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Alihakar Destination Guide

Delve into Alihakar in Indonesia

Alihakar in the region of Aceh is a city in Indonesia - some 954 mi or ( 1536 km ) North-West of Jakarta , the country's capital .

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Current time in Alihakar is now 08:43 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Jakarta " with a UTC offset of 7 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Jaburvulu, Silinggar, Siboboh, Naivos, and Medan. While being here, make sure to check out Jaburvulu . Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Alihakar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Simeulue island

Simeulue island is an island of Indonesia, 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra. Simeulue was once a part of West Aceh Regency but was split off in 1999 and became an independent Simeulue Regency. Simeulue was close to the epicenter of the 9.3 magnitude 26 December 2004 earthquake. On 28 March 2005 a 8.7 magnitude stuck with its epicenter just off the south end of Simeulue Island.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.58 96.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Islands of Sumatra

Sinabang

Sinabang (Indonesian Sinabung) is a city on the east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Sinabang is the administrative seat (capital) of the Simeulue Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia and has a population of approximately 20,000.

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Located at 2.48 96.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Cities in Indonesia, Populated coastal places in Indonesia, Populated places in Aceh, Regency capitals of Indonesia

Lasikin Airport

Lasikin Airport is an airport in Sinabang, Simeulue island, Aceh, Indonesia. The airport was damaged by the 2004 tsunami and destroyed by the 2005 Sumatra earthquake. It was reopened on 1st November 2007 following 45 billion rupiah of spending by the Aceh-Nias recovery agency with control tower and enlarged runway facilitating larger turboprop aircraft. There are daily flights to Medan's Polonia Airport on Susi Air.

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Located at 2.42 96.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Airports in Indonesia

2002 Sumatra earthquake

The 2002 Sumatra earthquake occurred at 01:26 UTC on 2 November. It had a magnitude of 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale with an epicenter just north of Simeulue island and caused three deaths. This earthquake is regarded as a foreshock of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which had an epicenter about 60 km to the northwest.

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Located at 2.82 96.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: 2002 earthquakes, Megathrust earthquakes in Sumatra