On Boxing Day morning, 2004, a 9.3magnitude earthquake struck the Indian Ocean. The quakeunleashed a blast of energy and created a tsunami threestories high. The disaster claimed more than 228,000 lives,affected 2.5 million others and caused close to US $11.4billion of damage in 14 countries. By far the highest pricewas paid by Aceh, where more people died than in all theother countries combined. In Banda Aceh, the capital of theprovince, the tsunami claimed nearly a third of thepopulation. More than 800 km. of coastline was affected andclose to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed. The landadministration system sustained significant damage asdocumentation of land ownership was washed away. Physicalboundary markers, including trees and fences, alsodisappeared. The tsunami and earthquake not only shatteredhousing and other coastal infrastructure, they also shookthe foundations of Acehnese society and the social capitalbuilt up over decades.
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