Official Name: | Calang |
Translit Lang1: | Other |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Jawoë |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | چالڠ |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia_Aceh#Indonesia_Sumatra North#Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sumatra |
Subdivision Name2: | Aceh |
Subdivision Type3: | Regency |
Subdivision Name3: | Aceh Jaya Regency |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | IWST |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 4.6333°N 130°W |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | (+62) 654 |
Calang (Jawoë: چالڠ), the capital of the Aceh Jaya Regency of the special territory (daerah istimewa) of Aceh is on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It had a population of about 12,000 though it was reported to have "vanished completely leaving only scattered shards of concrete" as a result of the tsunami produced by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Only about 30 per cent of the townspeople survived.
The trail of destruction left by the tsunami extends two kilometers inland from the coast. Whole hills have been washed away.
The township, a former Indonesian Military (TNI, Tentara Nasional Indonesia) stronghold, has been relocated inland according to Indonesian Welfare Minister Alwi Shihab.
Calang has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.