The capital of West Aceh Regency, it had a population of 150,000. Seventy percent of its buildings were completely destroyed, and 28,000 people were swept away in the black waters.
位於蘇門答臘島西岸的美拉坡，是另一重災區，人口 15 萬的縣城，7 成建築物全毀，2 萬 8,000 人葬身黑水。