Lhokseumawe is the origin of the word 'Lhok' and 'Seumawe'. Lhok meaning in, bay, ocean trenches, and Seumawe meaning swirling water or spring water in the center and along the sea off the coast of Banda Sakti and the surrounding.

Before the twentieth century, this country has been ruled by the Ulee Balang Kutablang. 1903 after resistance fighters against Dutch colonists weakened Aceh, Aceh began to master. Lhokseumawe be conquered areas and from then on the status of Lhokseumawe be Bestuur van Lhokseumawe with Zelf Teuku Abdul Lhokseumawe bestuurders is subordinate to and in Lhokseumawe Controeleur Aspirants also domiciled and resident assistant district officer or regent.

In the second decade of the twentieth century, among all mainland Aceh, one of the small islands area of ​​about 11 km2 were separated Krueng River Cunda filled public government buildings, military and railway transportation by the Dutch government. Small islands with villages of Aceh Keude Kampung, Kampung Jawa, Kampung Kutablang, Mon Geudong Kampung, Kampung Teumpok Teungoh, Hagu Kampung, Kampung Uteun Infants, and Kampung Ujong Blang new wholly 5,500 in the plural called Lhokseumawe. Building by building fills this land to materialize embryo which has a harbor town, market, railway station and the offices of government agencies.

Since the proclamation of independence, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has not established systematic to this district. At first Lhokseumawe combined with bestuurders van Cunda. Residents in this increasingly crowded mainland coming from the surrounding areas such as Buloh Blang Ara, Matangkuli, Lhoksukon, Blang Jruen, Nisam, Cunda and Pidie.

In 1956 the DRT Act No. 7 of 1956, to form autonomous regions within the districts of the Province, where one of them is the North Aceh district with its capital Lhokseumawe. Then in 1964 with the Decree of the Governor of Aceh Special Region No. 24 / GA / 1964 dated 30 November 1964, it was determined that Kemukiman Banda Sakti in Muara Dua, made ​​separate districts with District of Banda Sakti name.

Based on the Act No. 5 of 1974 on the Principles of Local Government, Lhokseumawe be likely to improve the status of the City of. On August 14, 1986 by Government Regulation No. 32 Year 1986 Establishment of the City of Lhokseumawe signed by President Suharto, which was inaugurated by the Minister of the Interior Soeparjo Roestam on August 31, 1987 With these conditions, the de jure and de facto Lhokseumawe has been a city the administrative area of ​​253.87 km2 which includes 101 villages and 6 urban villages in five districts namely: District of Banda Sakti, Muara Dua, District Dewantara, Muara Batu, and the District of Blang Mangat.

Since 1988 the idea of ​​improving the status of municipalities began Kotif Lhokseumawe be pursued so that he went on to Act 2 of 2001 on the establishment of Lhokseumawe dated June 21, 2001 signed by the President of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid, whose territory covers three districts namely: District of Banda Sakti, Muara two and a subdistrict of Blang Mangat. In 2006 the two districts Mura was divided into two and Muara Muara The number of districts in the city so Lhokseumawe into four districts.

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