North Sumatra, Indonesia

Indonesia Archipelago (Source: Google Earth)

North Sumatra is a province in Indonesia. The province of North Sumatra laid on Northern part of  Sumatra Island. Sumatra Island itself noted by Indonesian to 2 part, Northern part of Sumatra and Southern part of Sumatra. The provinces in Northern part of Sumatra are Province of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD, known as Aceh), Province of North Sumatra, Province of West Sumatra and Province of Riau. North Sumatra position is in the middle between Province NAD in North, West Sumatra and Riau in South, Malacca straits in East and Indian Ocean in West.

Read more about North Sumatra cities and regencies in  Cities and Regencies in North Sumatra, Indonesia 



North Sumatra province capital is Medan City. The capital city is in East Coast of North Sumatra Province. Medan City was the main entry city to North Sumatra. The biggest port in North Sumatra is Belawan in Medan City, the International Airport was Polonia Airport in Medan City. But now, due to the development of infrastructures reasons and the needs of bigger airport facilities to accommodate the more numbers of flights to North Sumatra, a new airport built in Deli Serdang Regency. Now, entry by flights  to North Sumatra is via Kuala Namu International Airport in Deli Sedang Regency.