Jantho

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Jantho

|image_alt = Great Mosque of Jantho, Greater Aceh

|motto =

|image_skyline = Great_mosque_of_Jantho.jpg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = Great Mosque of Jantho, Greater Aceh

|settlement_type = Town

|pushpin_map = Indonesia_Aceh#Indonesia_Sumatra North#Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Indonesia

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Aceh

|subdivision_type2 = Regency

|subdivision_name2 = Aceh Besar Regency

|leader_title =

|leader_name =

|established_title =

|established_date =

|area_magnitude =

|unit_pref =

|area_footnotes =

|area_total_km2 = 592.50

|area_land_km2 =

|area_water_km2 =

|population_as_of = 2020 Census

|population_footnotes = Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

|population_note =

|population_total = 9,440

|timezone = IWST

|utc_offset = +7

|coordinates = {{coord|5|18|00|N|95|38|00|E|region:ID|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m =

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Kota Jantho (Jantho town) is a small town in Aceh province of Indonesia. Jantho is the seat of local government for the Aceh Besar Regency. It covers an area of 592.5 km² and had a population of 8,443 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 9,440 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Jantho became famous due to a report of two women being publicly whipped in 2010 after being found guilty of selling food during the fasting hours of Ramadan, in accordance with Sharia law.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2011/apr/08/1#/?picture=373457391&index=4|title = 24 hours in pictures|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 8 April 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://islamizationwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/indonesian-women-caned-at-mosque-for.html |title=Islamization Watch: Indonesian women caned at mosque for selling food during Muslim festival of Ramadan: Crowd shouts: "Add to it. Let her feel it." |access-date=2011-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011061912/http://islamizationwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/indonesian-women-caned-at-mosque-for.html |archive-date=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead }}