Cot Lagan Bubon – a small Acehnese village in Woyla district, Aceh Barat regency
Cot Lagan Bubon is a small settlement in Aceh province, Indonesia, located on the western coastal region of Sumatra island. Administratively, it belongs to Woyla district (Kecamatan Woyla), which forms part of Kabupaten Aceh Barat (Aceh Barat regency). Based on its coordinates (4.3447° north latitude, 96.0970° east longitude), it is situated in the inland, inter-river area of the region, relatively close to the Indian Ocean coastline. Since settlement-level statistical data is not available in the database, the broader geographical and administrative context is presented below based on verified data available at the regency and provincial levels.
General overview
Cot Lagan Bubon is not among the widely known Indonesian tourist or economic destinations; it is primarily a local administrative unit known to inhabitants of the immediate region. The settlement falls under the administration of Kecamatan Woyla, which itself forms part of Kabupaten Aceh Barat. After administrative reorganizations – the so-called pemekaran, or territorial division – the regency's area was reduced to 2,927.95 km², and as of mid-2024 it had approximately 207,690 inhabitants. The regency's capital is the city of Meulaboh, which is the region's most significant urban and commercial center. Aceh Barat covers a section of the western and southern coastline of Sumatra; the area is characterized by both flat river valleys and extensions of the Aceh mountains, which are determining factors for agriculture – primarily rice cultivation and palm oil production. Cot Lagan Bubon, as a small settlement located near the Woyla river watershed, presumably fits into this agricultural rural development pattern, although no direct settlement-level sources are available to confirm this.
Real estate and investment
No independent, reliable source data is available regarding the real estate market in Cot Lagan Bubon. The broader context is provided by Kabupaten Aceh Barat: the regency's rural settlements generally have low land prices and limited secondary real estate market activity, as demand is primarily concentrated on local agricultural and residential properties. In the region, the palm oil sector and fishing-related infrastructure are the most significant economic factors from an investment perspective, rather than real estate turnover. Foreign nationals are subject to the general framework of Indonesian land law: under the Hak Milik (full ownership) principle, foreign citizens cannot directly acquire Indonesian land; for them, primarily Hak Pakai (use rights) or Hak Sewa (lease rights) arrangements are available. Before making an investment decision, it is advisable to seek local legal and real estate professional advice, particularly in a rural region where property registration and administrative transparency may differ from that of larger cities.
Safety and security
No reliable settlement-level statistics are available regarding public safety in Cot Lagan Bubon. Generally speaking, Aceh province – Indonesia's only province implementing a broad sharia-based local legal system – has undergone a consolidated political and security situation since the 2005 Helsinki peace agreement, which concluded the long-running armed conflict. In rural, less urbanized areas such as Woyla district, public safety is generally influenced both by local community structures and the province's distinctive legal framework. In recent decades, Aceh province and Aceh Barat regency have not been characterized by higher-than-average crime rates, but no separate source data is available regarding this specific village; therefore, rather than making generalizations, the broader regional context can be taken into consideration.
Tourist attractions
Cot Lagan Bubon itself is not listed among tourism-recognized destinations, and no source data regarding specific attractions in the village is available. In the broader region, however, within Kabupaten Aceh Barat's territory, several well-known attractions can be found, which are mentioned in regency-level sources. The city of Meulaboh is the birthplace of the national hero Teuku Umar – Teuku Umar's name appears in numerous local institutions and memorial sites, including in the form of the Universitas Teuku Umar state university. The regency as a whole is characterized by a long, largely pristine ocean coastline, which reached 250 km in length during the earlier, broader administrative area. The natural and cultural heritage of the broader Aceh region – highland rainforests, river systems, and local monuments of Acehnese Islamic culture – can generally be approached from around Meulaboh. The precise relationship of Cot Lagan Bubon to these attractions cannot be reliably determined without precise distance data, but based on the location of Woyla district, it is situated in an agricultural zone within the regency's interior areas.
Summary
Cot Lagan Bubon is a small, rural settlement in Aceh province, within the administrative framework of Kecamatan Woyla and Kabupaten Aceh Barat, in the western part of Sumatra. No independent settlement-level source data is available for it; thus the presentation is based on verified regency-level data. The broader region – Aceh Barat, which had approximately 208,000 inhabitants as of mid-2024 – has regional significance in terms of Acehnese cultural heritage, agricultural activities, and natural resources, but the specific village itself cannot be counted among the more well-known Indonesian destinations from a tourism or investment perspective.
