Mesjid Raya, Aceh Besar

Mesjid Raya is an administrative district (kecamatan) in Aceh Besar Regency, in Aceh Province of Indonesia.^[4] This district covers an area of 129.93 square kilometres and has a population of 22,369 people in mid 2024.^[5]

Mesjid Raya District, which contains part of the far eastern suburbs of Banda Aceh city, is divided into two mukims (townships/subdistricts), namely mukim Lamnga/Neuheun in the west and mukim Krueng Raya in the east. The district in total consists of 13 villages (listed below with their areas and their populations as at mid 2024),^[6] in turn sub-divided into 47 hamlets (dusun):

The district includes Tanjung Dunung, the most northerly point on the Sumatran mainland. Three of the thirteen villages comprising the district lie west of this cape (and thus can be considered as within the Krueng Aceh river valley and the northeast coastal suburbs of Banda Aceh city), these are the gampong of Lamnga, Gampong Baro and Neuheun, with a combined area of 8.89 km² and a population of around 10,620; the other ten gampong (Durung and Ladong, plus the villages comprising mukin Kreung Raya) are situated to the east of the cape, with Keude (Meunasah) and Leupung as their main centres.