HISTORY
| Year 1881 | Sabang was knawn by natural harbor and Dutch established Kolen Station. |
| Year 1887 | Firma De Lange constructed the means of supporting harbor facilities |
| Year 1895 | Free Port was opened and arranged by Sabang Mactscappaij. |
| Year 1942 | Sabang was occupied by Japan and gotten physical damage, Sabang as Free Port was closed. |
| Year 1950 | Sabang was become as Defense Base of Republic Indonesia Maritime |
| Year 1963 | Sabang was became as Free Port by Precident Decreed Number 10 year 1963 |
| Year 1965 | Sabang Municipality was formed by Law Number 10 year 1965. |
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| Year 1970 | Established the law number 3 year 1970 regarding free trade and free port.
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| Year 1985 | Status of Sabang status as Free Trade and Free Port Zone was closed by Republic Indonesia govertment through the law number 10 year 1985. |
| Year 1993 | Sabang posision began to be recounted by estabilishment the regional economy coorporation of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) . |
| Year 1997 | Implemented of Science and Technology Jamboree of BPPT in Sabang to reanalyzed Sabang development. |
| Year 1998 | Sabang City and Pulo Aceh sub district was become as Integrated Economy Development Zone (KAPET) together with other KAPET, was announced formally by Precident BJ Habibie on Precident Decreed number 171 on September 26th, 1998. |
| Year 2000 | The issuing Sabang as Free Trade and Free Port Zone by Pesident KH. Abdurrahman Wahid in Sabang and estabilished the Precident instruction number 2 year 200 on January 22, 2000. Published the goverment regulation replaced the law number 2 year 2002 on September 1, 2000 concerning Sabang Free Trade and Free Port Zone. Published the law number 37 year 200 on December 21, 2000 concerning Sabang Free Trade and Free Port Zone. |
SABANG ZONE
GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITION
Sabang’s area is located on 05046'28”—05054'28" North Latitude and 95013'02—95022'36" East Longitude, 154 km2 wide with the average altitude ± 28 m above sea level.
Sabang’s area is covering 5 islands i.e. Weh Island, Rubiah Island, Klah Island, Rondo Island and Seulako Island.
The topography of Sabang’s area is covering ± 3% lowland, ± 10% surging land, ± 35 % hilly land and ± 52% hilly and mountainous land. In addition according to the regional geological data, Sabang’s area consists of ± 70% volcanic rock, ± 27% sediment rock and ± 3% alluvial rock.
DEVELOPMENT
TOURISM SECTOR
The group of Islands in Sabang Zone are good oppurtunity of investment for investor who interested in tourism field. Sabang Zone has come potential objects thal could be developed and supported by 30 varied tourism sites with spesial characteristic, maritime-tourism, forest and agro tourism to the history hiratage buildings. The Maritime tourism with beatiful sea garden lead to the main interest in local tourists or foreigners.
The main interesting offered to tourism in Sabang Zone are maritime tourism and another tourism. The feature of under water has incredible beauty and most of tourism called has one of the paradise in Equator Zone.
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