Samosir
| Samosir | ||
 Rice field and fish farm on Samosir |
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| Coordinates | 2 ° 35 ' N , 98 ° 50' E | |
| Waters 1 | Lake Toba | |
| surface | 647 km² | |
 Map of Lake Toba |
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Samosir (Indonesian: Pulau Samosir ) is a volcanic island in Lake Toba in northern Sumatra . With 647 km² it is about the same size as the islands of Ibiza or Singapore .
It is the largest island in a lake on an island and has two small lakes of their own. Until a 20 meter wide canal ( Terusan Tanah Ponggol ) was pierced in 1906, it was connected to the rest of Sumatra on its west side near the city of Pangururan via a low isthmus, only 200 m narrow.
Most of the residents are Batak , a number of Europeans have also settled. The island belongs to the province of Sumatra Utara with the capital Medan and there to the administrative district Samosir with the capital Pangururan . From the port of Parapat on the mainland you can get to the island in about 30 minutes by boat. In addition to passenger ferries to the villages of Tuk Tuk , Tomok and Ambarita, there is a car ferry to Tomok.
The island has been a favorite backpacker destination since the 1970s . In Tuk-Tuk in particular, an extensive tourist infrastructure with a large number of accommodations and restaurants has emerged.
The cemetery of Tomok with its almost 400 year old stone graves and the huge banyan trees , the village of Ambarita on the east side of Samosir with its typical houses and a court, a well-preserved example of the beautiful Batak architecture and culture, and the village of Simanindo on the northern tip, where you can visit a very well-preserved Batak house, which is now a museum, and attend dance performances.
Current pictures
Batak court at Tomok
Ancestral home of the Toba Batak
Traditional Batak house
Lake Toba from Samosir
Batak village
Lake Toba as seen from Simanindo
Historical pictures
The Tropical Museum in Amsterdam made a large number of historical photos of Samosir available to Wikimedia Commons as part of a collaboration.
Landscape near Bangururan (1914/19)
Market and coast at Nainggolan (1925)
Congregation in Urat (1906)
Women dance in the village square (year unknown)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Haryatiningsih Moedjodo, Payaman Simanjuntak, Peter Hehanussa, Lufiandi: Lake Toba. (PDF; 614 kB) Experience and Lessons Learned Brief. In: ilec.or.jp. International Lake Environment Committee, accessed March 30, 2013 .