Meunasah Teungoh LT – village in Kecamatan Lhoksukon, Kabupaten Aceh Utara
Meunasah Teungoh LT is a gampong (Acehnese village unit) in Aceh Province, Indonesia, administratively part of Kecamatan Lhoksukon, which also serves as the administrative seat of Kabupaten Aceh Utara (North Aceh). The settlement is located in the northern part of Sumatra island, with approximate coordinates of 4.976° north latitude and 97.342° east longitude indicating its position within Kecamatan Lhoksukon. Its postal code is 24382, which it shares with other gampongs located within Kecamatan Lhoksukon. Direct, publicly available demographic or territorial data specific only to Meunasah Teungoh LT is not accessible; data available at the broader administrative unit level, Kecamatan Lhoksukon, are presented in the sections below with clearly marked sources.
General overview
Meunasah Teungoh LT has limited independent press or encyclopedic coverage, indicating it is a typical, small-scale Acehnese agricultural village. The gampong belongs to the Kecamatan Lhoksukon administrative district. Kecamatan Lhoksukon is part of Kabupaten Aceh Utara, within whose settlements the city of Lhoksukon itself holds a distinct role. Lhoksukon is the ibu kota (capital) of Kabupaten Aceh Utara, and is an area where agriculture, industry, and mining are the dominant economic sectors. Aceh Utara has one of the province's best transportation networks: urban and long-distance buses, railways, air service, and ships used for agricultural and industrial freight transport are all available. For Kecamatan Lhoksukon as a whole, according to Wikipedia data, the district population was 44,358 in the 2010 census, 49,733 in the 2020 census, and by mid-2023 the estimated population reached 51,421. Meunasah Teungoh LT is a smaller village community within this, and independent, administratively authenticated territorial and demographic data for it is currently not accessible in public sources.
Real estate and investment
At the Meunasah Teungoh LT level, neither transaction data nor advertised prices are publicly available, so the following present the verifiable market context of the broader Aceh Province. Aceh Province's economic growth over the past two decades has been volatile and lagged behind the national average; this has been caused by prolonged armed conflict, declining gas reserves, and earthquakes and tsunamis. Growth only began following extraordinary post-2004 tsunami reconstruction efforts. Aceh currently concentrates on four main development sectors: agro-industry, energy and infrastructure, tourism, and Aceh Economic Development Zones. The province's geographic advantage is its direct proximity to the Malacca Strait, making Aceh Indonesia's western regional hub for trade and connectivity. Under the generally applicable framework of Indonesian real estate regulations, foreign individuals cannot acquire full ownership rights to land in Indonesia, SHM (Sertifikat Hak Milik) type; they have available to them the so-called Hak Pakai (usage rights) or long-term lease constructions, whose details must always be discussed with a local lawyer and the applicable regulations in force. Kabupaten Aceh Utara and within it the Kecamatan Lhoksukon region represent primarily agricultural and commercial real estate markets driven by local and regional domestic demand, rather than a tourism-driven, investor-development-focused area.
Safety and security
Quantified local public safety statistics for Meunasah Teungoh LT or its immediate vicinity are not available from public sources, so the following present the verifiable general context of the broader region and province. Aceh Province has special status within Indonesia, where Islamic law applies to local administration and public order; the application of Islamic law varies in intensity in some districts, but travelers should fundamentally bear in mind that all of Aceh, particularly its northern and eastern coastal zones, are subject to Islamic law. The history of Kecamatan Lhoksukon includes a significant matter: between 1999 and 2003, Indonesian military personnel were stationed in the area guarding an oil and gas facility; in 2001, a lawsuit was filed in United States courts under the case name Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp., which settled in 2023. The province has been politically stabilized since the 2005 Helsinki peace accord; however, to assess current public safety conditions in a remote, rural village, guidance from local authorities and Indonesian diplomatic missions is authoritative.
Tourist attractions
No independently verified tourist attractions specific to Meunasah Teungoh LT village are known from sources. Within Kecamatan Lhoksukon and Kabupaten Aceh Utara, however, several visitable locations documented in verifiable sources can be identified. The most significant new religious-cultural attraction is Masjid HM Hanafiah, also known as Masjid Putih Lhoksukon (Lhoksukon White Mosque). The building stands in Desa Ranto village, Kecamatan Lhoksukon; its white-painted, Near Eastern-inspired façade is dominated by seven domes and two minarets. The mosque is located on a 6,377 square meter plot, with a building floor area of 816 square meters and accommodation capacity of approximately 880 people; it was inaugurated on March 5, 2024. The building was nominated in 2024 for Aceh Province-level "model mosque" and "accessible mosque" awards, under which wheelchair ramps and special washrooms were also constructed. Within the broader Kabupaten Aceh Utara area, at a distance accessible from Lhoksukon, further attractions can be found. The Rumah Cut Meutia museum operates in the former residence of Cut Meutia, a national heroine who played a prominent role among Acehnese women in the struggle against colonial rule; the house is now visitable as a museum in Gampong Masjid Pirak village, Kecamatan Matang Kuliban. Rumah Cut Meutia is approximately 9 kilometers from Lhoksukon. Among natural attractions, the Air Terjun Blang Kolam waterfall should be noted: the natural spectacle located in Kecamatan Kuta Makmur is approximately 75 meters high, two-tiered waterfall whose two water flows plunge into a single natural pool. From Lhoksukon, the journey to Blang Kolam takes approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. On the coast of Kabupaten Aceh Utara, Pantai Lancok beach in Desa Lancok village, Kecamatan Syamtalira Bayu, is known for its distinctive beachside palm huts and its unique tradition of blood cockle gathering.
Summary
Meunasah Teungoh LT is a small gampong in Kecamatan Lhoksukon, Kabupaten Aceh Utara, Aceh Province. Its independent, authenticated infrastructural or demographic characteristics are not publicly documented; the broader Kecamatan Lhoksukon serves as the administrative center of Kabupaten Aceh Utara and plays an important role from agricultural, industrial, and commercial perspectives in northern Sumatra. From real estate and tourism perspectives, the region cannot be classified among actively developed Indonesian target areas, but with the natural and historical attractions of Kabupaten Aceh Utara and the province's Islamic law-based public order stabilized since the 2005 peace accord, it offers a comprehensible regional context for those interested in the area.
