Medan

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Medan
Medan (Indonesia)
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Coordinates 3 ° 35 '  N , 98 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 3 ° 35 '  N , 98 ° 41'  E
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Indonesia

Geographical unit

Sumatera
province Sumatera Utara
ISO 3166-2 ID-SU
surface 265.1 km²
Residents 2,102,105 (2008)
density 7,929.5  Ew. / km²
Website www.pemkomedan.go.id
politics
mayor Akhyar Nasution ( PDI-P )
View over Medan (2008)
View over Medan (2008)
Location of Medan

Medan (also: Kota Medan ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of Sumatra Utara (North Sumatra ).

Location and structure

The city spreads out on a coastal plain in the northeast of the island of Sumatra, with the city center being approximately 20 km from the coast and the Strait of Malacca . The sea port of Belawan is located on the coast .

The Batak or Toba highlands begin more than 50 km to the southwest. At its edge, the city is Berastagi , behind the volcano Sinabung and Lake Toba .

Medan is the capital of the province of North Sumatra and is surrounded by the government district ( Kabupaten ) Deli Serdang .

The city itself is further divided into 21 Kecamatan (sub-districts) and 151 Kelurahan . The 21 sub-districts are:

  • Tuntungan
  • Johor
  • Amplas
  • Denai
  • Area
  • Kota
  • Maimun
  • Polonia
  • Baru
  • Selayang
  • Sunggal
  • Helvetia
  • Petisah
  • Barat
  • Timur
  • Perjuangan
  • Tembung
  • Deli
  • Labuhan
  • Marelan
  • Belawan
Medan
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: WMO
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Medan
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31.6 32.0 32.7 32.9 33.4 33.3 32.9 33.3 31.9 31.7 31.0 30.9 O 32.3
Min. Temperature (° C) 22.2 22.6 23.2 23.5 23.3 23.6 23.5 22.8 22.2 22.6 23.0 22.5 O 22.9
Precipitation ( mm ) 92 115 97 157 178 141 167 185 263 387 253 228 Σ 2.263
Rainy days ( d ) 14th 19th 13 18th 22nd 15th 13 17th 24 22nd 20th 19th Σ 216
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history

Medan was founded by Karo- Batak in 1590 and was called Kampung Medan (Medan Village) or Medan-Deli . The settlement developed in the field of tension between different sultanates : the powerful Aceh and the smaller Deli , Siak and Serdang . It originally belonged to Deli until it was defeated and annexed by Aceh in 1612. In 1658 the Dutch took over the settlement, established tobacco plantations from 1860 and made Medan the capital of the province of North Sumatra in 1915 .

In 1823 Medan only had 200 inhabitants, in 1918 it had 43,900.

Two of Indonesia's largest airplane accidents occurred in the urban area of ​​Medan, each with almost 150 fatalities. On September 5, 2005, Mandala Airlines Flight 91 crashed over the city and on June 30, 2015 there was an air accident in which a Lockheed C-130 Hercules military aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force crashed over the city area.

population

The city is with a little over two million inhabitants - after Jakarta and Surabaya - the third largest city in Indonesia and before Palembang the largest city on the island of Sumatra . A total of over six million people live in the Medan metropolitan area with the adjacent Belawan seaport .

The population consists of Batak , although the mandailing are occasionally shown separately, and Malays from Javanese , Achinese , Sundanese , Minangkabau and Chinese ( immigrated as part of the Transmigrasi program) , but also Sikh , Arabs and Tamils .

Culture and sights

  • Some buildings in the Dutch style have been preserved in the city: the old town hall, the post office and the Tirtanadi water tower, which is also the symbol of the city. In and around Jl. Ahmad Yani there are a large number of interesting commercial buildings in Art Deco and Art Nouveau , but some are in a pitiful condition.
  • The Maimun Palace ( Istana Maimun ) was built in the years 1887-1891, while the last ruling sultan of Deli was still alive.
  • The Great Mosque (Masjid Raya) was built in 1906 in the Moroccan style by the Dutch architect Dingemans.
  • The Orangutan Rehabilitation Center is located in Bukit Lawang , on the edge of the Gunung Leuser National Park, about 70 km from the city .

education

There are 2 public and 20 private universities in the city.

Sports

Football is popular and there are two clubs in Medan: PSMS Medan and Medan Jaya . Wushu , a modern advancement of Chinese martial arts , is also widespread .

traffic

A large part of urban traffic is motorized becaks (three-wheel car Rikschas unwound).

A toll road connects Medan with Belawan and Tanjungmorawa. The railway connects Medan with Binjai and Tanjungpura in the northwest, with Belawan in the north and with Tebing Tinggi and Pematang Siantar in the southwest.

The old Bandar Udara Polonia Internasional airport is located near the city center. This airport was opened in 1928 on the site of a plantation that belonged to a Pole. It has been replaced by a new airport 18 km outside the city. The Kuala Namu Airport started in 2006 and the opening was on July 25, 2013.

In Medan there are land connections for the international submarine cables SEA-ME-WE 3 and SEA-ME-WE 5 .

photos

  • Great Mosque (1910)

  • Great mosque today

  • railway station

  • Railroad Crossing

  • Street scene

  • Medan at night

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

Web links

Commons : Medan  - collection of images, videos and audio files