Calang
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Town
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Jawoë | چالڠ |
Indonesian Navy landing craft KRI Teluk Banten (516) and KRI Teluk Langsa (501) and a US Navy Seahawk helicopter in Calang
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  Calang Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia Show map of Aceh Calang Calang (Northern Sumatra) Show map of Northern Sumatra Calang Calang (Sumatra) Show map of Sumatra Calang Calang (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 4°38′N 95°35′E / 4.633°N 95.583°E / 4.633; 95.583 | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Region | Sumatra |
| Province | Aceh |
| Regency | Aceh Jaya Regency |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (IWST) |
| Area code | (+62) 654 |
Calang (Jawoë: چالڠ), the capital of the Aceh Jaya Regency of the special territory (daerah istimewa) of Aceh is on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It had a population of about 12,000 though it was reported to have "vanished completely leaving only scattered shards of concrete" as a result of the tsunami produced by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Only about 30 per cent of the townspeople survived.
The trail of destruction left by the tsunami extends two kilometers inland from the coast. Whole hills have been washed away.
The township, a former Indonesian Military (TNI, Tentara Nasional Indonesia) stronghold, has been relocated inland according to Indonesian Welfare Minister Alwi Shihab.
Calang has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Calang | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.1 (84.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 231 (9.1) |
170 (6.7) |
234 (9.2) |
287 (11.3) |
327 (12.9) |
266 (10.5) |
285 (11.2) |
312 (12.3) |
369 (14.5) |
384 (15.1) |
357 (14.1) |
250 (9.8) |
3,472 (136.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
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4°38′N 95°35′E / 4.633°N 95.583°E / 4.633; 95.583
