Medan Labuhan

Last updated November 12, 2019

Medan Labuhan is one of 21 administrative districts (kecamatan) in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Medan is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. It is the largest city in Sumatra and the fifth-most populous city proper in Indonesia with a 2016 estimated population at 2,229,408 within its city limits. The Medan metropolitan area is home to 4.6 million people, making it the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country and the largest outside of Java. Medan is a multicultural metropolis and a busy trading city bordered by the Strait of Malacca. A gateway to the western part of Indonesia, Medan is supported by the Port of Belawan and Kualanamu International Airport, both of which are connected to the city centre via toll road and railway. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four main central cities of Indonesia, alongside Jakarta, Surabaya, and Makassar.

North Sumatra is a province of Indonesia. It consists of a large northwestern belt of the island of Sumatra and its capital is Medan. North Sumatra is the fourth most-populous province after West Java, East Java and Central Java — it covers an area of 72,981 sq.km, and at the Census of 2015 it had a population of 13,923,262; the latest official estimate as at mid 2019 is 14,639,400.

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres, the 14th largest by land area and 7th in the combined sea and land area. With over 261 million people, it is the world's 4th most populous country as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.

Boundaries of the district (Indonesian: kecamatan):

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To the north: Medan Belawan
To the south: Medan Deli
To the west: Medan Marelan
To the east: Deli Serdang Regency

Medan Marelan district in Medan City, Sumatera Utara Province, Indonesia

Medan Marelan is one of 21 administrative districts (kecamatan} in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Deli Serdang Regency Regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Deli Serdang is a regency in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. It surrounds the city of Medan, and also borders the chartered city Binjai, which is effectively a bedroom community for Medan. It occupies an area of 2,241.7 sq.km. The capital of the district is Lubuk Pakam, which is located approximately 30 km east of Medan. The national census of 2000 recorded 1,573,987 people, but by 2010 the regency's population increased by 13.76% to 1,790,431, and at the 2015 Census the total was 2,025,533. Medan's new airport in Kuala Namu is in this regency.

At the 2010 Census, it had a population of 111,173 inhabitants. Total area is 36.32 km² and the population density in 2010 was 3,061 inhabitants/km².^[1]

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References

↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.

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[1] Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.