gewest (English: “region / colonial administrative unit”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Colonial administrative region — Atjeh was a gewest.
Translation
region / colonial administrative unit
Description
Colonial administrative region — Atjeh was a gewest. Headed by a Head of Gewestelijk Bestuur.
Significance
The term gewest 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. 177, 193.