Samosir
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| Samosir | |
|---|---|
| Kabupaten Samosir | |
| Regency | |
| General | |
| Coordinates | 2.54, 98.56 |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province/State | North Sumatra |
| Administration | |
| Capital | Pangururan |
| Cannabis documentation | |
| Growing regions | 0 |
| Growing areas | 0 |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 0 |
| Eradication campaigns | 0 |
| News items | 0 |
| Research items | 0 |
Samosir (Kabupaten Samosir) is a regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia, comprising Samosir island in Lake Toba together with mainland territory on the caldera's south-western rim. Its capital is Pangururan.
The regency's documented cannabis record is thin but real: two cultivation cases, in 2019 and 2022, both on the island's upland interior. The colonial record ties the island to a different intoxicant: contemporary press coverage of the opium administration singled out Samosir's opium question in 1918, in the same period in which official hemp surveying passed over the Batak highlands.[1]
Geography
The regency's official geography puts the lake surface at about 904 metres, with the island rising to an upland plateau; most of its territory lies above 1,000 metres.[2] Both documented cultivation cases sit in this upland interior, at Ronggur Nihuta and Simanindo districts.
Cannabis in Samosir
Enforcement record
In July 2019 Polres Samosir found a plot of about one rante at Dusun I Pasar Bengkok, Desa Sijambur, Ronggur Nihuta district, staking out the field overnight and arresting its owner when he arrived.[3] In April 2022 the same force found about 300 plants at Desa Dosroha, Simanindo district, after a two-month investigation; the farmer arrested told police he had sold dried cannabis for nearly three years. A police briefing that week put the cultivation at two plots of about half a hectare.[4]
Colonial opium record
Colonial sources document an opium economy on Samosir; their cannabis record for the island is empty. In 1918 the negeri of Limbong on the island collectively surrendered 83 opium-smoking licences, an act the reporting described through the words of the Dutch controleur as genuinely Batak in character;[1] the opium administration's reporting of the same year discussed the island's opium question at length while its hemp survey named four other Sumatran regions and did not mention the Tapanuli residency.[5] These are colonial administrative sources and carry that period's framing; they document the administration's record and priorities, not Batak practice as such.
Growing Areas
No growing areas documented yet.
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
Recent news
| Article | Date | Category |
|---|---|---|
| News:2022-04-20/Enforcement/polres-samosir-finds-about-300-cannabis-plants-at-two-plots-in-dosroha | 20 April 2022 | Enforcement |
| News:2019-07-26/Enforcement/cannabis-plot-uncovered-after-overnight-stake-out-at-sijambur-on-samosir | 26 July 2019 | Enforcement |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Opium onder de Batakkers". De Locomotief (in Nederlands). 25 October 1918 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Geografis". Pemerintah Kabupaten Samosir (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "Polres Samosir Temukan 1 Rante Ladang Ganja di Sijambur". Radar Medan (in Bahasa Indonesia). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "Polres Samosir Bongkar Ladang Ganja di Desa Dosroha, 300 Pohon Siap Edar Diamankan". Mistar (in Bahasa Indonesia). 20 April 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "De opiumregie". De Locomotief (in Nederlands). 16 August 1918 – via Delpher.