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	Leupung - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Leupung -- also spelled "Leupueng", is a town in the district (Kabupaten/Kota) of Aceh Besar, close to the city of Banda Aceh, the capital of the special territory of Aceh, Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra.
		Leupung is located at 5'31" North latitude and 95'15" East longitude at an elevation of 33 m.
		The population was approximately 10,000; the town has been completely obliterated by the tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, being one of the towns closest to the earthquake's epicenter.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Leupung (140 words)

	ABC News: One year later, tsunami survivors looking for work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Acehnese man Abdul Malik stands in front of a wooden shelter for tsunami survivors in the Aceh town of Leupung December 9, 2005.
		With no job and a solitary goat his only asset, there is not much else to do in the Aceh town of Leupung where he lives in a wooden shelter for victims of the December 26 tsunami.
		Like hundreds of thousands of other survivors of the tsunami in Asia who lost everything in one of modern history's worst natural calamities, the former handphone seller is desperate for work or a small business loan to get back on his feet.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1431298 (406 words)

	ABC News: Volunteers Burying Tsunami Victims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Volunteers lay the remains of tsunami victims in a mass grave in Leupung village, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005.
		In the days after the killer waves struck last December, thousands of corpses were hastily buried across the province by survivors and volunteers.
		Yahya is one of 15 volunteers looking for badly decomposed remains that are scattered in shallow graves around Leupung, which was destroyed by the tsunami and lost some 90 percent of its 14,000 people.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1165404&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (436 words)

	Aceh Tsunami Update: Ground route from Lhok Nga-Leupung starts to open
		Leupung citizens, isolated because the transportation route is severed, can feel relieved, for the ground route from Lhok Nga to Leupung is usable by transportation means.
		Meanwhile, some Leupung residents, now taking refuge at various places, claimed to be happy, for they now can return to their places
		Ismail (55), resident of Pulot Leupung, claims that he is relieved, because the bridge has been restored.
	acehupdate.degromiest.nl /archives/001876.php (504 words)

	Leupung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dateline: LEUPUNG, Indonesia Volunteers lay the remains of tsunami victims in a mass grave in Leupung village, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005...
		decomposed remains that are scattered in shallow graves around Leupung, which was destroyed by the tsunami and lost some 90 percent...
		In Aceh, recovery effort rides on roads; Some 948 miles were wrecked by the tsunami, creating recovery bottlenecks.(WORL...
	hallencyclopedia.com /Leupung (437 words)

	9&10 News: Tsunami-Burying the Dead (9/28/2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		LEUPUNG, Indonesia (AP) - It's been nine months since a tsunami slammed into the coastline of Indonesia and people are still looking for bodies.
		In the days after the killer waves, thousands of corpses were quickly buried.
		Volunteers have dug up 295 victims in one village (Leupung) and taken them to a mass grave near town.
	www.9and10news.com /News/Story.asp?StoryID=45706&Style=2 (318 words)

	News in Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Banda Aceh, Aceh - Thousands of people in Leupung subdistrict, Aceh Besar district on Wednesday urged the government to extend the martial law in Indonesia's westernmost province.
		The Acehnese issued the request during a roll call in Leupung's soccer field.
		The youth leader made it clear that, so long as members of the separatist movement are still at large, the people will continue to live in fear.
	www.kbri-canberra.org.au /s_issues/aceh/news/2003/09/030917.htm (313 words)

	AMURT & AMURTEL NEWS
		There are clear signs of recovery in Banda Aceh city, but the situation on the west coast is still critical.
		Hence a joint AMURT/Gemma 9 reconnaissance team left by boat to Leupung on the west coast of Sumatra on 26th Jan with drinking water and super fortified biscuits.
		Many small coastal towns remain stranded due the obliteration of key bridges and large portions of road, and people there are facing severe shortages of food and water.
	www.amurt.net /newsletters/feb2.htm (510 words)

	Farmers on Aceh's West Coast Start From Ground Zero
		in Leupung district, along with more than 80% of its inhabitants.
		Samidan escaped because he was in Banda Aceh, but he lost 35 members of his extended family, including his wife and child.
		Refugees at a camp at Leupung wash their clothes on the road amid devastated terrain.
	adb.org /Media/Articles/2005/7089_Indonesia_tsunami_disaster?... (643 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » World Vision tsunami response update - Jun 2005
		Children in Leupung CFS in Aceh Besar have requested special tuition in math and literacy.
		World Vision is introducing youth tutors to assist the children with their studies.
		On Nias Island, hundreds of tents and tarps have been distributed for temporary school shelters in several schools.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6CZ7LX?OpenDocument (2711 words)

	Indonesian Military Slowly Providing Access to Isolated Aceh Villages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ten kilometers further on, the road is blocked by another washed-out bridge.
		The general stops at what once was the village of Leupung, a fishing village lying along a broad, sandy beach.
		Not a single house or structure is standing.
	voanews.com /english/2005-01-24-voa12.cfm?renderforprint=1&... (729 words)

	Tsunami Trails: January 2005
		Wayan left by boat to Leupung on 26th Jan with a small load of drinking water (480 x 1.5 litre bottles) and two boxes of super fortified biscuits.
		The plan is to set up a buffer camp in Leupung town to assist survivors walking on foot towards relocation camps in Banda Aceh.
		To give you an idea of the extent of the disaster even huge NGO's like Care have been unable to access some of the stranded small towns along the West Coast not even 50 kms.
	www.amurt.net /blog/2005_01_01_aceharchive.html (5290 words)

	Tsunami Victims Survive on Coconut Oil
		Television pictures have shown whole villages obliterated by the waves.
		Reuters reporters spoke to Ali near Leupung, a once thriving fishing district barely 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh.
		The only way to get there by land is on motorbikes and on foot, a punishing journey of three hours, navigating steep muddy roads along hillsides and the battered shoreline.
	www.coconutoil.com /tsunami_cocont_oil.htm (2065 words)

	First pictures from Leupung. 03/01/2005. ABC News Online
		Indonesia correspondent Tim Palmer has filed the first television report from Leupung, on the Indonesian coast closest to the earthquake that sparked last week's tsunami.
		Ninety-five per cent of the population in Leupung died when the wave hit.
		AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200501/s1275787.htm (120 words)

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