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Sumatra

Location One of the principal islands of Indonesia, between E Indian Ocean, Straits of Malacca
Latitude and longitude  0 50 S, 102 00 E
Sovereignty Indonesia
Political status notes Includes Aceh Special Region and Provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, Bengkulu, and Lampung
Population  40,830,400
Census notes est. 1995
Land area in square kilometers 443,066

Fundamental legal document(s) online
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement, August 15, 2005, from the Humanitarian Information Center for Sumatra (PDF 183K)
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement, August 15, 2005, from the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (PDF 183K)
 

Sources and other useful websites
Aceh Monitoring Mission
Acheh, from the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation
Aceh Peace Process Negotiations, from the Crisis Management Initiative
Humanitarian Information Centre Sumatra 
State of Acheh/Free Acheh Movement
Statistics Indonesia; this link was not working when Island Law was last updated
United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island Directory

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