Pangkalan Brandan
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title:
Pangkalan Brandan
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Pangkalan Brandan (Pangkalanberandan) is a port town in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, forty miles north west of Medan, close to the boundary with Aceh. The area's population is estimated at 21,000. Oil seepages were known in the archipelago since antiquity, the small ponds containing a mineral wax used for lighting torches and caulking boats. In 1880, East Sumatra Tobacco Company's Aeilko Jans Zijlker discovered these deposits contained up to 62 percent kerosene. Acquiring
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Town in Langkat Regency, Indonesia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangkalan_Brandan
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date modified:
2023-08-20T04:29:04Z
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