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The programme was handled by the National Service Training Department, or Jabatan Latihan Khidmat Negara (JLKN) under the Minister of Defence (MINDEF). The conscripts are 18-year-old youths that are selectively drafted. The three-month program, which started in December 2003, began as way to encourage friendship between youths of certain ages ...
The Greater Medan metropolitan area, known locally as Mebidangro (an acronym of Medan–Binjai–Deli Serdang–Karo) is a metropolitan area in North Sumatra, Indonesia, which consists of Medan City, Binjai City, Deli Serdang Regency and part (4 districts) of Karo Regency. The metropolitan area was established by a presidential decree in 2011. [3]
The name of the airport was reported to be a suggestion from the people of Karo to the government and later granted by the Ministry of Transportation. [6] The name consists of two words: 'Kuala,' a Malay and Indonesian word for 'river mouth;' [7] and 'Namu' or 'Namo,' the Karonese for 'deep sea.' [8] Thus, 'Kualanamu' means 'meeting point.' [6] Kualanamu is one of the very few airports in the ...
Medan Kota Belawan (or simply Medan Belawan) is the most northern of the 21 districts (kecmatan) comprising the city of Medan in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia, and the only one with direst access to the Malacca Strait. The district includes the major commercial Port of Belawan, as well as residential and manufacturing areas.
Soewondo Air Force Base (IATA: MES, ICAO: WIMK) is currently a military airbase in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Before 2013, this airport served commercial flights, and was known as Polonia International Airport (Bandar Udara Internasional Polonia) which was the principal airport serving Medan, about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the downtown; it used to serve flights to several Indonesian and ...
Medan (/ m ɛ ˈ d ɑː n / meh-DAHN, Indonesian: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. [7] The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multicultural metropolis, acting as a financial centre for Sumatra and a gateway to the western part of Indonesia.
At that time there was a 16.7 kilometer line connecting Medan Station and Labuhan Station. [3] The line connects the city center of Medan to Port of Belawan. The rail line continued from Labuhan Station to Belawan Station which was inaugurated on 16 February 1888 and once served the Medan–Aceh route (Atjeh Stoomtram Staatspoorwegen). [4] [5]
Medan Malay (referred to as cakap Melayu Medan lit. 'speak to Medan Malay' by its speakers) is a dialect (or also sociolect) of Malay language used by the multi-ethnic people of Medan City, especially Deli Malays ethnic. This dialect is derived from Deli Malay. This aspect is based on the many similarities in grammar and vocabulary with Deli Malay.