Kabanjahe

Kabanjahe (translated: Ginger Town) is a city in the province of North Sumatra of Indonesia's Sumatra island and seat of government of the district of Karo. The city is located north of Lake Toba, 12 km south of Berastagi and northwest of the independent city ( Kota ) Pematang Siantar and southwest of the provincial capital of Medan.

Population

The city and its surroundings are settlement area of ​​the Karo Batak, one of several Batakvolksgruppen ( such as the Angkola, Mandailing, Toba, Pakpak and Simalungun - Batak ). Today the city has also Chinese, Achinesen, ethnic Malays, Minangkabau and Javanese resettled. The population is predominantly Roman Catholic, and Muslim in a minority. With the 1990 census, over 46,000 residents were identified and a projection for the year 2011 was at the time an increase to 60 733 citizens. In fact, a population level has been established by 63 326 inhabitants at the 2010 census.

Retail location

Kabanjahe located in Batakgebiet and is therefore of cultural interest. In the local market the goods of the Batak be discontinued, such as the Ulos. Importantly, the Monday market, the lively informational exchange is serving.

Tourism

Kabanjahe is often chosen as a starting point for visiting the Karo Batak, especially for trips to Barusjahe or Lingga. Barusjahe will also fly ultralights. In Lingga alone can be visited, of which about a dozen are longhouses about 30 traditional Batak houses.

About 24 km from the Sipisopiso Kabanjahe falls waterfall in a narrow track from height 120 m in Lake Toba. Nor can the 2454 m high Gunung Sinabung, which erupted for the first time after 400 years in August 2010, and reached the Kawar lake from the comfort of Kabanjahe. Another volcano, 2095 m high Gunung Sibayak is located north-west of Berastagi and has sulfur springs on. The sulfur is broken down by the inhabitants of the area, since it is used as a drug and as a pesticide.

A culinary specialty of the region is the pork dish Babi pangang.

Education

1986 was justified by the Universitas Karo Area ( UKA ) is a university in the city.

Traffic

The cities Kabanjahe and Berastagi are well linked with each other. A ride from town to town takes about 90 minutes.