Aur Peulumat – a small settlement in South Aceh's Labuhanhaji Timur District
Aur Peulumat is an Indonesian village (desa) located in the southern part of Aceh Province (Provinsi Aceh) on Sumatra, within the administrative area of Kabupaten Aceh Selatan, belonging to Kecamatan Labuhanhaji Timur district. Based on its coordinates, the settlement is positioned at approximately 3.51 degrees north latitude and 97.03 degrees east longitude, placing it near the northwestern coastal region of Sumatra. Kabupaten Aceh Selatan is one of the defining southern districts of the province, created in 1956 by Emergency Law No. 7 of 1956, and achieved its present territorial extent in 2002 following the separation of Kabupaten Aceh Barat Daya and Kabupaten Aceh Singkil. Regarding Aur Peulumat itself, no independent, detailed source documentation is available; therefore, the following description relies primarily on knowledge at the regency level and on generally known regional contexts.
General overview
Aur Peulumat forms part of Kecamatan Labuhanhaji Timur, which is located in the eastern areas of Aceh Selatan regency. The kabupaten's total population in mid-2023 was 239,475 persons; the most densely populated district is Kecamatan Labuhan Haji, followed by Kecamatan Kluet Utara. A significant portion of the regency's population is concentrated along the coastal main road and along riverbanks — this distribution reflects a characteristic spatial pattern typical of the eastern districts of Aceh Selatan, including Labuhanhaji Timur. Aur Peulumat is likely a smaller, agricultural-character settlement, whose main sources of livelihood can be linked to the plantation-based agriculture characteristic of the region (cacao, coconut, clove, rubber) — these crops play a defining role in the lives of numerous rural communities in Aceh Selatan. The village's independent, settlement-level statistics and institutional data are not publicly available, so its size, infrastructure provision, and community organization can only be inferred from the broader district-level framework.
Real estate and investment
Regarding Aur Peulumat and the broader Kecamatan Labuhanhaji Timur area, no detailed, publicly available real estate market data exists. Considering Kabupaten Aceh Selatan as a whole, the region's relatively low level of urbanization and its coastal, agricultural character determine the dynamics of the real estate market: rural plots and smallholdings are exchanged primarily among local buyers for agricultural use. From an investment perspective, the slower-developing areas of Kabupaten Aceh Selatan — including Labuhanhaji Timur — do not possess the infrastructure appeal that characterizes rapidly appreciating property environments. Indonesian land ownership regulation generally also restricts direct land ownership by foreign individuals: as a rule, foreigners in Indonesia cannot acquire land based on Hak Milik (full ownership rights), but may only hold property under limited titles — for example, in the form of Hak Pakai (usufruct rights). This general regulatory framework applies to rural areas of Aceh Province, including the area around Aur Peulumat, and it is recommended to involve local legal experts before any investment decision.
Safety and security
No separate, authenticated source is available regarding the public safety of Aur Peulumat. It can be stated generally that Aceh Province has shown sustained stability since the signing of the 2005 Helsinki Accord, the peace agreement that ended the earlier armed conflict. Kabupaten Aceh Selatan belongs to the more moderately economically active, rural regions of the province, where everyday public safety is typically similar to that experienced in other small Indonesian rural communities. As in most similarly sized and rural settlements, no verifiable data indicating the presence of organized crime or serious public safety problems is known. Visitors and those planning longer stays are advised to follow the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' current travel recommendations and information from provincial-level authorities.
Tourist attractions
Source material does not mention named tourist attractions in the immediate vicinity of Aur Peulumat. Kabupaten Aceh Selatan, however, does possess natural assets that characterize the regency as a whole: in the southern Aceh region, numerous nature parks, river valleys, and coastal sections are known, though their precise location and exact distance relative to Aur Peulumat cannot be specified based on available sources. The district's name — Labuhanhaji Timur — suggests that the area is connected to the coastal zone centered on Labuhanhaji, where the port and surrounding coastal area form the basis of local transportation and commercial life. The regency's seat, Tapaktuan, is the main urban and administrative center of Aceh Selatan, where local cultural and religious sites can also be found — however, these cannot be directly linked to Aur Peulumat, and verifiable data is lacking to provide precise distances.
Summary
Aur Peulumat is a small, rural-character settlement in Kabupaten Aceh Selatan region of Aceh Province, located within Kecamatan Labuhanhaji Timur. The publicly available source material provides reliable data primarily at the regency level: in mid-2023, the kabupaten counted nearly 240,000 residents, and population density is concentrated in coastal and riverside areas. Due to the absence of independent, detailed documentation of Aur Peulumat, only generalizations applicable to the broader south Aceh rural environment can be formulated about the village, and any more detailed information requires the use of on-site or official Indonesian data sources.
