Tuesday 17 September 2013

Teluk Dalam

Teluk Dalam

Teluk Dalam
As of 2004, Teluk Dalam has 39 villages with a population of 76,750 and a population density of 157/kmx.
Teluk Dalam has various tourist sites, such as Sorake Beach, Lagundri Beach and Bawxmataluo which hosts Nias traditional houses of hundred years ago.
Teluk DalamTeluk Dalam port came about after the original port in the south of Nias Island was in Lagundri Bay. In 1883, the resulting tsunami from the Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java washed the original Teluk Lagundri trade village away. The trade village was moved to the present position in Teluk Dalam.
On 28 March 2005, the 2005 Sumatra earthquake destroyed many ancient sites and many people were killed.
On 2 April 2005, an Australian Sea King helicopter carrying 11 soldiers on a humanitarian mission to help the earthquake victims crashed there, killing 9 soldiers.

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