About North Sumatera Province

Provinsi Sumatera Utara ( North Sumatera Province )

• The Capital City : Medan ( 3 milion People )
• Mayor City : Medan, Tebing Tinggi, Pematang Siantar, Binjai.
  

Email:
bappedasu@sumutprov.go.id

Website:
www.sumutprov.go.id/

The area of the North Sumatran province mainland 71.680 km 2, North Sumatra most famous because of the area of his plantation, up to now, the plantation continued to become the important economic of the province.This plantation was managed by the private company and the country.North Sumatra produced rubber, chocolate, tea, the oil palm, coffee, the clove, the coconut, cinnamon, and tobacco.This plantation was spread in Deli Serdang, Langkat, Simalungun, Asahan, Labuhan Batu, and Tapanuli Selatan.
This commodity was exported to various countries and gave the foreign exchange contribution that was very big for Indonesia.

Apart from the plantation commodity, North Sumatra was also known as the producer of the commodity holtikultura (vegetables and the fruit); for example the Medan Citrus Fruit,Deli Guava, Col, Tomato, Potato, and carrots that were produced by the Karo Regency, Simalungun and Tapanuli Utara.The product holtikultura this was exported to Malaysia and Singapore.The government of the province (the Provincial Government) North Sumatra has also built various infrastructures and the infrastructure to launch the good trade between the regency in North Sumatra and between North Sumatra and the other province.

The private sector also was involved by establishing various property for the trade, the office complex, the hotel et cetera.Of course the other sector, like the co-operative, the mining and energy, the industry, tourism, the post and the telecommunications, transmigration, and the social sector social also took part in being developed.To facilitate the development co-ordination, then North Sumatra was divided into four Development territories.

North Sumatra was the fourth province biggest the number of his inhabitants in Indonesia after West Java, East Java, and Central Java. According to results of complete counting of the Penduduk Census (SP) 1990 North Sumatran inhabitants on October 31 1990 (the census day) numbering 10.81 million souls, and during 2002, the number of North Sumatran inhabitants were estimated of 11.85 million souls. North Sumatran population density in 1990 was 143 souls per km 2 and in 2002 increased to 165 souls per km 2, whereas the growth rate of the North Sumatran inhabitants for the period of the year 1990-2000 were 1.20 percent per the year.The level of Labour Participation (TPAK) North Sumatra each year appeared fluctuating. During 2000. TPAK in this area of 57.34 percent, in 2001 rose to 57.70 percent, in 2002 rose still became 69.45 percent

The data in 1998 showed that the number of hotels all aover the North Sumatran area numbering 55 hotels, consisted of the star hotel 1 numbering 19 units, the star hotel 2 numbering 20 units, the star hotel 3 numbering 8 units and the star hotel 4 numbering 8 units.The star hotel 4 were only gotten in Medan, Dairi, and shavings.The star hotel 3 were gotten in Tebing Tinggi, Pematang Siantar, Asahan, and Nias.The number of rooms of the hotel for the star hotel 1 around 929 rooms; the star 2 numbering 1,157 rooms; the star hotel 3 numbering 875 rooms; and the star hotel 4 numbering 1,293 rooms.

The North Sumatran area had the cultural wealth that was of various types in the form of the customs and traditions, traditional art, and the regional language.His community consisted of several ethnic groups, as withering, Nias, Batak Toba, Pakpak, Karo, Simalungun, Tapanuli Tengah, Tapanuli Selatan (covered Sipirok, Angkola, Padang Bolak, and Mandailing), as well as the inhabitants of the immigrant like Minang, Java and Aceh that brought the culture as well as his customs and traditions separately.

This area had the potential that was good enough in the sector of tourism, good the nature tour, the culture, and the history.Foreign tourists who came to the Polonia Airport during 1998 to be based on the origin country were as follows: from Asia numbering 47,776 people, consisted of Japanese tourists 1,192 people, South Korea 523 people, Taiwan 2,251 people, Thailand 552 people, Singapore 6,049 people, Malaysia 35,639 people, and India as well as Pakistan 775 people.Whereas tourists from Australia 961 people, New Zealand 199 people, the United States 1,492 people, Canada 505 people, England 1,865 people, the Netherlands 3,621 people, Germany 1,469 people, and from the European country other in the number more than 2000 people.