Lawang – small settlement in Kecamatan Peudada, Kabupaten Bireuen, Aceh Province
Lawang is a small Indonesian settlement located in Bireuen Regency (Kabupaten Bireuen) in Aceh Province (Provinsi Aceh) on the island of Sumatra, and administratively belongs to Peudada District (Kecamatan Peudada). Based on its coordinates (5.1586609° N, 96.5863469° E), it is situated on the eastern side of Aceh Province near the Strait of Malacca. No independent, specifically cited Wikipedia source is available for this settlement; therefore, in the sections below, all statements are clearly marked as referring to the broader district, the regency, or the province rather than exclusively to the village. For Lawang – as with numerous small villages throughout Aceh and Kabupaten Bireuen – the basic administrative classification and geographic location constitute reliably documented knowledge.
General overview
Lawang falls within the administrative territory of Kecamatan Peudada, which is one of the districts of Kabupaten Bireuen in the central-northern part of Aceh Province. Kabupaten Bireuen is a relatively populated regency: it is one of the province's important agricultural and commercial areas, characterized by rice cultivation, fishing, and small-scale agriculture. Since the regency extends along the main highway running along Sumatra's northern coast, the area maintains relatively organized road connections with the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, and with the region's second most important city, Lhokseumawé. Lawang itself, if it follows a typical rural pattern found in Peudada, is likely an agrarian community with a small population, though concrete, independently corroborated data on this point is not available. No publicly accessible, detailed English or Hungarian language encyclopedic description exists for Kecamatan Peudada district; therefore, the following sections rely on verifiable relationships at the level of Kabupaten Bireuen and Aceh Province, clearly indicating this attribution.
Real estate and investment
No settlement-level, publicly accessible data on Lawang's real estate market is known. In the broader Kabupaten Bireuen region, the real estate market primarily serves local needs: demand concentrates mainly on residential properties and smaller agricultural plots, while tourism-focused or investment-oriented developments are primarily characteristic of the province's more urbanized areas, notably Banda Aceh and its surroundings. Under Indonesia's generally applicable real estate regulations, foreign nationals cannot directly acquire full ownership rights (Hak Milik) over land; instead, they have access to Hak Pakai (usage rights) or other limited legal forms, the duration and conditions of which are set by law. This general framework also applies in Aceh Province, though Aceh's special autonomous status (Daerah Istimewa Aceh) may result in certain local regulatory peculiarities, the details of which require consultation with Indonesian legal experts. In small, rural villages such as Lawang is presumed to be, real estate transactions are typically low in volume, and the majority of transactions occur within informal or local community frameworks.
Safety and security
No independent, specifically cited statistics on safety and security in Lawang are available. A well-known characteristic of Aceh Province is that the decades-long armed conflict ended in 2005 with the Helsinki Agreement, and since then the province's security situation has significantly stabilized. Kabupaten Bireuen was among the affected areas during the period of conflict; however, over the past decade, the region – like the province as a whole – has experienced a normalization of civilian life. Aceh Province operates under a Sharia-based local legal system (Qanun Aceh), which influences daily life and the maintenance of public order; this represents a local particularity perceptible to visitors as well. Generally speaking, in rural areas such as Kecamatan Peudada, community security operates largely within frameworks of local social control and traditional village institutions (the gampong system), though the available source material does not provide specific data regarding Lawang in this regard.
Tourist attractions
No source-supported, named information is available regarding tourist attractions in Lawang. Kecamatan Peudada district and the broader Kabupaten Bireuen region are not among Aceh Province's most well-known tourist destinations; the province's most significant natural and cultural landmarks are typically concentrated elsewhere. Banda Aceh city – the provincial capital and also one of the areas most severely affected by the 2004 tsunami – serves as an important memorial site through numerous monuments and museums, including the Banda Aceh Tsunami Museum, which is among the most well-known visitor facilities in the province. Within Kabupaten Bireuen and in the province's interior areas, natural features are present, but their precise relationship to Lawang, accessibility, and distance cannot be reliably determined due to lack of sources. For those traveling in the Peudada district and surrounding areas, it is advisable to inquire with the local regency administration or reliable local tourism sources regarding current, geographically relevant opportunities.
Summary
Lawang is a small settlement administratively belonging to Kecamatan Peudada, situated within Kabupaten Bireuen territory in Aceh Province in the northern part of Sumatra. The available source material contains no substantive, specific data about the village; therefore, characteristics regarding the real estate market, public safety, and tourism can only be approximated based on the verifiable relationships of the broader region – the regency and the province. For gaining knowledge of the area and for concrete planning, it is advisable to rely on current local Indonesian sources and information obtained directly from kabupaten- or kecamatan-level authorities.
