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.
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. 49, 66, 68.