Cot Ulim – a small settlement in Kecamatan Jeumpa, Kabupaten Bireuen, Aceh Province
Cot Ulim is a small settlement in Aceh Province, Indonesia, located in northern Sumatra. Administratively, it belongs to Kecamatan Jeumpa, which forms part of Kabupaten Bireuen. Based on its coordinates (5.1980186° N, 96.6651484° E), it is situated in the inland, terrestrial areas of the Bireuen regency along the Banda Aceh–Medan main highway. As no publicly accessible source material is directly available about the settlement itself, the description below relies on verifiable data at the broader Kabupaten Bireuen level, with the text indicating this explicitly where applicable.
General overview
Cot Ulim does not appear on broader Indonesian tourism or economic maps; it is one of the smaller, typically agricultural villages of Kecamatan Jeumpa. The district itself is integrated into the administrative system of Kabupaten Bireuen, whose seat is located in the town of Bireuen. Kabupaten Bireuen achieved independent administrative status on October 12, 1999, when it separated from the former Kabupaten Aceh Utara. Kabupaten Bireuen extends along the main highway between Banda Aceh and Medan, bordering three adjacent kabupatens – Kabupaten Bener Meriah, Kabupaten Pidie Jaya, and Kabupaten Aceh Utara – making the region an important transit zone from the perspective of transportation and trade in Aceh Province. This transit character may have implications for smaller villages, including Cot Ulim, as proximity to the main highway provides basic accessibility for local communities. The agricultural characteristics of the area – rice cultivation, horticultural crops, and in some places plantation agriculture, typical of Aceh's interior regions – determine the structure of local livelihoods, although detailed statistics for this particular village are not available.
Real estate and investment
No independent, authenticated source material is available regarding the real estate market of Cot Ulim. In the broader context of Kabupaten Bireuen, it can be noted that the region's transit role and its location along the main highway attract certain commercial and logistical interest; however, smaller interior villages typically have limited real estate turnover and primarily serve local needs. Generally, under Indonesian real estate regulations, foreigners cannot acquire full ownership (Hak Milik) of land in Indonesia; they have available to them long-term leasing arrangements, the Hak Pakai legal title, or the Hak Sewa forms. These general legal frameworks apply to Aceh Province and thus to Kabupaten Bireuen, although the special status of Aceh – enshrined following the 2005 Helsinki Accord through the province's special autonomy – may bring certain local regulatory peculiarities that necessitate the involvement of local legal experts in specific transactions. From an investment perspective, smaller villages such as Cot Ulim are currently best understood within the framework of local agricultural and residential real estate markets.
Safety and security
No independent safety and security statistics or police data specific to Cot Ulim are available. Important historical context regarding the broader region, Kabupaten Bireuen, includes the fact that the kabupaten was once a major base area of the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) movement, and military rule was in effect in the area from May 2003. The Helsinki Peace Accord signed in 2005 and the years that followed gradually normalized the situation. Aceh Province today operates under generally stable security conditions, with Aceh's special autonomy and Sharia-based local regulations providing the framework applicable throughout the province. For current, up-to-date information on the specific security situation before travel, reliable information is available from Indonesian authorities and the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Tourist attractions
No source material is available regarding named tourist attractions in Cot Ulim. Kabupaten Bireuen itself is not considered primarily a tourist destination, functioning rather as a transit and commercial area within Aceh Province. The kabupaten is historically noteworthy: according to Indonesian Wikipedia sources, the city of Bireuen was declared the second capital of the Indonesian Republic on June 18, 1948, during the period of the Second Dutch Military Aggression (1947–1948), and the Pemerintahan Darurat Republik Indonesia (PDRI) temporarily relocated its seat there from Bukittinggi. This historical role is linked to the city of Bireuen, which can be understood as the broader district center for Cot Ulim. For those traveling along the Banda Aceh–Medan route, the region offers transit-stop possibilities, with closer tourist destinations – coastlines, natural areas – located in other parts of Aceh Province and along the province's coastal regions.
Summary
Cot Ulim is a modest-sized Acehnese settlement belonging to Kecamatan Jeumpa in Kabupaten Bireuen, for which no independent, detailed source material is available. In the broader context of Kabupaten Bireuen, understanding is based on the region's transit role, its economic-historical background, and stabilization following the Helsinki Accord. The area is not tourism-focused; the smaller villages within it, including Cot Ulim, are best understood primarily as local agricultural and residential communities in Sumatra's interior regions.
