Tourism is increasingly important to the eastern side of the island. The island contains many ancient megaliths. They are mainly Christian, with ancestor worship still important. The Samosir Batak grow rice, raise cattle, fish in the lake, and raise shallots and garlic for sale. The mountain Dolok Pusubukit on the isthmus joining Samosir to the mainland is believed to have been the home of the first Batak, the mythical first ancestor of the Batak people, who inhabit much of Sumatera Utara. In the east the island rises to 5,350 feet (1,630 metres), but the level of the surrounding water is 2,989 feet. Approximately 200 square miles (520 square km) in area, the island occupies nearly half the lake and is joined to its western shore by an isthmus, at which point is the island’s principal town, Pangururan. Samosir, island in Danau (lake) Toba, Sumatera Utara propinsi (North Sumatra province), Sumatra, Indonesia.
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