Thecity and neighbouring low-lying villages were hard hit by the 2004 'Christmas' tsunami. Mementos to the disaster are to be found all over town, but it is also impressive how well Banda Aceh has recovered, with international aid well spent. Baiturrahman Grand Mosque - Of course there are many mosques in Banda Aceh, but the Mesjid
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disadvantaged Many of the inhabitants worked as fishermen, pedicab drivers or sellers in the local market. The school was approximately three kilometres from the city of Banda Aceh in one of the nine sub-districts of the Banda Aceh municipality. The school was close to the sea; about 1.8 kilometres from the shore, less than half a kilometre
BandaAceh is the largest city that was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia. The number of the human casualties recorded from this city was also large. It is estimated around 92,000 people died around Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar district due to the Indian Ocean tsunami (BRR and UNORC 2005).
TSUNAMISTRIKES. The city of Banda Aceh, on the island of Sumatra, before and after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami. Top: May 14, 2004. Bottom: December 29, 2004, days after the massive wave struck the coastline. Images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite.Tsunamisurvivor Nurmala, 31, holds her eight-month-old daughter Marsia in front of their future home provided by Muslim Aid, December 21, 2005 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Thedeath toll was enormous. Worldwide, it is estimated that about 230,000 people died that day. Aceh province, on the northern end of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was hit hardest. 105tsunami. Banda Aceh's population has increased since the disaster with slight decreases in 2008 and 2009 due to the departure of106 foreign aid and reconstruction workers (15). By 2012 in the 107 Meuraxa sub district, the population has increased to 18,617. The growth of population ibetween Fromthe devastating Sumatran quake and tsunami of 2004 to a monstrous temblor in Siberia that, such as Banda Aceh and Meulaboh, Indonesia. No one died, but in Hawaii, property damage was The2004 tsunami caused massive damage in most of the city of Banda Aceh, where the tsunami flow was penetrated up to 5 km from the shoreline. The tsunami affected 6 of 9 sub-districts in the city
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