Sinabang
Sinabang is a town on the east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Sinabang is the administrative seat (capital) of the Simeulue Regency, in Aceh Province of Indonesia and has a population of approximately 20,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Indonesia/Aceh/Sinabang/P765043.00.aspx |title=Map of Sinabang, Sumatera, Indonesia, Asia - Collins Maps |access-date=2010-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175654/http://www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Indonesia/Aceh/Sinabang/P765043.00.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-08 }}
Earthquakes
{{Main|2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake}}
On 28 March 2005, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake, the third most powerful earthquake in Indonesia since 1965, and a subsequent fire destroyed 50 to 60 percent of the downtown area and significantly damaged the port facility. The land rose 40 cm at Sinabang as a result of the quake.{{Cite web |url=http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/reportsleg1.html |title="USGS Scientists in Sumatra Studying Recent Tsunamis" Western Coastal and Marine Geology (WCMG) report, United States Geological Survey, 12 April 2005 |access-date=20 February 2008 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716044717/http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/reportsleg1.html |url-status=live }}
Climate
Sinabang has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
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| location = Sinabang
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 30.9
| Feb high C = 31.6
| Mar high C = 32.1
| Apr high C = 32.4
| May high C = 32.4
| Jun high C = 32.3
| Jul high C = 32.1
| Aug high C = 32.0
| Sep high C = 31.4
| Oct high C = 31.2
| Nov high C = 30.6
| Dec high C = 30.5
| Jan mean C = 26.7
| Feb mean C = 27.0
| Mar mean C = 27.3
| Apr mean C = 27.7
| May mean C = 27.8
| Jun mean C = 27.5
| Jul mean C = 27.2
| Aug mean C = 27.1
| Sep mean C = 27.0
| Oct mean C = 27.0
| Nov mean C = 26.6
| Dec mean C = 26.6
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 22.5
| Feb low C = 22.4
| Mar low C = 22.6
| Apr low C = 23.1
| May low C = 23.2
| Jun low C = 22.7
| Jul low C = 22.3
| Aug low C = 22.3
| Sep low C = 22.6
| Oct low C = 22.9
| Nov low C = 22.7
| Dec low C = 22.7
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=247
|Feb rain mm=195
|Mar rain mm=260
|Apr rain mm=289
|May rain mm=247
|Jun rain mm=181
|Jul rain mm=211
|Aug rain mm=242
|Sep rain mm=299
|Oct rain mm=376
|Nov rain mm=369
|Dec rain mm=319
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/51127/
|title = Climate: Sinabang
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = 5 November 2020}}
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Notes
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Category:Populated coastal places in Indonesia
Category:Populated places in Aceh
Category:Regency seats of Aceh
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