Sibolga
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Sibolga (former name Siboga ) is a port city on the west coast of Sumatra island in Indonesia. It lies between 1 ° 42 'and 1 ° 46 ' North and 98 ° 44 ' to 98 ° 48' east along the western side of the province of Sumatera Utara ( North Sumatra ) on the Indian Ocean, about 209 km south of the provincial capital of Medan.
Geography
Sibolga has an area of 3356.60 ha, consisting of 1126.9 ha of land in Sumatra, 238.32 ha of islands and 2171.6 ha marine area. Islands, which belong to the city Sibolga, are Pulau Poncan Gadang, Pulau Poncan Ketek, Pulau Pulau Panjang and Sarudik.
The Administrative Division consists of three kecamatan ( sub-districts ) and 16 Kelurahan (local communities ):
- Sibolga Utara with four Kelurahan
- Kota Sibolga with four Kelurahan
- Sibolga Selatan with eight Kelurahan
In the east, the city borders the province of Tapanuli Tengah, on the west by the Bay of Tapian Nauli. The river runs through the city Sungao region. By projecting headlands and the offshore island of Musala the bay is protected so that the tsunami caused by the 2004, despite the relatively nearby earthquake epicenter no significant damage.
Demography
The population of the city is based on the counting of the statistical office Sibolga. In the year 2008 94.616 inhabitants were counted. In a core area of 644.53 ha, the population density of the city is 14,680 inhabitants per square kilometer. Population growth per year is 1.99 percent.
The manufacturing industry comprises mainly the fishing and tourism companies, shipyards and port facilities and services. Main fishing conclusions of fisheries are groupers, tuna, sardines and anchovies.
Mayor is Sahat Pinorshinta Panggabean; Representative mayor is Afifi Lubis.
History
Pulau Poncan Ketek ( Small Poncan Island ) in the Bay of Tapian Nauli was once a fortified trading post. British, Dutch, French and American traders came here. In 1820, at the time Luitenant Governor of Bengkulu in South Sumatra, Stamford Raffles visited this island to seek guidance from the crew of the commercial establishment on the manners and customs of the Batak. In the following years, Pulau Poncan Ketek was the main point of departure of missionaries and naturalists for their trips to the southern Batakländer on Sumatra.
1834 were killed by natives two missionaries of the American ' Boston Missionary ' far from Sibolga. Franz Wilhelm Jung chicken, ' The Humboldt of Java ', Sumatra explored by Sibolga made on behalf of the Dutch colonial administration between 1840 bis 1842.
Ludwig ginger Nommensen, the so-called ' father of the Batak ', created the basis of the Barmener mission from Wuppertal. Missionary Schrey led the then mission station of Sibolga.
1898 Sibolga was ravaged by a huge fire disaster. With wider and shady streets, the city was rebuilt. Another disastrous fire laid on 23 January 1913, the newly built market district in ruins; the reconstruction of this area lasted several years.
Transport and Tourism
Sibolga is an intermediate station of the trade. From here ferries serve the islands of Simeulue and Nias. Other goals are approached, such as the approximately 380 km further south past the port of Padang. Furthermore Sibolga is an important station of the Trans - Sumatra highway that runs northeast across Tarutung to Lake Toba about 160 km away, to the south over Padang Sidempuan to 360 km distant city of Bukittinggi.
The picturesque bay of Tapian Nauli with numerous islands, not yet uncrowded sandy beaches and little-visited coral gardens could be an attractive destination for tourists, if not the offbeat location Sibolgas of Sumatra "outside" and the unhealthy hot and humid climate with over 200 annual rainy days and up to 4500 mm annual precipitation of this development would counteract. As late as the mid-20th century Sibolga was so plagued by malaria, that the former Dutch colonial government wanted to relocate its headquarters Resident inland to higher ground.
Sibolga is the seat of a Catholic diocese.