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Silawar Destination Guide
Discover Silawar in Indonesia
Silawar in the region of North Sumatra is a town located in Indonesia - some 844 mi or ( 1359 km ) North-West of Jakarta , the country's capital .
Local time in Silawar is now 01:41 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Jakarta " with a UTC offset of 7 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Sondi, Sinaksak, Saribudolok, Parapat, and Pematangraya. When in this area, you might want to check out Sondi . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Silawar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Indonesia, Sumatra in 1940 before Japanese occupation
A year before Indonesia was occupied by the Japanese during WW2 an American traveler took these colour pictures of the island. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Barusjahe
Barusjahe is a subdistrict and village of Karo Regency. It is a major production centre for growing oranges, and for cut flowers. It is located in the east of Karo regency, bordering Merek subdistrict to the south, Simalungun Regency to the southeast, and Deli Serdang Regency to the north east. To the west is Tigapanah subdistrict. It is 16km from Kabanjahe, and 101 km from Medan. The elevation is 1200 metres, and the area is 128.04 square kilometres. There are 19 desa within Barusjahe.
Located at 3.17 98.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Pematangsiantar
Pematangsiantar (sometimes written as Pematang Siantar, acronym PT. Siantar or P. Siantar, colloquially just Siantar but the official name has no space) is an independent city in North Sumatera, Indonesia, surrounded by, but not part of, the Simalungun Regency. Pematangsiantar formerly had the status of a second level district (daerah tingkat dua) and has been elevated to Kota - its population was 219,319 in 1990 Census, 242,756 in 2000 Census, and 229,525 in the 2005 Intercensal count.
Located at 2.96 99.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.