Mesjid – gampong in Kecamatan Meurah Mulia district, North Aceh
Mesjid is a gampong – the lowest, village-level administrative unit of Aceh province – which belongs to Kecamatan Meurah Mulia district in Kabupaten Aceh Utara (North Aceh regency), in Aceh province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Based on its coordinates (5.1057064° N, 97.2349475° E), the settlement is located in the inland part of the district. According to Wikidata records, the gampong is registered as part of the Mukim Teungoh administrative unit and has its own SIGAP Aceh (Sistem Informasi Gampong) page. The district, Kecamatan Meurah Mulia, comprises a total of 50 gampongs, all of which are located on lowland areas (dataran) according to BPS 2016 statistical data.
General overview
Mesjid is a small village-level administrative unit not counted as a tourist destination, and it has no independent, widely accessible demographic or territorial data sheet. In the BPS (Badan Pusat Statistik, the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics) 2016 district-level report, the gampong is listed under the name "Mns Mesjid" and is classified as lowland (dataran) and non-coastal (bukan pantai) in character – that is, located inland away from the coast in an agricultural zone. Kecamatan Meurah Mulia itself is a relatively small district within the administrative framework of Kabupaten Aceh Utara; based on available data, the district's eastern neighbors are Kecamatan Nibong and Kecamatan Tanah Luas, and it is bordered on the west by Kecamatan Syamtalira Bayu and Kecamatan Gerpas. Independent settlement-level population or territorial data for the village is not publicly available; the total population of the broader Kabupaten Aceh Utara according to end-of-2023 data was 627,543 people. The name Mesjid – a word borrowed from Arabic meaning mosque – is indicative of the Islamic cultural heritage here, which is generally characteristic of Aceh province as a whole.
Real estate and investment
No independent real estate market data or analysis is publicly available for Mesjid gampong. Considering the broader regional context, Kabupaten Aceh Utara is a regency primarily characterized by agriculture and industry, where – through the development of Lhoksukon as the new regency seat – moderate infrastructure investments have taken place over recent decades. In such rural-classified areas, real estate prices are typically considerably lower than in Aceh urban centers, though liquidity and the demand base are also narrower. Under the general rules of Indonesian land law (Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria), foreign nationals cannot acquire full ownership rights (Hak Milik) of real property in Indonesia; for them, limited-duration lease agreements (Hak Sewa) or, under certain conditions, Hak Pakai title may be available. These rules are applicable throughout the country and thus also apply to Mesjid gampong. The proportion of agricultural land within the district – based on the generally lowland character and North Aceh's agrarian endowments – is presumably significant, though the article does not have specific parcel-level data.
Safety and security
Independent public security statistics for Mesjid gampong are not available from public sources. Aceh province as a whole operates within a unique legal and administrative framework: it enjoys special autonomy within the Republic of Indonesia, and local norms based on customary law (adat) and incorporating Islamic principles are also in force. In the rural districts characteristic of Aceh province as a whole – such as Kecamatan Meurah Mulia – community-level control and gampong-level self-governance traditionally play a strong role in maintaining local order. No source is available that would indicate a particular public security problem or special risk in Mesjid gampong; however, this is not equivalent to a factual security assessment. For any concrete travel or settlement decision, consultation of current information from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or other competent authorities, is recommended.
Tourist attractions
No independently named tourist attraction is known for Mesjid gampong from available sources. At the broader Kabupaten Aceh Utara regency level, however, several notable sites appear in verifiable sources. One of the most significant is the museum dedicated to the national heroine Cut Nyak Meutia, which was her former residence and is registered in Gampong Masjid Pirak, Kecamatan Matangkuli; it is accessible approximately 9 km from Lhoksukon, the regency seat, and roughly 31 km from Lhokseumawe city. The natural attractions of Kabupaten Aceh Utara include Air Terjun Blang Kolam (Blang Kolam waterfall), located in Kecamatan Kuta Makmur in the village of Sido Muliyo. On the regency's northern coastal area, Pantai Lancok (Lancok beach, Kecamatan Syamtalira Bayu) and Pantai Bantayan (Kecamatan Seunuddon) offer natural excursion opportunities. From a historical perspective, notable is the grave site and memorial of the Samudera Pasai Kingdom, registered in Kecamatan Samudera, which is a remnant of one of Indonesia's earliest Islamic political entities. All these attractions belong to various districts of the regency, and no verified attraction has been identified in the immediate vicinity of Mesjid gampong.
Summary
Mesjid is a small, lowland-character gampong in Kecamatan Meurah Mulia district, in the territory of Kabupaten Aceh Utara, in Aceh province. No independent, widely accessible population, real estate market, or tourist data is available; however, the broader regency-level context depicts a region overall agricultural and rural in character, with Islamic cultural traditions, whose regency seat is Lhoksukon. Kabupaten Aceh Utara – with a total population of approximately 627,543 – is one of the province's more populous regencies, but Mesjid gampong remains a poorly documented settlement of primarily local significance within this broader picture.
