[1] The administrative centre is now at the town of Lhoksukon; this followed the splitting off of the western districts from the regency to form (by Law No.

[5] In the agricultural sector, the regency has a good reputation as an important rice producer.

The whole North Aceh Regency has the greatest potential of any region in Aceh and its income per capita is above Rp 1.4 million (without oil and natural gas) or Rp 6 million (with oil and natural gas).

[6] Gas and petroleum fields were found in Lhokseumawe, North Aceh's former capital city around the 1970s.

Arun Natural Gas Liquefaction (NGL) Co, coming from the installation of PT.