Attescheiding (English: “Tertiary hill-land separation”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Local term for the tertiary hill and mountain land between the twin volcanoes Goud- en Weesberg and the central mountain land, separating the plains of Pidië and Groot-Atjeh.
Translation
Tertiary hill-land separation
Description
Local term for the tertiary hill and mountain land between the twin volcanoes Goud- en Weesberg and the central mountain land, separating the plains of Pidië and Groot-Atjeh.
Significance
The term Attescheiding 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. —.