continues downwards till well over 40 m, where a second wall starts. On the north side you’ll find a 24-28 m deep plateau, ‘Shark Plateau’, where black and white tip reef sharks, gray sharks and the occasional silvertip are met. Marbled & giant groupers play hide and seek along the slopes, black snappers, giant and big eye trevallies, big blacktongue unicorn fish and barracuda’s try to induce vertigo to all divers swimming in their midst, while big needle fish circle high above all this, just under the surface. Deeper down bluefin trevallies hunt together with yellow goat fish and 2 or 3 long face emperors. See octopuses, lionfish, scorpion fish, frog fish, nudibranchs close to the bottom. Butterfly fish, triggerfish and the beautiful bignose unicornfish fish. And nice to watch the last one upside down to see their funny behaviour of having an upward “shower” in your bubbles of “air”. And don’t forget to look up once in a while anyway, as an eagle ray or a formation of devil rays might be passing over your head…
9. Pantee Ideu
Deep submerged reef around 100 m from the island’s shoreline. Because of it’s usual exceptionally good viz you can look “for miles” and have a splendid panoramic view of this reef with it’s spectacular underwater landscape of big boulders covered with huge gorgonians, sponges and big branching hard corals. Making your way back to the shore, end the dive between the beautiful coral boulders and table corals in the 10 m depth range. Good place for Napoleon wrasse in the deep, and (non aggressive) nesting yellow margined triggerfish in the shallows (the species one size down from it’s notorious “Titan” nephew, which by the way is usually a much more peaceful bloke in Pulau Weh as compared to it’s reputation in many other places).
10. Batee Gla (Slippery Rock)
The rocks at this location form a ridge from the surface sloping down to more than 40 m deep. The massive rock formation with its pinnacles and swim throughs offers a spectacular view, and combined with the usual current that sweeps past, it’s as if flying over a mountain ridge in a hangglider or a small plane. At 18 m you’ll find an underwater beach with a whole bunch of garden eels poking their heads into the current. Good location for seeing bumphead parrotfish in the shallower areas. Usually great viz for fully enjoying the view.
11. Pantee Aneuk Seuke or ‘The Canyon’
Another favorite divesite.
(by Peter, Divemaster Trainee, 2000)
When the current is heading north, a typical dive starts with a descent in the south to the cave (1) at around 29m. In the shelter of the gorgonian-covered wall (2) it is usually very busy with all kind of small fishes. Often you’ll see big schools of barracudas. Going down to the end of the wall at around 40-45m watch out for sharks and eagle- or manta rays passing by.
During the ascent towards the canyon (3) you can hover over the beautiful gorgonian garden. The canyon measures at its narrowest space only 1.80m and is “home” of some napoleon-wrasses.
Further north it’s like a ‘ceremony’ to swim through the arch (4) before ending up the dive on top of the reef.
But if there is a lot of plankton in the water, the end of the dive will end above the rocks in the shallow water, looking out for the manta rays that cruise around the coastal line in their search for food.
12. Pantee Peunateung
(Written by Ben, Divemaster Trainee, 2001)
Meaning Rice field terrace, this is a deep dive site with the bottom well beyond the regular limits of recreational diving. The reef runs North to South and be seen clearly in the water when deep ocean waves hit it and rise up as the reef causes a sudden change in depth.
The direction the site is dived is determined by the currents, if the tide is going to high, the current usually flows from South to North. I usually prefer best to start the dive at the North and head south. Once in the water we descend over the shallow part of the reef and make our way to the drop off which starts at around 30 m and drops to 70 m +. When swimming to the drop off look out for schools of barracuda both chevron and yellow tailed, large schools of trevallies can also been seen. Moray eels are often seen amongst the rocks, but it’s best not to spend too much time here as it’s best deep!
The drop off starts at about 30 m and is pretty much vertical, the wall is covered in large gorgonian sea fans which thrive in the current and nutrient rich water. If conditions are favorable a dive to about 45 m is good, but often a down current, caused by water falling down the drop off, calls for caution, it’s easy to go too deep here! While deep, keep a look out for sharks – black tips, white tips and gray reef sharks. Only once have I not seen a shark here! Every so often look up to the surface for eagle rays, often seen here and maybe a manta ray. On a clear sunny day looking up at the sun with the wall and gorgonians in sight can be quite special.
We ascend slowly up the wall to the shallows again looking for barracuda and big fish, swim at 20 m for a while looking in the rocks for octopi, morays, nudibranch and lobster. If we reach one of the small sand filled canyons you could head up it. This is nice looking for more lobsters. At around 10-12 m you can start to feel the surge caused by the waves passing overhead. The surge is often good fun to play in as you fly past rocks and fish; the shallows sometimes have bump head parrot fish, which are always good fun to watch. Turtles are commonly seen here in the shallows.
At 50 bars do a safety stop and if things are nice, stay down till 30 bars looking for more sharks.
Pantee Peunateung is a big stuff dive, which is why I like it!
Ben, Divemaster Trainee, 2001
13. Lhong Angen and Pantee Gua
A shore dive location and a nearby underwater pinnacle on the west side of Pulau Weh. Both less frequented dive sites, but occasionally chosen when conditions elsewhere are less favourable.
14. Limbo Gapang
Also a less frequented dive site, even though it’s just one or two minutes by boat straight out from Gapang Beach. You’ll find an abundance of nudibranchs, flatworms and mushroom corals on this underwater hill with it’s top at 7m. The turtles from Gapang Beach sometimes visit this area, which in fact is still an extension of the Batee Dua Rocks on the house reef.
15. WW II Wreck "Sophie Rickmers"
The 134 m long “Sophie Rickmers” is an impressive wreck, covered with corals, situated in the sheltered bay of Pria Laot. The cargo steam ship was built in1920 in Germany. During WW II, the “Sopie Rickmers” was one of the 5 ships which were confiscated by the Dutch on May 10, 1940 in the waters around Pulau Weh. However, the crew of "Sophie Rickmers" sunk their own ship at that same day.
The wreck is home to a giant grouper, giant morays and giant trevallies. A school of unicorn file fishes often swims past to add some confusion of “whatizat?” to your nitrogen narcosis, and schools of batfishes accompany you down and up along the mooring line. Most special fish to try and remember to notice, is probably the black-spot angelfish (Genicanthus melanospilos). Usually rare to find because of it’s preference for deeper waters, it’s fairly abundant on this wreck, if you just don’t forget to look for it. With the wheelhouse at 37 m, the decks at around 45 m and the straight bow resting on the bottom at over 55 m deep, we organize the wreck dive as a special decompression dive for experienced deep divers only.

Sophie Rickmers
16. Wreck Tugboat
In the harbour of Sabang the tugboat wreck lies in 14 m of water. A very relaxed macro dive and ideal for shallow afternoon dives, or night dives. Spot the banded and ghost pipefish, crocodile fish, spiny lobsters, nudibranchs, cleanershrimps, bi-occelated and common lionfish.
On the way back we often stop for a 10 minute shallow (5 - 10 m) dive in the streams of hot spring bubbles of the underwater volcano in the bay of Pria Loat. A unique experience.
17. Sumur Tiga
For a relaxed drift over the shallow unspoiled and beautifully coloured coral gardens along the Sumur Tiga beach. On the way there, or while going back, often dolphins come and play in front of our boat, a big extra treat for going that way.
18. Anoi Hitam
A new dive site which we’ve started to combine regularly with the Batee Meuduro daytrip. Get surrounded by the many sweetlips and numerous other schools of fish here, and enjoy the incredible density of all kinds of Acropora hard corals in the shallows.
19. Batee Meuduro
Situated 70 minutes away on the south side of Pulau Weh. This is surely one of Pulau Weh’s top dive sites, but due to it’s distance is mostly operated as a 2 tank daytrip. Visibility is usually very good here and the often fierce currents around this pinnacle attract lots of pelagics; tuna, mackerel, huge schools of barracuda’s, napoleon wrasse, manta and eagle rays, lots of different sharks, amongst which even the amazing thresher sharks! The shallow plateau is covered with huge table corals, a perfect hiding place for lobsters, stone fish, sleeping baby sharks and more.
Trash underwater showing need for cleanup
Photo courtesy of Aceh Coral Conservation
Debris from the 2004 Tsunami that had washed onto the coral reef near Iboih Village, Indonesia (October 2005). Seacology is helping to fund the clean-up of this reef.
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SABANG-PULAU WEH (WEH ISLAND)

Pulau Weh: The most northwestern island of Indonesia offers truly world class diving with clear waters and impressive under water landscapes. Here, where the Andaman Sea meets the Indian Ocean, the deep waters and currents around the island sustain an unbelievable amount and variety of marine life, ranging from tiny critters to grand pelagic's ...

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Homebase in paradise
Lumba Lumba Diving Centre right on the beach of Gapang

School of bigeye trevallies at Pantee Peunateungphoto by Ekhard Krumpholz

Dive in crowds of fish, not in crowds of divers:
Still being an insiders' secret, and off the beaten track, Pulau Weh offers unspoiled and uncrowded dive sites. Add our team's dedication, experience and love for the ocean and you'll get unforgettable dives, from spectacular full-adrenaline dives to long slow relaxed macro spotting dives.
Homebase in paradise: We are a small dive operation in a great dive shop. Open since 1998, Lumba Lumba Diving Centre has become a meeting point on Gapang Beach, a hub of activity from where the diving starts, a friendly n welcoming place where you can feel at home.
Taste some of the Wonders of Weh: dive into the dive site descriptions and some more photos.
How to come up to Weh: Take a night bus from Medan to Banda Aceh, then the morning fast ferry and reach Gapang Beach before noon, or fly from Medan and be here late afternoon the same day!
Stay & relax here: Gapang offers the widest choice in accommodation, from cheap basic wooden huts to comfortable bungalows. Sure you will find something to fit your taste and budget!
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KONDISI KOTA SABANG

Flora dan Fauna

Seperti halnya di Sumatera, hutan di Pulau Weh sebagai daerah tropis ditumbuhi oleh tiga jenis pohon-pohonan sebagai hutan belantara yang padat. Pohon yang dominan terdiri dari batang kayu yang relatif kecil dan rimbun. Di bawah pohon-pohon ini tumbuh semak belukar, terdiri dari tumbuh-tumbuhan yang berbatang lampai dan berbagai jenis pohon menjalar.
Data hasil inventarisasi menunjukkan bahwa sepanjang jalan menuju Ujung Ba’U banyak ditemukan permudaan dari pohon Tampu, Mentaling, Ara, Gelumpang dan lain-lain. Mendekati ujung Ba’u banyak ditemukan pohon-pohon besar antara lain pohon Beringin, Asam kandis, Damar laut, Bungo, Kenari, Ketapang dan lain-lain. Sedangkan vegetasi bawah didominasi oleh jeruk hutan yang berduri dan jenis rotan.
Tumbuhan yang dibudidayakan yang paling dominan adalah kelapa, cengkeh dan sudah mulai dikembangkan kamiri dan coklat (cacao).
Fauna di pulau ini menunjukkan contoh evolusi pembentukan suatu daerah "zooglografis" tersendiri walaupun pada umunya kehidupan binatang di pulau ini mempunyai pola yang sama dengan kehidupan di pulau induknya, Sumatera.
Jenis satwa yang ada antara lain Kera (Macacus), Babi hutan (Sus vittasus), Ular sawah, Ular sendok, dan berbagai jenis burung seperti Srigunting, Celemeh, Alap-alap, Punai, But-but, Bayan Tiung yang sering terdengar suaranya, serta burung Dara Nikobar yang pada musim-musim tertentu melakukan migrasi ke Pulau Weh.
Marina fauna di sekitar Pulau Weh terdiri dari banyak spesies ikan bertulang dan bertulang rawan yang cukup menarik bagi penyelidikan Zoologis. Di dalam karang yang membentuk taman laut yang sangat indah, di kedalaman 8-10 meter terdapat ikan kecil aneka warna yang merupakan representasi marina tropis yang amat mengagumkan, terutama di taman laut Pulau Rubiah. Perpaduan antara keindahan dan kejernihan air dengan berjenis-jenis bunga karang, ahinoderma, malussca, arthopoda dan ikan kecil dengan beragam jenis bunga karang dan biota laut lainnya yang beraneka warna.
Infrastruktur

Infrastruktur utama yang ada di Kota Sabang saat ini adalah infrastruktur perhubungan darat yang berupa jalan. Jaringan jalan darat pada umumnya telah dapat menjangkau semua wilayah pemukiman di Kota Sabang dan daerah-daerah obyek wisata baik dengan kendaraan roda dua maupun roda empat.
Saat ini Kota Sabang memiliki dua buah pelabuhan yaitu Pelabuhan Samudra (alam) di teluk Sabang dan Pelabuhan Ferry di teluk Balohan. Pelabuhan Samudra saat ini digunakan sebagai sarana Pelabuhan Bebas Sabang yang dapat dirapati oleh kapal-kapal besar dari berbagai negara.
Pelabuhan Ferry Balohan menghubungkan Pulau Weh dengan Aceh daratan dimana ada dua macam moda angkutan yaitu Kapal Ferry dan Kapal Cepat yang melakukan penyeberangan dua kali sehari ke Pelabuhan Uleleu.
Di Kota Sabang juga terdapat bandar udara Maimun Saleh, yang mempunyai jalur penerbangan utama ke bandara Sultan Iskandar Muda di Banda Aceh.
Daerah Wisata

Pulau Weh mempunyai keunikan dan keindahan akan kecantikan alami dan tempat-tempat sejarah. Selain daripada meriam-meriam dan benteng-benteng kuno, masih banyak lagi obyek masa lalu yang menarik. Beberapa tempat menarik adalah sebagai berikut.
Taman Laut Rubiah
Taman Laut Rubiah terletak sekitar 23,5 km sebelah barat kota Sabang, dapat dicapai melalui darat, atau sekitar 7 km dengan menggunakan perahu boat, dan terletak bersebelahan dengan desa Iboih. Pemerintah Indonesia telah menentukan daerah perairan ini, sekitar 2600 hektar sekitar pulau Rubiah sebagai daerah special nature reserve. Terletak di teluk Sabang, dimana air disini relatif tenang dan sangat jernih (25 m visibility) laut disini diisi oleh bermacam trumbu karang dan ikan bermacam warna. Dapat ditemukan gigantic clams, angel fish, school of parrot fish, lion fish, sea fans, dan banyak lagi.
Pantai IboihBagi penggemar snorkel berpengalaman, Octopus dan Stingrays dapat dilihat disini. Berjemur sinar matahari di pantai dengan pasir yang halus dan putih dapat dilakukan pada pantai yang berseberangan. Tempat ini merupakan surganya turis penggemar snorkel dan selam.Terumbu karang hanya berjarak sekitar 5 meter dari tepi pantai berpasir.
Akomodasi berupa makanan dan penginapan tersedia di desa Iboih. Iboih adalah desa kecil dimana kondisi dan layanan penduduk sangat menunjang kenyamanan dalam menikmati atraksi alam sekitar.
Hutan Wisata Iboih terletak bersebelahan dengan Taman Laut Rubiah, dengan luas sekitar 1300 hektar dan juga merupakan daerah terlindung. Hutan ini merupakan hutan hujan tropis yang masih tinggi kerapatannya tetapi selalu mengundang pengunjung untuk menikmati keindahan keasliannya. Hutan ini tempat bagi beragam binatang, banyak terdapat monyet, reptil kecil dan besar, dan burung beraneka warna termasuk burung dara Nicobar yang tidak terdapat di bagian lain Indonesia.
Pantai
Pantai di pulau Weh sangat beragam dan sangat menarik untuk dikunjungi. Pantai Kasih adalah pantai yang paling dekat dengan kota Sabang. Sekitar dua km ke arah Barat Daya terdapat pantai berbatu dengan banyak pepohonan kelapa sepanjang semenanjung. Di sepanjang semenanjung ini juga dapat ditemui beberapa peninggalan Perang Dunia II berupa benteng-benteng tempat senjata berat seperti meriam.
Pantai GapangMengikuti sepanjang pantai sekitar dua kilometer kita akan sampai di Pantai Tapak Gajah. Jika kita teruskan maka akan sampai di Pantai Sumur Tiga. Pasir putih yang halus dan air yang jernih sangat ideal untuk berenang dan snorkel. Sekitar dua kilometer dari Pantai Sumur Tiga terdapat Pantai Ujung Kareung. Disini banyak terdapat terumbu karang, ikan-ikan karang, dan juga bintang laut di dekat pantai. Pantai yang indah lainnya dapat ditemui di Gapang, yaitu pantai berpasir putih yang luas dan indah di dekat desa Iboih, arah Barat kota Sabang.
Gua Pantai
Terdapat beberapa gua alami di pantai barat Pulau Weh yang terletak berseberangan dengan Hutan Wisata Iboih. Gua-gua ini menghadap ke samudra dan dihuni bermacam burung, kelelawar, dan ular. Menjelajahi tempat ini dengan menggunakan perahu harus didampingi oleh penduduk lokal karena lokasi yang cukup sulit dijangkau, dan berbahaya, terutama antara bulan Mei dan September saat musim angin Barat. Kondisi ini sangat menantang bagi pencinta gua.
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Wilayah Administrasi dan Kependudukan Sabang

Wilayah Administrasi dan Kependudukan Sabang

Wilayah Kota Sabang terbagi menjadi dua buah kecamatan yaitu Sukakarya dan Sukajaya.
Kecamatan Sukajaya terdiri dari 10 kelurahan, yaitu Kelurahan Paya, Keuneukai, Beurawang, Jaboi, Balohan, Cot Abeuk, Cot Ba'u, Anoi Itam, Ujong Kareung, dan Ie Meulee.
Sedangkan di Kecamatan Sukakarya terdapat 8 kelurahan, yaitu Kelurahan Iboih, Batee Shok, Paya Seunara, Krueng Raya, Aneuk Laot, Kota Bawah Timur, Kota Bawah Barat, dan Kota Atas.
Kota Sabang mempunyai jumlah penduduk 26.505 jiwa, yang terdiri dari 13.579 Laki-laki dan 12.926 Perempuan. Pada kecamatan Sukajaya terdapat 12.348 jiwa, yang terdiri dari 6.385 Laki-laki dan 5.963 Perempuan. Sedangkan pada kecamatan Sukakarya terdapat 7.194 Laki-laki dan 6.963 Perempuan, sehingga total penduduk pada kecamatan ini 14.157 jiwa. (BPS, 2003).
Di wilayah Kota Sabang, terdapat beberapa kelompok etnis dimana antara satu dan yang lainnya tidak jauh berbeda baik dalam kehidupan maupun dalam berbahasa. Pola hidup pada umumnya memiliki kesamaan dengan pola hidup masyarakat Aceh di daratan.
Penduduk di wilayah ini pada umumnya bermata pencaharian dalam bidang Pertanian dan Perikanan. Kemudian diikuti dengan Buruh, Perdagangan, Jasa, Angkutan, Pegawai, dan lainnya.
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Walikota Sabang Meninggal secara Misterius

Walikota Sabang Meninggal secara Misterius

Apa yang terjadi dengan Walikota Sabang Kol(inf) Husein Main dan Kapolres Sabang,yang meninggal secara misterius.
Pada tahun 1984, ada perluasan kantor kapolres sabang. Sebelumnya lahan tersebut merupakan pemukiman padat penduduk, terjadi kebakaran hebat. Menghaguskan ratusan rumah di daerah Pasiran, Sabang.Oleh Polres setempat lahan itu digunakan untuk membangun kantor baru yang lebih besar dari yang terdahulu di depan pelabuhan.
Dihalaman depan kantor tersebut terdapat kuburan ulama Aceh Tengku Ie Masin. Atas perintah Walikota dan Kapolres, diadakan penggalian dan pemindahan kuburan tersebut. Tetapi kesalahan besar terjadi, karena pemindahan tersebut dilakukan ditempat bekas pembuangan tinja (WC).
Akibatnya... para pelaku: yang menyuruh pembongkaran, walikota Sabang Kol(inf) Husein Main dan Kapolres Sabang serta para penggali kuburan dan yang menebang pohon diatas kuburan tersebut, meninggal secara misterius tidak lama setelah pemindahan kuburan itu.
Juga terjadi gempa secara misterius sehari lebih dari 100 kali selama 3 bulan. Banyak warga pendatang yang pindah ke daratan pulau Sumatra.
Isu yang beredar mengatakan pulau Sabang akan tenggelam.
Sabang yang diguncang gempa, tetapi banda Aceh dan sekitarnya yang rusak parah. 20 tahun kemudian, tepatnya 26 desember 2004 gempa dahsyat melanda Aceh dan Tsunami, lebih dari 500.000 jiwa yang meninggal.
Para pemengang kekuasaan diharap untuk menggali dan memindahkan kuburan tersebut ketempat yang layak sebagaimana mestinya.
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Lembaga Eksekutif Kota Sabang

Lembaga Eksekutif Kota Sabang

Walikota Munawar Liza Zainal
Wakil Walikota Islamuddin,ST
Sekretaris Daerah Drs. Sofyan Daud
Asisten Tata Praja Drs. Zakaria, MM
Bagian Tata Pemerintahan Azwardi,AP.M.Si
Bagian Hukum Sayuthi, SH
Bagian Organisasi Junizar,SH.M.Si
Bagian Pemberdayaan Perempuan Ainal Mardhiah, S.Sos
Asisten Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Derryansyah Kandou, SE
Bagian Pembangunan Andri Nourman,AP.M.Si
Bagian Perekonomian M.Daud, SE.MM
Bagian Sosial M.Yakob Saleh, BA
Bagian Keistimewaan Aceh Drs.Cut Awaluddin
Asisten Adiministrasi T. Bonjamin, SH
Bagian Kepegawaian Irfani, S.Sos
Bagian Humas Ikbal D, SE.
Bagian Keuangan Faisal,SP.MM
Bagian Umum M. Amin, SE.
Pejabat Walikota Sabang Masa Bakti
1 H. Harun Ali 1966 - 1972
2 Oesman Effendi 1972 - 1973
3 Teuku Zaini, SH 1973 - 1976
4 Drs. M. Yusuf Walad, MBA 1976 - 1983
5 Drs. Zainuddin MARD (PLT) 1983 - 1983
6 Husein Main 1983 - 1985
7 Drs. Sulaiman Bahri (PLT) 27 Maret 1985
8 H. Soelaiman Ibrahim 1985 - 1995
9 H. Bustari Mansyur 1995 - 1999
10 Drs. Sofyan Haroen (PLT) 1999 - 2000
11 Drs. Sofyan Haroen, MBA., MM. 2000 - 2006
12 T.Yusuf, SH (PLT) 2006 - 2007
13 Munawar Liza Zainal 2007 - 2011

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam

Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
Profil

Nama Resmi :Provinsi Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
Ibukota :Banda Aceh
Luas Wilayah :56.500,51 Km2
Jumlah Penduduk :3.899.290 Jiwa
Suku Bangsa:

Aceh, Gayo, Alas, Tamiang, Jawa, Simeuleu, Kluet, Aneuk Jamee.
Suku pendatang : Jawa, Minang, Palembang, Makassar dan lain-lain.

Agama:

Islam : 98,80 %, Kristen Protestan : 0,84% Khatolik: 0,16%, Buddha : 0,18%, Hindu : 0,02%.

Wilayah Administrasi:

Kabupaten : 17, Kota : 4, Kecamatan: 241, Kelurahan : 112, Desa: 5.853

Lagu Daerah

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Bungong Jeumpa

642 mukim. Mukim adalah kesatuan masyarakat hukum dalam Provinsi NAD yang terdiri atas gabungan beberapa gampong yang mempunyai batas wilayah tertentu dan harta kekayaan sendiri, berkedudukan langsung dibawah kecamatan. Dipimpin oleh Imum Mukim.




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