controleursplaats / controleursstandplaats (English: “controller’s seat”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Town where a controleur (controller, BB official) is stationed.

Translation

controller’s seat

Description

Town where a controleur (controller, BB official) is stationed. Examples: Lho’Nga (until 1932), Tjalang, Bireuën, Meureudoe.

Significance

The term controleursplaats / controleursstandplaats is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

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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. 49, 66, 68.