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Bahorok, or Bohorok, is a district of Langkat Regency. Its capital is Bohorok town, and Bukit Lawang is a major local tourist attraction for viewing orangutans.
The Bohorok River, a tributary of the Wampu River, joins the Wampu within the district.




History


According to legend, a Karo from the marga Peranginangin and submarga Sukatendel was hunting when he found a child among some bamboo. The child was given to a childless woman to raise, and the area where the child was found eventually became Kuta Buluh. When the child grew older, he married a woman from the Sukatendel village.
He had five children, with the middle child being Dewa Perangin-angin. Dewa Perangin-angin converted to Islam in order to marry Paga Ruyung of Deli Tua.
They had three children: Sutan Jabar, Sutan Husin, and Putri Hijau. Sutan Husin was in a dispute with his brother, Sultan Jabar, so Sultan Jabar went to Malacca, while Sutan Husin followed the Wampu River upstream and stopped to rest where it met another river (the Bohorok). Eventually, he built a house at this point. One day, while on a hunting trip, he climbed the hill from the river and discovered an unknown sweet-tasting fruit tree at the top. He named it Buah Huruk, meaning "fruit atop the hill" in the Karo language.
Bohorok was previously called Tanjung by the Malays because it was the meeting point of the two rivers.
Bohorok was involved in trade along the Wampu River, buying salt at Pangkalan Brandan from the Kampar Malays. Tengku Tan Deraman, son of Tengku Djukdin, who was the son of Tengku Panji Sakar, who in turn was the son of Tengku Syahmardan, and the son of Sutan Husin, was the first to promote the cultivation of land for farming.
The lineage of the Bahorok kingdom, from the 16th century, is said to be:

Raja Sutan Husin
Tengku Syahmardan bin Sutan Husin
Tengku Panji Sakar bin Tengku Syahmardan
Tengku Djukdin bin Panji Sakar
Tengku Tan Deraman bin Tengku Djukdin
Tengku Basir bin Tengku Djukdin, he fled in 1835 to Kutacane from the Dutch, and was replaced by
Tengku Tan Perang bin Tengku Djukdin
Tengku Lengkong son of Tengku Tan Perang
Tengku Hasyim, founder of Bohorok mosque (1917), died 27 May 1935
Tengku Bahagi, younger brother of Tengku Hasyim
Tengku Saidi Husni, son-in-law of Tengku Hasyim
Tengku Sembab, until Indonesian independence in 1945
Thus, Bahorok is a historically Malay-Karo kingdom.
The kingdoms of Bohorok, Stabat, and Binjai eventually united to form the kingdom of Langkat, which later became Langkat Regency under Dutch rule and subsequently under Indonesian rule.




= Name change

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The name of Bahorok district was officially changed from Bohorok in 1987 due to the forging of the official stamp of Bohorok. Other government departments still use the name Bohorok.




Details


To the south lies Karo Regency, to the west Southeast Aceh province, to the east Salapian district, and to the north Batang Serangan district.
There are 22 desa and luruh within Bahorok district:

Batu Jong Jong, comprising 479 square km, larger than the other 21 desa combined.
Lau Damak
Sampe Raya
Perkebunan Bungara
Pekan Bahorok (the only kelurahan)
Empus
Perkebunan Turangi
Simpang Pulau Rambung
Sematar
Perkebunan Pulau Rambung
Suka Rakyati
Tanjung Lenggang
Sumber Jaya
Perkebunan Sei Musam
Amal Tani
Bukit Lawang
Timbang Lawan
Timbang Jaya
Sebertung
Pulau Semikat
Sei Musam Kendit
Musam Pembangunan
The district is predominantly Muslim (88%), with 11% Protestant and a negligible number of other religions. There are above-average Christian populations in Batu Jong Jong (33%), Lau Damak (30%), Sampe Raya (23%), Sei Musam Kendit (20%), Pekan Bahorok (16%), and Simp. Pulau Rambung (13%). The area has 65 mosques, 45 mushollas, and 13 churches.
In most desa, Javanese are the largest group, with the exceptions of Lau Damak (Karo), Timbang Lawan, Timbang Jaya, Pekan Bahorok, Tanjung Lenggang, and Empus (Malay).
There are 40 junior schools, 10 middle schools, and 3 high schools (SMA Negeri 1 Bohorok, plus two private schools). Additionally, there are 17 junior madrasahs (16 of which are private), 6 middle school madrasahs (5 of which are private), and 2 senior madrasahs (both private).
Notable agricultural production includes wet rice fields (sawah), maize, and cassava. The district has only cottage industries.
While there is a paved road to Medan, other roads tend to be unsurfaced or dirt tracks.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Sungai Bohorok
• Daftar sungai di Sumatera Utara
• Bukit Lawang
• Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser
• Bahorok, Langkat
• Daftar sungai di Sumatra
• Curing
• Cecak-batu tapanuli
• Daftar sungai di Indonesia
• Kembaren
• Bohorok
• Bohorok River
• List of rivers of Sumatra
• CASA C-212 Aviocar
• Rasbora haru
• Salapian
• Mamberamo River
• El Manik
• Solo River
• Citarum River