FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Gunung Sitoli is the capital city of Nias regency, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. It is located at 1°17′ N 97°37′ E. Pulau Nias off of Sumatra, Indonesia Nias (Bahasa Indonesia: Pulau Nias, Nias language: Tanö Niha) is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... Map of North Sumatra province within Indonesia North Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera Utara) is one of the provinces of Indonesia. ...
Its area is 230.8 km². As of 2004, it has 60 villages with population of 74,203 and population density 322/km². 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
On 28 March2005, the 2005 Sumatran earthquake destroyed parts of the city and caused casualties. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Epicentre map from NOAA USGS image depicting earthquake zones for the Sunda Trench - Damage zones for 1833 and 1861, then 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and 28 March 2005 Sumatran earthquake. ...
GUNUNGSITOLI, Indonesia - Nine Australian military personnel were presumed dead on Saturday after their navy helicopter crashed during a rescue mission to Nias, the Indonesian island devastated by an earthquake.
The helicopter was involved in an aid effort along with around 1,500 Indonesian soldiers digging through the rubble of houses destroyed in the magnitude 8.7 quake on Monday night.
Reuters correspondents who rode by motorbike from Gunungsitoli along the road to Teluk Dalam town some 120 km (75 miles) south on Friday saw widespread damage to houses, bridges and roads and little sign of aid reaching people.
GUNUNGSITOLI, Indonesia - Strong aftershocks rattled Indonesia's earthquake-devastated Nias island on Thursday as international aid flowed in and rescuers pulled survivors and bodies out of the rubble of collapsed buildings.
A Reuters reporter on a ferry arriving at Gunungsitoli laden with troops, foreign volunteers, heavy lifting equipment, ambulances and other vehicles said the port was congested with ships, mostly from the Indonesian navy, bringing aid.
The imperative, one doctor on the ferry said, was to tend to the injured as soon as possible.
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