Cot Rabo Baroh – a village in Kecamatan Peusangan, Kabupaten Bireuen regency
Cot Rabo Baroh is a small Indonesian settlement (desa) located in the province of Aceh on Sumatra, within Kabupaten Bireuen regency and administratively part of Kecamatan Peusangan. Based on its coordinates (5.241° North latitude, 96.751° East longitude), it lies near the North Sumatran coast in the interior regions of the province. No dedicated, detailed database or Wikipedia-level sources exist for the village itself, so the broader environment described below is based on verified data available at the Kabupaten Bireuen regency level, into which the settlement is integrated. The regency's capital is Bireuen city, from which Cot Rabo Baroh as part of Kecamatan Peusangan is located at no great distance.
General overview
Cot Rabo Baroh is one of the villages of Kecamatan Peusangan, integrated into the administrative system of Kabupaten Bireuen. The regency became an independent administrative unit on October 12, 1999, when it was separated from the former Kabupaten Aceh Utara territory. Kabupaten Bireuen lies along the main highway connecting Banda Aceh and Medan cities, and is considered a transit zone with significant traffic between three neighboring regions—Kabupaten Bener Meriah, Kabupaten Pidie Jaya, and Kabupaten Aceh Utara. This geographic position defines the region's general character: the transport axis passing through the area provides relatively good connections to larger cities. Cot Rabo Baroh itself, judging by its name, is a smaller community following Aceh traditional village naming conventions, whose local life is characterized by agricultural and small-community activities—this is, however, an inference extending beyond available sources, derived from the general character of the region rather than based on concrete local data. According to regency-level characterization, Kabupaten Bireuen is also known by the name "the city of struggle" (kota juang), which alludes to its historical role.
Real estate and investment
No independent, verifiable sources exist regarding Cot Rabo Baroh's real estate market. For Kabupaten Bireuen regency as a whole, it can be said that due to its transit role along the Banda Aceh–Medan route, the region attracts some economic activity, which in general terms may stimulate local real estate demand near main roads. However, according to the general real estate market dynamics characteristic of Aceh province and rural regions of Indonesia, property turnover in smaller villages is typically low, prices are moderate compared to major cities, and development projects are rare. An important general legal framework to note is that in Indonesia, foreign nationals cannot acquire full ownership rights (Hak Milik) to real estate; only limited rights such as usage rights (Hak Pakai) are available to them, under specified conditions and temporal restrictions. This general Indonesian regulation applies to Aceh province, including Kabupaten Bireuen territory. Based on all this, Cot Rabo Baroh would be of interest for real estate purchase primarily to local rather than foreign investors, and interested parties are advised to engage local legal counsel.
Safety and security
No concrete, settlement-level statistical data exists regarding Cot Rabo Baroh's public safety. From a broader regional context perspective, an important historical fact is that Kabupaten Bireuen formerly served as one of the main bases of the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), the Aceh Freedom Movement, and military emergency law was in effect in the area from May 2003. Following the 2005 Helsinki peace agreement, the situation gradually normalized, and today Aceh province, and within it Kabupaten Bireuen, has a significantly more stable public security situation than before. Indonesian authorities and the local Aceh government have taken substantial steps over the past two decades to strengthen public safety. Nevertheless, travelers and investors are always advised to obtain information from the most current official local sources or consular briefings, since conditions in rural areas may differ from those in cities, and specific data regarding Cot Rabo Baroh are not accessible.
Tourist attractions
No data exists in available sources regarding direct tourist attractions of Cot Rabo Baroh. At the Kabupaten Bireuen regency level, however, an important historical fact is that on June 18, 1948, during the period of the Second Dutch Military Aggression (Agresi Militer Belanda II, 1947–1948), Bireuen city was temporarily declared Indonesia's second capital, and the Emergency Government of the Indonesian Republic (PDRI) fleeing from Bukittinggi relocated its seat there. This historical legacy makes Bireuen city a place of distinctive national commemoration within the regency, and holds substantial appeal for those interested in Indonesian history. Beyond this, the regency and the broader Kecamatan Peusangan region possess the natural and cultural characteristics generally typical of Aceh province—hilly-mountainous backdrop, rice fields, local mosque cultural heritage—but no specifically named tourist attraction regarding Cot Rabo Baroh can be identified from available sources. Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, is also accessible via the Banda Aceh–Medan main highway and hosts numerous well-known tourist sites.
Summary
Cot Rabo Baroh is a small Aceh village community in Kecamatan Peusangan, Kabupaten Bireuen regency, located along the Banda Aceh–Medan transport corridor. The regency itself is an important figure in Indonesian history, and since the Helsinki peace process, public safety has gradually stabilized in the region. Independent, detailed information regarding Cot Rabo Baroh cannot be found in publicly available sources, so the picture of the village is based primarily on broader regency-level data. Interested parties are advised to gather information from local sources and directly from authorities at the kecamatan or kabupaten level for the most current and detailed information.
