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East Aceh - East Aceh District has natural resources, from forests, gas to marine and fishery sectors making East Aceh the biggest catcher of fish in Aceh.

Geographical

Geographically, East Aceh District is one of 23 districts / municipalities in Aceh Province located at coordinates 4 • 09'21,08 "-5 • 06'02,16", North latitude and 97 • 15'22, 07 "-97 • 34'47,22" east longitude.

With an area of 6,040.60 square kilometers or 10.53% of Aceh province, East Aceh Regency consists of 24 Subdistricts, 513 Villages, and 59 Mukim consisting of 1606 Dusun with a total population of 423,820 thousand inhabitants.

Economic growth

The pace of economic growth in East Aceh is experiencing abundant growth from various sectors, ranging from food crops, plantations, forestry, fishing and fishery and industries with abundant natural resources ranging from potential Marine, oil and gas and other mining supported by found coal in East Aceh is more complete in the field of natural resources.

Agriculture

Data obtained from East Aceh Agriculture Office, in 2014, the land area of rice fields reached 35,065 Ha, the harvest area of 258,996 Ton / Year with the unhulled grain of 22,667.1 Ton / Year with rice equivalent of 13,600,2 Ton / Year.

Plantation

East Aceh Plantation sector is also a prima donna sector with a total area of 151,298.49 Ha, with production of 230,811.86 Ton / Year while managed by the National Company and BUMN of 80. 715.91 Ha.

The results of plantations in East Aceh Regency on a large scale of Palm Oil, rubber, cocoa, coconut, and areca nut, for oil palm plantation which is managed 24,997.50 Ha, with 199,790.19 Ton / Year. For rubber plantation with an area of 22,019.50 Ha which produces 14,973.89 Ton / Year while Cocoa or Cocoa plantation is 12. 725,5 Ha which produce 6,714,60 Ton / Year.

In addition to large-scale plantations or priorities, East Aceh Regency also has other mainstay communities such as pinang with a land area of 2,697.00 Ha with the result of 1,605.80 Ton / Year. For East Aceh Regency coconut has a land area of 6,851,50 with yield of 6,086,96 Ton / Year. In addition to these two types of plants East Aceh also has plants in small scale such as Coffee, Pecan, and others that are still in the governance by the community and until now there has been no private company or state-owned companies that develop the plant.

Marine and Fisheries

The district of Aceh Timur is directly adjacent to the Malacca Strait, making it rich in marine products. The coastal fishing port of Kuala Idi, the largest fish producer in all of Aceh, has become the center of activity for fishermen in East Aceh.

Based on data collected from the Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of East Aceh in 2014 and the number of fishermen reached 13. 216 people, while the number of fishing fleet (Boat and Boat) reached 2700 Units and sea catch reached 21,807.66 Ton / Year with value average money of Rp. 420.940.189.000, - / Year.

To increase the fishery sector East Aceh also has a pond with an area of 17,837 hectares with the number of fish farmers as many as 5,998 people, with annual output reaching 10,592 tons with the total value of fish farming production of 229.531 million per year.

In addition, East Aceh is also a salt business people or often known by salt farmers in 2015 the number of salt farmers in East Aceh reached 242 people who are divided in. In 26 groups of people and has a land area of 18,134 Ha.

Oil and Gas (Oil and Gas)

Other natural potentials that are prima donna as well as the economic strength of East Aceh Regency are oil and gas, which is currently being undertaken by PT Medco E & P Malaka. The presence of the Company is expected to accommodate local labor as much as possible so as to reduce unemployment in the productive age.

PT Medco Aceh Timur has also built dr. Zubir Mahmud from CRS assistance and has been functioned by the government as the fulfillment of health services to the people of East Aceh. In addition to these sectors, the Government of East Aceh is currently actively implementing improvements and development in all areas, be it rural, urban and government infrastructure.

For the year 2015, the East Aceh District Government is increasing the capacity of the two-lane road (or two-way street) using APBN funds, in addition to the two-way street, the Government of East Aceh is also implementing land acquisition for Elak Road located in District Peureulak and the capital of East Aceh district.

East Aceh district is also ready to cope with disasters such as floods, landslides and other disasters. This is seen by the normalization of grooves or creeks to anticipate flooding. Pemkab open wide for local and overseas investors who will invest in East Aceh district.