Calang

Calang, the capital of the Aceh Jaya Regency of the special territory (daerah istimewa) of Aceh was on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It had a population of about 12,000 though it was reported to have "vanished completely leaving only scattered shards of concrete" as a result of the tsunami produced by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Only about 30 per cent of the townspeople have survived.

Calang
Town
Indonesian Navy landing craft KRI Teluk Banten (516) and KRI Teluk Langsa (501) and a US Navy Seahawk helicopter in Calang
Calang
Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Calang
Calang (Northern Sumatra)
Calang
Calang (Sumatra)
Calang
Calang (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°38′N 95°35′E
Country Indonesia
RegionSumatra
ProvinceAceh
RegencyAceh Jaya Regency
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 654
An Indonesian child stands amid the destruction of the tsunami in the village of Calang, Sumatra, Indonesia

The trail of destruction left by the tsunami extends two kilometers inland from the coast. Whole hills have been washed away.

The township, a former Indonesian Military (TNI, Tentara Nasional Indonesia) stronghold, will be relocated inland according to Indonesian Welfare Minister Alwi Shihab.

Climate

Calang has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Calang
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.1
(84.4)		 30.0
(86.0)		 31.6
(88.9)		 32.3
(90.1)		 31.2
(88.2)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.6
(88.9)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.9
(87.6)		 29.7
(85.5)		 29.0
(84.2)		 30.7
(87.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.3
(79.3)		 26.6
(79.9)		 27.5
(81.5)		 28.2
(82.8)		 27.8
(82.0)		 27.8
(82.0)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.9
(82.2)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.6
(81.7)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.3
(79.3)		 27.3
(81.1)
Average low °C (°F) 23.5
(74.3)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.4
(74.1)		 24.1
(75.4)		 24.4
(75.9)		 24.3
(75.7)		 23.7
(74.7)		 24.2
(75.6)		 23.8
(74.8)		 24.4
(75.9)		 23.9
(75.0)		 23.7
(74.7)		 23.9
(75.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 231
(9.1)		 170
(6.7)		 234
(9.2)		 287
(11.3)		 327
(12.9)		 266
(10.5)		 285
(11.2)		 312
(12.3)		 369
(14.5)		 384
(15.1)		 357
(14.1)		 250
(9.8)		 3,472
(136.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[1]

See also

References
  1. "Climate: Calang". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

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