MEDAN, City, Indonesia

mādänˈ, city (1990 pop. 1,730,052), capital of North Sumatra prov., NE Sumatra, Indonesia, on the Deli River, c.15 mi (25 km) from its mouth, where the city's port (Belawan) is situated. The largest city in Sumatra and the fourth largest in Indonesia, Medan is the marketing, commercial, and transportation center of a rich agricultural area containing great tobacco, rubber, and palm oil estates. Coffee and tea are also grown in the vicinity. Industries include the production of machinery and tile, and automobile assembly. Medan, gateway to the beautiful Lake Toba region, is a tourist center, with an international airport; attractions include the Great Mosque (the largest in Sumatra) and the Palace of the Sultan of Deli. The city is the seat of the Univ. of North Sumatra and the Islamic Univ. of North Sumatra. In 1994 the city was the site of labor riots that were rooted in long-standing ethnically based tensions between Chinese business owners and Malay workers.

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books on: Medan City Indonesia  - 239 results

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The Japanese Experience in Indonesia: Selected Memoirs of 1942-1945
Book by Anthony Reid, Oki Akira, Jennifer Brewster, Jean Carruthers; Center for International Studies, Ohio University, 1986
Subjects: Indonesia--History--Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945, Japan--Rikugun--Civic Action, World War, 1939-1945--Indonesia, World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives, Japanese
...one-day visit to Medan mentioned below he never set foot in Indonesia, yet through the...the 50 million Indonesian people who had anti-Dutch...building of Serang city, I received the...the part of some Indonesians hostile to us...into the fortress city from the west and...
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Power and Political Culture in Suharto's Indonesia: The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and Decline of the New Order (1986-98)
Book by Stephen Eklöf; NIAS, 2003
Subjects: Indonesia--Politics And Government--1966-1998, Indonesia--Politics And Government--1998-, Partai Demokrasi Indonesia, Political Culture--Indonesia
Power and Political Culture in Suhartos Indonesia By the same author INDONESIAN POLITICS IN CRISIS The Long Fall of Suharto...Ministers Power and Political Culture in Suhartos Indonesia The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and...
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Hinduism in Modern Indonesia: Between Local, National, and Global Interests
Book by Martin Ramstedt; RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Subjects: Hinduism And Culture--Indonesia, Hinduism--Indonesia--History--20th Century, Indonesia--Civilization--Indic Influences, Indonesia--Religion--20th Century
...Juara Rimantha Ginting is a junior lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, Universitas Utara in Medan, Sumatra/Indonesia. He has continuously carried out field research among the Karo since 1982, working on Shamanism, modern Hinduism...
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Reformasi: The Struggle for Power in Post-Soeharto Indonesia
Book by Kevin O'Rourke; Allen & Unwin, 2002
Subjects: Indonesia--Economic Conditions--1998-, Indonesia--Politics And Government--1998-
...Medan, the principal city of their native Sumatera...reputedly worked for Medan's portside racketeers...played prominent roles in Indonesia; Tanjung and Hamid were...banks throughout the city. Faced with the need...oil in the late 1980s, Indonesia's economic managers took...
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American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia: US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism, 1920-1949
Book by Frances Gouda, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg; Amsterdam University Press, 2002
Subjects: Decolonization--Indonesia--History, Indonesia--Foreign Relations--United States, Indonesia--Politics And Government--1798-1942, Indonesia--Politics And Government--1942-1949, Nationalism--Indonesia--History--20th Century, Self-Determination, National--Indonesia--History, United States--Foreign Relations--20th Century, United States--Foreign Relations--Indonesia
...Surabaya, and Medan saw their complicated Indonesian environment as...buildings in the city ofJakarta with...intoxicating mantras Indonesia Merdeka (Indonesia...buildings and city monuments the...Happiness, Indonesia Never Again The...
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journal articles on: Medan City Indonesia  - 25 results

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A Model of Indonesian City Structure
Journal article by Larry R. Ford; The Geographical Review, Vol. 83, 1993
Subjects: City planning--Indonesia, Community development--Indonesia, Indonesia--Urban areas, Suburbs--Economic aspects
...generalized Indonesian city structure...Surabaya, Medan, and, to a...dumbbell pattern. Medan, a much newer city, followed...Most other Indonesian cities remained...alternatives in Medan, Indonesia. Journal of...Southeast Asian city: a social...
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Indonesia: Myth and Reality in the Land of the Shadow Puppet
Journal article by Lorna Wright; International Studies of Management & Organization, Vol. 24, 1994
Subjects: Corporations, Indonesian--Management, Indonesia--Economic aspects, Management research--International aspects
...country, the largest city (population of...in East Java, Medan in North Sumatra...South Sulawesi. Indonesia has a population...outskirts of the city or in nearby cities...oneself. Driving in Indonesia follows a more...relatively new to the city and frequently...destination (in Indonesian), so it is wise...
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Claiming Indigenous Community: Political Discourse and Natural Resource Rights in Indonesia
Journal article by Suraya Afiff, Celia Lowe; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 32, 2007
Subjects: Conservation of natural resources--Analysis, Conservation of natural resources--Indonesia, Indigenous peoples--Political aspects, Indigenous peoples--Social aspects, Indonesia--Natural resource policy, Natural resource conservation--Analysis, Natural resource conservation--Indonesia
...Farmers League (Barisan Tani Indonesia: BTI), associated with the...village and went into hiding in Medan, and the incident called into...note 3. 12. Government of Indonesia (GOI), Law 24/1992: Spatial Planning (City Press, 1992) 13. Emily Harwell...
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Authority and Law Enforcement: Local Government Reforms and Security Systems in Indonesia
Journal article by Stein Kristiansen, Lambang Trijono; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 27, 2005
Subjects: Decentralization in government--Social aspects, Government decentralization--Social aspects, Indonesia--Domestic policy, Indonesia--Political aspects, Law enforcement--Forecasts and trends, Law enforcement--Social aspects, Police administration--Powers and duties, Police departments--Powers and duties
...number of villages in Indonesia is approximately...urbanized, close to the city of Yogyakarta with...Mataram is the capital city in the province...the border between Indonesias "inner" (Java and...Hierarchy in an Indonesian City. Princeton: Princeton...
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Toooot! Vroooom! the Urban Soundscape in Indonesia
Journal article by Freek Colombijn; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 22, 2007
Subjects: Metropolitan areas--Research, Modernization--Influence, Noise pollution--Control, Noise pollution--Social aspects
...keep quiet. Medan is arguably the noisiest city of Indonesia. Important...centre and the city as a whole...citizens of Medan and other Indonesian cities may...impression I had in Medan, which is...the noisiest city in Indonesia. At night...
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Revolt in Earthly Hell: The Workers of Indonesia Have Taken a Stand against Their Hated Government
Magazine article by Jeremy Seabroook; New Statesman, Vol. 125, August 9, 1996
Subjects: Indonesia--Politics and government, Labor unions--Indonesia, Unskilled labor--Labor unions
...last year after charges of fomenting riots in the Medan region. Indonesia has some of the most exploited workers on earth. Their...companies whose logos brand the night sky of every city in the world. In the frightful factories of Tangerang...
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A Martyr for Aceh
Magazine article by Stephanie Brancaforte; The Progressive, Vol. 65, April 2001
Subjects: Aceh, Indonesia--Crime, Hamzah, Jafar Siddiq--Biography, Political activists--Biography
...At Legal Aid in Medan, Indonesias second largest city, he began documenting...headquarters in the capital city of Banda Aceh and staged protests in Medan demanding that an investigation...is indicative of the Indonesian governments unwillingness...
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Laboring against Suharto
Magazine article by David Moberg; The Nation, Vol. 264, June 2, 1997
Subjects: Indonesia--Political aspects, Indonesian foreign relations--United States, Labor movement--Indonesia, Suharto--Political activity, United States, United States foreign relations--Indonesia
...conviction on charges stemming from 1994 riots in the city of Medan. He remains on trial for subversion in Jakarta for...Megawati Sukarnoputri from the headquarters of the Indonesian Democratic Party. Megawati, the eldest daughter of...
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Years of Living Prosperly
Magazine article by Robert Elegant; National Review, Vol. 44, June 22, 1992
Subjects: Australia, Australian foreign relations--Indonesia, China, Chinese foreign relations--Southeast Asia, Free trade, Indonesia--Economic aspects, Indonesian foreign relations--Australia, Indonesian foreign relations--United States, Southeast Asia--International relations, United States, United States foreign relations--Indonesia
...6 P.M. The capital of Indonesia already counts at least...old Chinatown, toward Medan Merdeka, Independence...airport now engulfed by the city, was dirty, noisy, ill...own level. The new Indonesia is, above all, self-confident...and distinguished." Indonesia is foremost in the second...
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Myanmar Visited: Sumatra Revisited
Magazine article by Robert E. Huke; Focus, Vol. 45, Spring 1998
Subjects: Sumatra--Description and travel
...include 2,217 named stupas and temples. The city of Bagan was destroyed by Kublai Khans...The product is sold in the cities of Indonesia and in Singapore. The final day of the...Butik Lawang, about 80 kilometers west of Medan. Following a bus ride to the end of the...
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newspaper articles on: Medan City Indonesia  - 14 results

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Large Banks, U.S. Slammed on Indonesia Policies
Newspaper article by Tom Carter; The Washington Times, May 8, 1998
Subjects: Indonesia, International Monetary Fund, Smith, Christopher H.
...Chinese fled the countrys third-largest city, victims of several days of rioting that...persons were killed in the clashes in Medan, officials said, but local newspapers said as many as six had died. Violence over Indonesias economic crisis also intensified yesterday...
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TSUNAMI DISASTER: Police Guard Orphans from Trafficking Gangs
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 6, 2005
...advertised an auction of 300 orphans. Aceh, Indonesias hardesthit area, is close to the port city of Medan and island of Batam - well-known transit...advertising 300 Aceh orphans for sale. Indonesia has banned the transfer of children under...
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Police Guard Tsunami Orphans Because of Kidnap Fears
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 6, 2005
...300 orphans. Aceh, Indonesias hardest-hit area, is close to the port city of Medan and island of Batam...Aceh orphans for sale. Indonesia has banned the transfer...protection chief in Unicefs Indonesia office, said, Im sure...
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Tsunami Region Is Hit by Massive New Earthquake; but Fears of Another Giant Wave Recede
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 29, 2005
...airliner and hit the Indonesian province of Aceh within...catastrophe. In the city of Medan, in Sumatra, US official...night. Jonathan Evans, Indonesian representative of the...staying in a hotel in Medan at the time of the quake...
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More Than 1,000 People Killed In
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 30, 2005
Subjects: Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Reuters Group PLC
...to right. In the Sumatran city of Medan, Erni Ginting, a spokeswoman...quake spread terror in western Indonesia, but also in Sri Lanka and coastal...been completely cut off in the city. Antara, Indonesias state-run news agency reported...
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encyclopedia articles on: Medan City Indonesia  - 1 result

 
 
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Medan , City, Indonesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEDAN , city, Indonesia madan , city (1990 pop. 1,730,052...Belawan) is situated. The largest city in Sumatra and the fourth largest in Indonesia, Medan is the marketing, commercial, and transportation...


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