Teluk Dalam
Teluk Dalam is a sub-district in the South Nias regency, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Its area is 490 km². In English, "Teluk Dalam" means Deep Gulf.
As of 2004, Teluk Dalam has 39 villages with population of 76,750 and population density 157/km².
Teluk Dalam has various tourist sites, such as Sorake Beach, Lagundri Beach dan Bawömataluo which hosts Nias tradisional houses of hundred years ago.
On 28 March 2005, the 2005 Sumatra earthquake destroyed many ancient sites and many people were killed.
On 2 April 2005, an Australian Sea King helicopter carrying 11 soldiers on a humanitarian mission to help the earthquake victims crashed here, killing 9 soldiers.
Teluk Dalam port came about after the original port in the south of Nias Island was in Lagundri Bay. In 1883 the resuting Tsunami from the Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straight between Sumatra and Java washed the original Teluk Lagundri trade village away. The trade village was move to the present position in Teluk Dalam
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Coordinates: 0°33′N 97°48′E / 0.55°N 97.8°E
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