{{Short description|City in Aceh, Indonesia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Subulussalam | official_name = City of Subussalam<br />{{nobold|''Kota Subussalam''}} | translit_lang1 = Other | translit_lang1_type1 = Jawoë | translit_lang1_info1 = سبل السلام{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Lae_Oram,_Simpang_Kiri,_Subulussalam_City,_Aceh,_Indonesia_-_panoramio_(2).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = A road and palm oil plantation in Subulussalam | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Lambang Kota Subulussalam.png | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = ''Sada Kata''<br />(One Word) | image_map = Lokasi Aceh Kota Subulussalam.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Aceh | pushpin_map = Indonesia_Sumatra North#Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia | coordinates = {{coord|2|38|32|N|98|0|15|E|region:ID|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{INA}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Sumatra | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Aceh}} | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = City | established_date = 2 January 2007 | established_title1 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date1 = | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | extinct_title = | extinct_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = {{Ill|Rasyid Bancin|lt=Rasyid Bancin|id}} | leader_title1 = Vice Mayor | leader_name1 = {{Ill|Nasir Kombih|lt=Nasir Kombih|id}} | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1391 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 105553 | population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kota Subussalam Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.1175)</ref> | timezone1 = IWST | utc_offset1 = +7 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+62) 627 | iso_code = | website = {{URL|http://www.subulussalamkota.go.id/|subulussalamkota.go.id}} | footnotes = }}
'''Subulussalam''' (Jawoë: سبل السلام) is a city in the south of Aceh province of Indonesia.<ref name="geographic-org-coords" /> It is located inland on the island of Sumatra. On 2 January 2007, the provincial government of Aceh declared Subulussalam to be an independent ''city'' as a result of the administration being separated from that of Aceh Singkil Regency. of which it was formerly a part.<ref name="depdagri-go-id" /> It is located at {{coord|2.6423|N|98.0041|E|display=inline|format=dms}}.<ref name="geographic-org-coords" /><ref name="arsipan-org-peta" /><ref name="acehprov-go-id-Profil_Subulussalam" /><ref name="acehprov-go-id-Kota_Subulussalam-pdf" /> It covers an area of 1,391 km<sup>2</sup>, and it had a population of 67,446 at the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and of 90,751 at the 2020 Census;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> the official estimate as in 2024 was 105,553.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kota Subussalam Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.1175)</ref> As a result, Subulussalam is the most sparsely populated city in Indonesia, with an overall population density in 2024 of only 75.9 people per km<sup>2</sup>, and including wide swathes of rural areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inews.id/news/nasional/ini-8-kota-tersepi-di-indonesia-tertarik-untuk-tinggal|title=Ini 8 Kota Tersepi di Indonesia, Tertarik untuk Tinggal?|website=iNews|access-date=8 November 2022|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108134858/https://www.inews.id/news/nasional/ini-8-kota-tersepi-di-indonesia-tertarik-untuk-tinggal|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Administrative Districts == Subulussalam city consists of five administrative districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011"/> and the 2020 Census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021"/> together with the official estimates for 2024.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kota Subussalam Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.1175)</ref> The table also includes the number of administrative villages (''gampong'') in each district, and its postal codes.
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Kode<br>Wilayah || Name of<br>District<br>(''kecamatan'') || Area <br> in <br>km<sup>2</sup> || Pop'n<br>Census<br>2010|| Pop'n<br>Census<br>2020|| Pop'n<br>Estimate<br>2024||No.<br>of<br>villages||Post<br>codes |- | 11.75.01 || Simpang Kiri <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Simpang Kiri Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1175010).</ref> ||align="right"| 213 ||align="right"| 27,573||align="right"| 35,886||align="right"| 41,619||align="center"| 17||24781 |- | 11.75.02 || Penanggalan <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Penanggalan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1175020).</ref> ||align="right"| 93 ||align="right"| 11,479||align="right"| 16,916||align="right"| 19,929||align="center"| 13||24780 |- | 11.75.03 || Rundeng <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rundeng Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1175030).</ref> ||align="right"| 320 ||align="right"| 10,994||align="right"| 14,142||align="right"| 16,423||align="center"| 23||24779 |- | 11.75.04 || Sultan Daulat <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Sultan Daulat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1175040).</ref> ||align="right"| 602 ||align="right"| 12,960||align="right"| 17,126||align="right"| 19,820||align="center"| 19||24783 |- | 11.75.05 || Longkib <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Longkib Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1175050).</ref> ||align="right"| 163 ||align="right"| 4,440||align="right"| 6,681||align="right"| 7,762||align="center"| 10||24782 |- | || ''Totals'' ||align="right"| ''1,391'' ||align="right"| ''67,446''||align="right"| ''90,751''||align="right"| ''105,553''||align="center"| ''82''|| |}
==Climate== Subulussalam has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Subulussalam | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 30.9 | Feb high C = 31.5 | Mar high C = 31.8 | Apr high C = 31.9 | May high C = 32.0 | Jun high C = 32.1 | Jul high C = 31.7 | Aug high C = 31.6 | Sep high C = 31.0 | Oct high C = 30.7 | Nov high C = 30.3 | Dec high C = 30.4
| Jan mean C = 26.0 | Feb mean C = 26.3 | Mar mean C = 26.7 | Apr mean C = 26.9 | May mean C = 27.0 | Jun mean C = 26.8 | Jul mean C = 26.4 | Aug mean C = 26.4 | Sep mean C = 26.3 | Oct mean C = 26.3 | Nov mean C = 25.9 | Dec mean C = 25.9 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 21.2 | Feb low C = 21.2 | Mar low C = 21.6 | Apr low C = 22.0 | May low C = 22.1 | Jun low C = 21.6 | Jul low C = 21.2 | Aug low C = 21.3 | Sep low C = 21.6 | Oct low C = 21.9 | Nov low C = 21.6 | Dec low C = 21.5 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=246 |Feb rain mm=212 |Mar rain mm=274 |Apr rain mm=344 |May rain mm=250 |Jun rain mm=172 |Jul rain mm=179 |Aug rain mm=250 |Sep rain mm=250 |Oct rain mm=366 |Nov rain mm=365 |Dec rain mm=305 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/581957/ |title = Climate: Subulussalam |publisher = Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 5 November 2020 |archive-date = 20 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230220123442/https://en.climate-data.org/asia/indonesia/aceh/subulussalam-581957/ |url-status = live }}</ref> }}
== See also == {{portal|Indonesia}} * List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
== References == {{Reflist | refs =
<!-- there are conflicting coordinates in Google, and elsewhere, that are wrong; see user talk:Jack Merridew for discussion on this --> <ref name="geographic-org-coords">{{cite web | title = Subulussalam, Indonesia | date = 2008-02-29 | work = geographic.org | publisher = National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | location = Bethesda, MD, USA | url = http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=10373214&fid=2412&c=indonesia | accessdate = 2011-02-10 | archive-date = 2011-07-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726083249/http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=10373214&fid=2412&c=indonesia | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name="arsipan-org-peta">{{cite web | title = Peta Administrasi Subussalam | publisher = Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (for Aceh and Nais) | work = know.arsipan.org | url = http://know.arsipan.org//dc/map/20090100_Peta_Administrasi_Subussalam.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = 2011-02-10 | archive-date = 2011-02-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110207022857/http://know.arsipan.org/dc/map/20090100_Peta_Administrasi_Subussalam.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name="depdagri-go-id">{{cite web | title = Act No.8 2007 | date = 2007-01-02 | work = depdagri.go.id | publisher = Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs | url = http://www.depdagri.go.id/produk-hukum/2007/01/02/undang-undang-no-8-tahun-2007 | accessdate = 2011-02-10 | archive-date = 2011-07-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721120444/http://www.depdagri.go.id/produk-hukum/2007/01/02/undang-undang-no-8-tahun-2007 | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name="acehprov-go-id-Profil_Subulussalam">{{cite web | title = Profil Subulussalam | date = 2010-05-05 | publisher = Government of Aceh Province | work = acehprov.go.id | url = http://www.acehprov.go.id/23-KabupatenKota/10.88.146/Profil-Subulussalam | accessdate = 2011-02-11 | archive-date = 2012-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311043821/http://www.acehprov.go.id/23-KabupatenKota/10.88.146/Profil-Subulussalam | url-status = live }}</ref> <ref name="acehprov-go-id-Kota_Subulussalam-pdf">{{cite web | title = KOTA SUBULUSSALAM | publisher = Government of Aceh Province | work = acehprov.go.id | url = http://www.acehprov.go.id/images/stories/file/23%20Kab_Kota/PDF/SUBULUSSALAM.pdf | accessdate = 2011-02-11 | archive-date = 2010-12-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101212092505/http://acehprov.go.id/images/stories/file/23%20Kab_Kota/PDF/SUBULUSSALAM.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
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