Meunasah Nga LT – small rural community in Kabupaten Aceh Utara, Kecamatan Lhoksukon
Meunasah Nga LT is a gampong (rural community unit) in Aceh Province, Indonesia, forming part of Kabupaten Aceh Utara (North Aceh Regency), and located on Sumatra Island. The settlement belongs to the Kecamatan Lhoksukon administrative district. The city of Lhoksukon serves as the administrative seat of Kabupaten Aceh Utara. Direct, settlement-level statistical data for Meunasah Nga LT is not available from publicly accessible sources; accordingly, the information below presents verified data at the district, regency, and provincial levels, clearly indicating the scope of the data throughout. Based on the gampong's coordinates (5.0174° N, 97.3314° E), the settlement is located in the interior of the northern coastal region of Aceh Province, within the broader geographic region of the Strait of Malacca.
General overview
Meunasah Nga LT is a small-sized gampong belonging to Kecamatan Lhoksukon. Within the administrative system of Aceh Province, the gampong level represents the smallest territorial unit; within the area of Kecamatan Lhoksukon, numerous similarly named gampongs are located, their names typically beginning with the word "meunasah" — in Acehnese tradition, this refers to a building serving as a local community and religious gathering place, and is an important element of village identity. According to available data on the kecamatan area, Kabupaten Aceh Utara covers a total area of 2,705.26 km², had a population of 534,085 in the 2010 census and 602,793 in the 2020 census; the official estimate for mid-2025 is 647,619 inhabitants. The broader administrative framework of the gampong, Kabupaten Aceh Utara, forms part of one of the largest industrial regions outside Java, particularly since the opening of the liquefied gas processing facility in the city of Lhokseumawe in 1974, PT Arun LNG. Across the entire regency, the agricultural sector is known for the regency's importance as a rice producer. Meunasah Nga LT itself does not appear with named attractions, industrial facilities, or public institutions in available public sources; the gampong is likely characterized by agricultural and residential features, as is the case for many similar small communities in Kecamatan Lhoksukon.
Real estate and investment
Independent real estate market data for Meunasah Nga LT is not found in available sources. For the broader region, Kabupaten Aceh Utara and Aceh Province, general information can be provided noting that the overall economic potential of Kabupaten Aceh Utara is the most significant in Aceh Province, and per capita income excluding oil and natural gas revenues exceeds 1.4 million rupiah, while including oil and gas revenues reaches 6 million rupiah. Regarding the real estate market at the provincial level of Aceh, the median price of properties offered for sale at the provincial level is currently approximately 137,216 USD, and the median price per square meter is approximately 1,317 USD. The determining factor in the regency's economic structure is that gas and oil fields were discovered near Lhokseumawe already in the 1970s, which attracted numerous investors to exploit natural resources. At the small village level, such as Meunasah Nga LT, the real estate market is typically narrow and local in character: demand primarily stems from local housing needs, and transactions rarely appear in formal, widespread real estate brokerage systems. Under the generally applicable frameworks of Indonesian property ownership regulations, foreign individuals cannot acquire full ownership rights (Hak Milik) in property in Indonesia; limited property rights defined by law are available to them, therefore professional legal advice is essential for any investment intention.
Safety and security
Independent public safety statistics for Meunasah Nga LT are not available from public sources. To understand the broader provincial context, it is worth noting that Aceh Province — to which the gampong and regency belong — applies Sharia law, and visitors must plan their travel accordingly, particularly in the northern and eastern coastal areas. The province was known for a long period for its aspirations toward political independence, and due to prolonged conflictual conditions, the Indonesian government maintained travel restrictions on Aceh Province territories. Since the 2005 peace agreement and the reconstruction process following the 2004 tsunami, the security situation in the province has generally stabilized, although local conditions at the small community level can only be reliably assessed from local sources. The area of Kecamatan Lhoksukon and more broadly Kabupaten Aceh Utara experienced the conflictual period, one known and documented episode of which occurred between 1999 and 2003 when ExxonMobil contracted Indonesian soldiers to protect an oil and gas facility in Lhoksukon, and in 2001 eleven residents of Aceh Province filed suit against ExxonMobil in the United States, alleging abuses; the Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp case was settled by agreement in 2023. Fresh local knowledge is necessary for assessing the everyday security situation at the small community level.
Tourist attractions
The gampong of Meunasah Nga LT has no named tourist attractions in available public sources. For the broader region, Kabupaten Aceh Utara, the historical heritage of the Samudera Pasai Sultanate is of outstanding significance: the Samudera Pasai sites are located in the Samudra sub-district of the Aceh Utara area, and the sultanate is considered the first Islamic kingdom of the Indonesian archipelago and indeed of all Southeast Asia. The former Pasai port settlement's core area is located approximately 15 kilometers to the east of present-day Lhokseumawe, at the mouth of the Pasai River, where it flows into the Strait of Malacca. The history of the sultanate is preserved primarily by the tombs of Sultan Malikussaleh and his granddaughter, Ratu Nahrisyah, which form part of the complex that survives to the present day and is maintained. Regarding the tourism offerings of the province as a whole, Aceh Province has 797 tourist attractions and 774 cultural heritage sites, distributed among 23 regencies and cities. Lhoksukon, the administrative seat of Kabupaten Aceh Utara, covers an area of 243 km² and had a population of 49,733 in the 2020 census. For visitors to the region, the ruins and tomb complex of the Samudera Pasai kingdom represent the most significant, source-supported historical destination within Kabupaten Aceh Utara.
Summary
Meunasah Nga LT is a small gampong in the area of Kecamatan Lhoksukon, in Kabupaten Aceh Utara, in Aceh Province, on the northern part of Sumatra. Independent, settlement-level statistical or tourist data is not publicly available for the gampong; its characteristics can be approached through the broader context of the district and regency. Kabupaten Aceh Utara is economically based on the regency's oil, gas, and agricultural sectors, while historically it is grounded in the heritage of the Samudera Pasai Sultanate. The daily life, property relations, and public safety of the gampong are determined by the Islamic legal and cultural frameworks of the broader province.
