North Sumatra ( Indonesian : Sumatera Utara ), is a province of Indonesia . It is located on the island of Sumatra , and its capital is Medan . North Sumatra is fourth most populous province in Indonesia after West Java , East Java and Central Java and the most populous Indonesian province outside Java , with over 13.5 million inhabitants in 2014. History In the days of the Dutch government, a government of North Sumatra named Gouvernement van Sumatera with the area covering the whole of the island of Sumatra, headed by a governor who is based in the city of Medan. After independence, the first session of the National Committee of Regions (KND), Sumatra was then divided into three sub-provinces namely North Sumatra, Central Sumatra and South Sumatra. North Sumatra province itself is an amalgamation of three administrative regions called residency namely: Residency of Aceh, East Sumatra Residency, and residency of Tapanuli. With the p...
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