The Story of Dareut Pusong Island

The picture you see in this post is one of the locations that was once one of the tourist sites in 1980, the location is called Pulau Daruet Pusong which has a location area of ​​about 2 hectares rectangular.

The location of Dareut Island is located in the middle of a vast ocean that connects the village of Pusong Lama with one of the border villages of Kandang Village or local residents refer to it as Location Sandi.

In 1980, local residents often used the Dareut Island as a recreation area, because being in the area was very pleasant. Even young adults and adults also enjoy the island to get rid of fatigue after a day of work.

Entering 1999, Dareut Pusong Island was already familiar with some of the people of Aceh, especially those in the west, namely;

1. North Aceh Region
2. East Aceh Region
3. Aceh Tamiang Region
4. and Aceh region of Aceh's marine waters peninsula.

Why is the island so famous in the 1999 era?

Dareut Pusong Island at that time was famous not only for its natural beauty, but was one of the transit locations for sailors who had just returned from neighboring countries such as Malaysia and several other neighboring countries including Thailand. For traders who take their merchandise from abroad make Dareut Pusong Island the last transit location for illegal goods that have just come from outside Aceh.

The more days the island of Dareut Pusong is increasingly famous for illegal traders and others, it is often used by local residents or non local people to misinterpret it. They become the location of the location of the transaction forbidden goods in the form of drugs or the like.

So that the activity was smelled by the local government to conduct raids at these locations. When the state security officers check and they always get illicit goods such as drugs and cannabis or other things that are prohibited to be traded by the public.

So at that time the area was forbidden to be visited by non-local residents because it was feared that things would not be good for the people's safety. Finally the beautiful Dareut Pusong Island was quiet without visitors from any party.

Precisely on Sunday 26 December 2004 Aceh was hit by a major disaster in the form of an earthquake Tsunami. So at that time the location of Dareut Pusong Island, which covered an area of ​​2 hectares rectangle, was destroyed by a tsunami wave as high as 100 meters, and in the end Dareut Pusong Island was destroyed and the rest remained around 500 square meters.

Formerly the Dareut Pusong Island stood majestically and beautifully with a variety of plants that were overgrown and inhabited by several species of insects and other beautiful birds, which now only remain memories, all that remains is a mound of earth and a few trees that bear witness to the history of the past.

Dareut Pusong Island which is located in the village of Pusong Lama Lhokseumawe Aceh Indonesia has become one of the locations that has a lot of memories in the past, now the island looks exactly what you see in this post. That is the story of the day about the island of Dareut Pusong Lama Lhokseumawe Aceh. Hope it is useful for all of us. Thank you very much.