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Saman Villas. / 6.395511; 80.00455. Saman Villas is located in the fishing village of Aturuwella, near the south west coastal town of Bentota, Sri Lanka. Saman Villas opened its doors on Christmas Day in 1995. [1] It is Sri Lanka's first boutique hotel.
North Aceh Regency. / 5.00; 96.75. North Aceh Regency ( Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Utara) is a regency in Aceh Province - which was formerly called the Aceh special territory ( Daerah Istimewa Aceh) in 1959–2001), and then Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam in 2001–2009), before reverting to Aceh Province in 2009. It is located on the island of Sumatra.
Saman dance. Saman (or the dance of a thousand hands) is one of the most popular dances in Indonesia. Its origin is from the Gayo ethnic group from Gayo Lues, Aceh province, Indonesia, and is normally performed to celebrate important occasions. [1] The dance is characterized by its fast-paced rhythm and common harmony between dancers.
Lhokseumawe City is an urban area surrounded on the landward side by Aceh Utara Regency and is located on the northeast coast of Sumatra. Being between Banda Aceh and Medan, Lhokseumawe City holds a strategic position as a distribution channel for trading traffic in Aceh Special region.
Aceh Sultanate. The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam ( Acehnese: Nanggroe Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë: اچيه دارالسلام ), was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline.
South Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Selatan) is a regency in the Aceh province of Indonesia.It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra.The regency covers an area of 4,173.82 square kilometres and had a population of 202,251 at the 2010 Census, 224,588 in 2015 and 232,414 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 239,475 (comprising 120,187 males and ...
Helga's Folly is an art nouveau boutique hotel situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka owned by Helga de Silva Blow Perera, [1] daughter of Fredrick de Silva. Gregory Peck, Peter Finch, William Holden, [2] Mahatma Gandhi, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics are some of the notable guests who stayed at the ...
Banda Aceh's Grand Mosque. Islam is the dominant religion in Aceh and over 98% of the 4 million people identify as Muslim. According to data from the 2005 census, the religious percentages in Aceh are 98.87% Islam, 0.87% Protestantism, 0.15% Buddhism, 0.09% Catholicism and 0.02% Hinduism. Islam in Aceh is Sunni with Shafi'i mazhab in Fiqh. History