Gouvernment of Atjeh and Dependencies

The Gouvernment of Atjeh and Dependencies (Dutch: Gouvernement Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden) was an administrative subdivision (governorate) of the Dutch East Indies located in northern Sumatra in the region of present-day Aceh, Indonesia which existed from the late nineteenth century to 1938.

[5] Nonetheless, as they increased their control of the region with the end of the main conflict the Dutch built a significant amount of infrastructure after 1908, including a road system, trolleys, and businesses.

[1] They also purged many of the former ulama and village heads who had been loyal to the Sultanate and replaced them with their underlings or relatives who would be willing to collaborate.

[1] Starting in 1901 and lasting into the final decades of Dutch rule, there was significant exploration and extraction of Petroleum in this Residency.

Its only resident was J. Pauw, who held office from 1938 until the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies in 1942.

Koeta-Radja street scene c.1910
Mosque in Koeta-Radja, circa 1910