Kluet people
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Kak Keluwat | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 58,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (Aceh) | |
| Languages | |
| Alas-Kluet language, Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam[2][3] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Alas, Singkil, Pakpak |
Kluet or Keluwat people are Bataks sub-ethnic in South Aceh Regency, Aceh, Indonesia namely North Kluet, South Kluet, Central Kluet, and East Kluet. The Kluet people are regarded as part of the Batak people sub-ethnicity. The Kluet regions are separated by Lawé Kluet River, where it disgorges from the Mount Leuser and disembogues into the Indian Ocean. Residential region of the Kluet people is 30 km from Tapaktuan city or 500 km from Banda Aceh.[4] Majority of the population and as well as the Kluet people practices Islam.[2]
During the colonial period, the Acehnese people are known to have had political influence on the coastal area that became known as Kluet kingdom. Therefore, the Acehnese people also had cultural influence in the culture of the Kluet people to a certain degree, where the adat (customary) authority structure of the Kluet people are historically similar.[5] Farming is the main source of income for the Kluet people.
