afdeeling (English: “administrative division (residency sub-unit)Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Major administrative division of a Dutch colonial residency.
Translation
administrative division (residency sub-unit)
Description
Major administrative division of a Dutch colonial residency. Aceh (Residentie Atjeh) contains afdeelingen such as Atjeh’s Noordkust, Oostkust van Atjeh, Westkust van AtjehMajor administrative division of the colonialgewest Atjeh, e.g., Afdeeling Noord- en Westkust van Atjeh, Afdeeling Westkust van AtjehColonial administrative division; Atjeh has four:Groot-Atjeh, Noordkust, Oostkust, Westkust.
Significance
The term afdeeling is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 51, 68, 79, 94, 185, 186, 193.