- Leupung
Leupung -- also spelled "Leupueng", is a town in the district (
Kabupaten /Kota ) ofAceh Besar , close to the city ofBanda Aceh , the capital of the "special territory" ofAceh ,Indonesia , on the island ofSumatra . Leupung is located at 5'31" North latitude and 95'15" East longitude at an elevation of 33 m. The population in 2004 was approximately 10,000; the town has been completely obliterated by thetsunami resulting from the2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , being one of the towns closest to the earthquake'sepicenter .According to early reports "nothing vertical and square-edged is left" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1381830,00.html] , and the estimated number of survivors is 200–700.
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