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Locutus
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ACS CTP1/2 Manager & Civ4 Co-Manager
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Hengelo, The Netherlands
Nov 1999 time: 06:17
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quote: Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
Meulaboh had an initial report of between 10,000 and 40,000 dead, so I think the population you got was off. I think your population figures are off all around. |
I got the figures from a 2000 census and my own maps confirm that it's a small village, I'm fairly confident that information is more or less accurate. Using Google news, I find some news reports that say Meulaboh is a city of 120-150k inhabitants, some that say it's a village of 40,000. I've been to the area myself (not the actual town, or even Aceh, but other parts of Sumatra and surrounding islands) and real cities of 50k+ inhabitants are fairly rare there, it's a very rural area with lots of people living on the countryside and few in cities. The 120k+ figures probably refer to the entire province, not just the town itself.
quote: Whatever...the numbers will come out eventually. |
Indeed, and they will be very high 
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