Sumatra; Simeulue is near the left edge in the upper half

Simeulue is an island in the Indian Ocean, 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra. Administratively, it is a regency (kabupaten) of Aceh, Indonesia. Sumatra Island map, modified and cropped from PCL map collection File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Sumatra Island map, modified and cropped from PCL map collection File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... A regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) is a political subdivision of a province in Indonesia. ... Aceh (IPA pronunciation: , pronounced approximately Ah-Cèh, but with [e], not [ei] at the end) is a special territory (daerah istimewa) of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. ...

With its isolated geographic location, it is not affected by the turmoil of conflicts in mainland Aceh between the Indonesian government and Free Aceh Movement (GAM). There is no activity of the GAM on these islands. ASNLF Flag The Free Aceh Movement (Indonesian: Gerakan Aceh Merdeka or simply GAM), also known as the Aceh Sumatra National Liberation Front (ASNLF), is an armed separatist group seeking independence for the Aceh region on Sumatra from Indonesia. ...

Administration

Simeulue was once a part of West Aceh regency but broke away in 2000 with the hope that the region's development would improve. The seat of the regency is Sinabang. Aceh Barat, or West Barat, is a district of the special territory of Aceh on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. ...

The regency is divided into 8 subdistricts (kecamatan). A subdistrict (kecamatan) is a subdivision of a regency (kabupaten) or city (kota) in Indonesia. ...

Demographics

Its people are similar to the people in the neighboring Nias Island, with a language that differs from mainland Aceh. Most of people of Simeulue are Muslim. Pulau Nias, off Sumatra, Indonesia Nias (Indonesian: Pulau Nias, Nias language: Tanö Niha) is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ...

Flora and fauna

The regency is known for its cloves. One of its signature mainstays is the Simeulue buffalo, a small animal whose meat is sweeter than the mainland buffalo. The buffalo is often sold outside Simeulue Island and has a high price for its prime quality. In the island's center, much of the original prime rainforest has been felled to give way to palm oil plantations. Binomial name Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merrill & Perry Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. ... Species Bubalus arnee Bubalus depressicornis Bubalus quarlesi Bubalus mindorensis Bubalus is a genus of bovines, the English name of which is buffalo. ...

Outline of Simeulue, with the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake indicated

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Earthquake

It was close to the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, but loss of life was surprisingly low, mainly as the people are familiar with earthquakes and tsunamis in this seismically active region and so knew to leave the coast after the earthquake. Simeulue rose at least 6 feet during the earthquake on the eastern coast, leaving the flat top of its coral reefs above high tide level and dry and dead. On the west coast, the land was submerged, seawater flooding fields and settlements. The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004 earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. ... An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy in the crust that propagates seismic waves. ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef. ... High Tide was a band that was formed in 1969 by Tony Hill (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Simon House (violin and keyboards), Pete Pavli (bass) and Roger Hadden (drums). ...