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Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2, includ
Minangkabau women carrying platters of food to a ceremony
Traditional house in Simalungun North Sumatra
Kedukan Bukit Inscription, using Pallava alphabet, is the oldest surviving specimen of the Old Malay language in South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time, a Mw 9.2–9.3 earthquake struck with its epicenter off the west coast of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known in
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…crackdowns in 2001 and 2002 resulted in several thousand civilian deaths. The island was heavily impacted by both the 1883 Krakatoa eruption and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Sumatra's population as of mid 2025 was estimated to be about 62,259,500 it has about the same number of inhabitants as South Africa, making it the…
US Navy 050102 N 9593M 040 A village near the coast of Sumatra lays in ruin after the Tsunami that struck South East Asia
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Man searching through rubble in Meulaboh after 2004 tsunami DM SD 06 11957
2004 tsunami balanced