Takengon is a town in Aceh, Indonesia. The town itself sits on three administrative districts of the Central Aceh Regency - Bebesen, Kebayakan, and Lut Tawar, and acts as the seat of Central Aceh Regency. The town is in the highlands of western Sumatra, situated on the shores of Lake Laut Tawar. The region around Takengon is well known for its coffee. The indigenous people in Takengon are the Gayonese people or as they're usually called, "urang Gayo".
Takengon | |
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Town | |
Other transcription(s) | |
• Jawi | تقاڠاون |
![]() ![]() Takengon | |
Coordinates: 4°36′N 96°51′E | |
Country | Indonesia |
Province | Aceh |
Regency | Central Aceh Regency |
Time zone | UTC+7 (Western Indonesia Standard Time) |
During the 11th century, a Gayo kingdom known as Linge existed in the vicinity of Takengon in Central Aceh. Following the Aceh War and the intrusion of Dutch colonialism, the region was established as an Onderafdeeling in 1904, with Takengon as its seat. Due to Takengon's location in the highlands, Dutch authorities assumed that it would be able to sustain commercial plantations, and despite the poor road connections and infrastructure in the region agricultural commodities became making inroads in Takengon. 1914 saw the opening of a road connecting Takengon to Bireuën, allowing the entry of commercial firms who opened pine and coffee plantations.[1][2]
Following Indonesian independence, Takengon was organised as the administrative seat of Central Aceh Regency, which initially also included modern Gayo Lues and Bener Meriah until they were split out in 1974 and 2003 respectively.[2]
Takengon is served by the Bener Meriah Rembele Airport (IATA: TXE, ICAO: WITK), which on March 3, 2016, has been improved to accommodate bigger airplanes with 30 by 2,250 metres square runway, 95 by 150 metres square apron and 1,000 metres square terminal to serve up to 200,000 passengers per year. Currently Rembele Airport has about 4,000 passengers a year.[3]
Takengon has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate to heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Takengon | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 25.1 (77.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.7 (69.2) |
Average low °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 165 (6.5) |
118 (4.6) |
185 (7.3) |
172 (6.8) |
129 (5.1) |
61 (2.4) |
67 (2.6) |
86 (3.4) |
145 (5.7) |
206 (8.1) |
224 (8.8) |
222 (8.7) |
1,780 (70) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[4] |
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