Upon gaining power, he began consolidating control over northern Sumatra.
The final storm of the season started on November 18 over northern Sumatra.
During the 13th century Islam spread to the in northern Sumatra.
Below it was a 150-year-old sword from northern Sumatra.
Northern Sumatra took damage from the earthquake itself as a tsunami landed on it.
This village in northern Sumatra is home to 832 people who live on less than 50 cents a day farming the rich volcanic soil.
Islam reach the archipelago first time in northern Sumatra.
In northern Sumatra, it will make for more fundamentalist Muslims, and that has to be dangerous.
Powerful 7.3 magnitude had hit waters off northern Sumatra in Indonesia.
Large rubber and oil palm plantations in northern Sumatra play a major role in the national economy.