Simeulue Tengah

Simeulue Tengah (Central Simeulue) is a district of the Simeulue Regency on Simeulue island in the Indonesian province of Aceh. At the 2010 Census it had a total population of 9,010 people,^[1] living in 1,930 households in 2005.^[2] Following the splitting off of eight villages (kampong) to form a separate Simeulue Cut district in 2012, the reduced Simeulue Tengah District covers 112.48 km² and had a population of 7,647 in mid 2023.^[3]

Central Simeulue (Kecamatan Simeulue Tengah)
District (Kecamatan)
Central Simeulue
Coordinates: 2°36′15″N 96°0′32″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Aceh
Regency	Simeulue
Area
• Total	112.48 km2 (43.43 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)
• Total	7,647
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)

Administrative divisions

As at 2010, Simeulue Tengah was divided administratively into 24 kampong. However in 2012 eight of these were removed from the regency to form a new district (kecamatan) of Simeulue Cut. The remaining sixteen kampong are:

• Dihit
• Kampung Aie
• Kuta Batu
• Lakubang
• Lamayang
• Lambaya
• Latitik
• Lauke
• Lauree
• Luan Sorip
• Putra Jaya
• Sebee
• Situfa Jaya
• Suak Baru
• Wel Langkum
• Wel Wel