Kota Lhokseumawe

Originally Lhokseumawe word is “Lhok ‘and’ Seumawe”. Lhok meaning depth, bay ,ocean trenches, and Seumawe means water that spins – play or center springs along the sea off the coast of Banda Sakti and its surroundings.
In the second decade of the twentieth century that, among all mainland Aceh, one of the small island of approximately 11 km2 area which is separated River Cunda Krueng filled building – building the General Government, Military and Railway Transportation by the Dutch