Kluet people

Kluet people
Kluwat people
Total population
58,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia (Aceh)
Languages
Alas-Kluet language, Indonesian
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Alas, Singkil, Pakpak

Kluet or Kluwat people dwell in a number of districts in South Aceh Regency, Aceh, Indonesia namely North Kluet, South Kluet, Central Kluet and East Kluet. The Kluet people are regarded as part of the Batak people sub-ethnicity. The Kluet regions are separated by Lawé Kluet River, where it disgorges from the Mount Leuser and disembogues into the Indian Ocean. Residential region of the Kluet people is 30 km from Tapaktuan city or 500 km from Banda Aceh.[2] Majority of the population and as well as the Kluet people practices Islam.[3]

  1. ^ "Kluet in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  2. ^ Ryan Ver Berkmoes; Celeste Brash; Muhammad Cohen; Mark Elliott; Guyan Mitra; John Noble; Adam Skolnick; Iain Stewart; Steve Waters (2010). Lonely Planet Indonesia. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-7422-0348-5.
  3. ^ Lesley McCulloch (2005). Aceh: Then And Now. Minority Rights Group International. ISBN 1-9045-8428-4.

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