Simeulue Timur

Simeulue Timur (East Simeulue) is a district of the Simeulue Regency on Simeulue island in the Indonesian province of Aceh. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 28,931 people, living in 4,334 households in 2005. In 2020, after being reduced in 2012, it covered 175.97 km2 and had a population of 27,569 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 28,830.

Administrative divisions
As at 2010, Simeulue Timur was divided administratively into 29 villages (desa/kelurahan.) However, in 2012 twelve of these desa were split off to form a new district of Teupah Tengah (Central Teupah). The remaining 17 desa are:


 * 1) Air Dingin
 * 2) Air Pinang
 * 3) Amaiteng Mulia
 * 4) Ameria Bahagia
 * 5) Ganting
 * 6) Kota Batu
 * 7) Kuala Makmur
 * 8) Linggi
 * 9) Lugu
 * 10) Pulau Siumat
 * 11) Sefoyan
 * 12) Sinabang
 * 13) Suak Buluh
 * 14) Suka Jaya
 * 15) Suka Karya
 * 16) Suka Maju
 * 17) Ujung Tinggi

The town of Sinabang is the administrative headquarters of Simeulue Regency It is situated on a large bay on the northeast coast of the island.