West Aceh Regency

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West Aceh Aceh, Indonesia
Capital	Meulaboh
Area	2,442 km²
Population (2000)	251,227
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)

West Aceh Regency is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in the Aceh province of Indonesia. The seat of the regency government is at Meulaboh.

The regency is among the hardest-hit areas during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. On December 26, 2004, the earthquake struck off the western coast of Sumatra and subsequently produced tsunamis, the event of which had reportedly killed over 220,000 people around the rim of the Indian Ocean.

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