Cot Lada – small village in Bubon District, Aceh Barat Regency
Cot Lada is an Indonesian village (desa) located in the western part of Aceh Province in Sumatra, within the territory of Kabupaten Aceh Barat (Aceh Barat Regency), specifically in Kecamatan Bubon (Bubon District). Based on its coordinates (4.3226064° N, 96.1487219° E), it falls within the inland, hilly zone of the western coastline of Sumatra island. The settlement is part of Aceh Province, which holds special autonomous status within Indonesia. No independent, settlement-level public source material exists for Cot Lada; therefore, the following description relies primarily on data at the broader regency and provincial levels, which are clearly indicated as such.
General overview
Cot Lada is one of the villages in Kecamatan Bubon within Kabupaten Aceh Barat. The region's natural characteristics are well illustrated by the fact that Aceh Barat Regency — in its extent prior to administrative changes — covered a significant section of Sumatra's western and southern coastline, reaching a length of 250 kilometers. Following administrative reorganizations, the current regency area encompasses 2,927.95 km² and counted approximately 207,690 residents as of mid-2024. Bubon District belongs to the more interior, less urbanized part of Aceh Barat Regency, where agriculture — primarily rice cultivation and plantation farming — has traditionally been a dominant source of livelihood. The name and location of Cot Lada suggest a small, mainly agricultural community, though reliable, publicly available data on the village's internal conditions, population, or infrastructure cannot be found. The broader region is strongly Acehnese and Muslim in religious and cultural character, which is evident in both daily life and local customs.
Real estate and investment
Independent real estate market data for Cot Lada is not available. In general terms, the real estate market in Kabupaten Aceh Barat is characterized by conditions typical of rural, less developed regencies: property transaction intensity is low, and investor activity concentrates around the regency seat, Meulaboh. In smaller villages, such as presumably Cot Lada, real estate transactions typically occur through local, informal channels, and prices fall far below those of tourism or urbanized zones. Under Indonesia's general land ownership regulations, foreign nationals cannot acquire full ownership rights (Hak Milik); for them, the frameworks of Hak Pakai (right of use) or Hak Sewa (lease right) are available, applicable for limited periods and under special conditions. From an investment perspective, in such a small village with modest infrastructure development, risks are high, liquidity is low, and development potential depends significantly on possible improvements in local road connectivity and public services. These observations reflect the general context applicable to rural areas of Aceh Barat Regency, rather than Cot Lada-specific market analysis.
Safety and security
Public statistics or local police data specific to security in Cot Lada are not available. For Aceh Province as a whole, it can be said that the 2005 peace agreement — which concluded the decades-long armed conflict with the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) separatist movement — fundamentally changed the security situation, and the province has gradually stabilized over the past two decades. In Aceh Province, stricter than usual local regulations apply, governed within the framework of local Islamic-based ordinances (qanun) that regulate public life. In rural villages such as Cot Lada, community control and traditional norms generally create strong social cohesion, which can favorably affect local public security, though infrastructure isolation can complicate rapid official response in urgent cases. All of this represents a generalizable characteristic of the broader Acehnese rural context, not a Cot Lada-specific fact.
Tourist attractions
No verifiable, publicly available source material discusses named tourist attractions in Cot Lada. However, in the broader Kabupaten Aceh Barat region, several sites are known that represent the region's natural and cultural heritage. Meulaboh, the regency seat, is the birthplace of Teuku Umar, an Indonesian national hero, after whom the local Universitas Teuku Umar is also named. Aceh Barat's coastline — along with remnants of the long-extending coastline that existed before the 2004 tsunami devastation — is notable for its natural beauty. The tsunami itself fundamentally transformed the region's character, and memorial sites and commemorative parks form an important part of the region's history. Based on Cot Lada's position in Kecamatan Bubon, it presumably offers agricultural landscape and terrain marked by hills, though no concrete data exists on the village as an independent tourist destination. For visitors, the nearest cultural and natural sites identifiable at regency level are most easily accessed from Meulaboh.
Summary
Cot Lada is a small, rural settlement in Kecamatan Bubon, within Kabupaten Aceh Barat territory, in Aceh Province, on Sumatra island. No independent, detailed public data exists for the village; based on broader regency-level data, the region has a relatively small population (the regency as a whole counted approximately 207,690 people in 2024), and economically the agricultural sector dominates. Regarding the real estate market, public security, and tourist opportunities, Cot Lada shares the general characteristics of rural villages in Kabupaten Aceh Barat, which are marked by modest infrastructure, strong local community traditions, and the determining role of Acehnese cultural and religious values.
