Aceh Selatan ndi imodzi mwa zigawo za m'chigawo cha Aceh. South Aceh ili kum'mwera ndiye dzina lake South Aceh. Kukhazikitsidwa kwa South Aceh posachedwa kudutsa Mtengo No. 7 wa 1956 pa 4 November 1956. South Aceh ili pafupi kwambiri ndi Nyanja ya Indian, nyengo yakumwera kwa aceh ndi yotentha. Aceh Selatan malire a Abdya (Aceh Barat Daya) kumadzulo.
Ndipo kummawa, pafupi ndi Subulussalam ndi Aceh Singkil. Ndipo kumpoto malire a Aceh Tenggara. Chigawo cha South Aceh chimafanana ndi chitsulo chifukwa chili pafupi ndi Bukit Barisan Mountains ndi Indian Ocean.
Dera lonse la South Aceh liri pafupi 7% mwa malo onse a chigawo cha Aceh. Ali ndi zigawo 18 kuchokera ku Labuhan Haji Barat kupita ku East Trumon. South Aceh kumakhala anthu a Minangkabau omwe amadziwika kuti Aneuk Jamee. Iwo adayendayenda kuchokera m'zaka za zana la 15. City Tapaktuan kuchokera kutalika, kuwona malo a Tapaktuan omwe ali ngati malo. Mzinda wa Tapaktuan umatchedwanso TALUAK. Kalekale, panali nkhani ya Performangan Tuan Tapa ndi Chinjoka. Mzinda wa Tapak Tuan umawoneka wokongola chifukwa cha malo omwe amakhala pafupi ndi nyanja, Mzinda wa
Tapaktuan umakhalapo ndi mapazi aatali omwe akuyenda pansi ndipo tsopano ndi malo ena omwe amapezeka mumzinda wa Tapaktuan. Panthawiyo, panali mnyamata wina dzina lake Teuku Tuan. M'mbiri yakale, sitidziwika kumene Teuku Tuan amachokera. Koma akuuzidwa kuti Teuku Tuan ndi khalidwe lomwe limayambitsa chiyambi cha Mzinda wa Tapak Tuan.
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Ndipo kummawa, pafupi ndi Subulussalam ndi Aceh Singkil. Ndipo kumpoto malire a Aceh Tenggara. Chigawo cha
Amakhala yekha pamtunda wamapiri, tsiku lililonse munthu wamtali nthawi zonse amadya m'phanga. Mphindi iliyonse sadayiwala kutchula dzina la Allah, nthawi zambiri ankatenga masayansi ndi zamatsenga za Mulungu chifukwa nthawi zambiri amakhala pafupi ndi Mulungu polambira. Koma Teuku Tuan amatchedwa Bambo Tapa, chifukwa nthawi zambiri amasinkhasinkha kuphanga