Banda Aceh. City of Banda Aceh is one of the cities in Indonesia as well as the capital of Aceh, Indonesia. Formerly this town named Kutaraja, then since December 28, 1962 its name was changed to Banda Aceh. As the central government, Banda Aceh became the center of all economic activity, political, social and cultural. Cities that have been aged 802 this year - according to the Aceh Provincial Regulation No. 5 of 1988, dated 22 April 1205 set as the date of the existence of the city. Cheng Ho had a stopover in Banda Aceh on his first expedition. On December 26, 2004, Banda Aceh was hit by tsunami tidal waves caused by an earthquake 9.2 on the Richter Scale in the Indonesian Ocean. This disaster claimed hundreds of thousands of lives the people of Banda Aceh and destroyed more than 60% of the buildings of this city. Up to now not known how many would the people of Banda Aceh after the tsunami.