Central Tapanuli Regency

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Central Tapanuli Regency
Kabupaten Tapanuli Tengah
Lambang Kabupaten Tapanuli Tengah.gif
Motto(s): 
Sahata Saoloan
Agree
Lokasi Sumatra Utara Kabupaten Tapanuli Tengah.svg
Country Indonesia
Province North Sumatra
Regency seat Pandan
Government
  RegentDr. Elfin Elyas Nainggolan (2022 - 2024) ; Bakhtiar Ahmad Sibarani (2017 - 2022)
  Vice RegentDarwin Sitompul (2017 -2022)
  Chairman of Regency's Council of RepresentativesKhairul Kiyedi Pasaribu (Nasdem) (Acting)
  Vice Chairman of Regency's Council of RepresentativesAgus Fitriadi Panggabean (Golkar) (Acting)
Area
  Total2,194.98 km2 (847.49 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
  Total386,895
  Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (WIB)
Website www.tapteng.go.id

Central Tapanuli Regency (Tapanuli Tengah in Indonesia) is a regency in North Sumatra province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The seat of the regency government is at Pandan. The regency covers an area of 2,194.98 km2 and consists of a long extent of land along the western coast of North Sumatra, together with offshore islands of which the largest is Mursala Island; it had a population of 311,232 at the 2010 census [2] and 365,177 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid-2023 was 386,895 (comprising 195,086 males and 191,809 females). [1] The regency surrounds the landward side of the city of Sibolga, which is administratively separate from the regency.

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Administrative districts

The regency is divided into twenty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and the 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as of mid-2023. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 160 rural desa and 55 urban kelurahan), and its postcode.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
desa
No.
of
kelurahan
Post
code
12.01.04Pinangsori78.3222,55025,55226,753Pinangsori5522653
12.01.15Badiri129.4921,97327,23728,757Lopian7222654
12.01.08Sibabangun284.6416,39518,41219,227Sibabangun6122655
12.01.19Lumut105.9811,16012,74913,380Aek Gambir5122652
12.01.18Sukabangun49.372,8663,8494,155Pulo Pakkat I6-22656
12.01.03Pandan (district)34.3147,10659,05663,671Pasar Baru22022611
-22616
12.01.14Tukka150.9311,37614,34315,368Tukka5422617
-22618
12.01.20Sarudik25.9220,97622,25823,919Pondok Batu1422611
-22616
12.01.07Tapian Nauli (a)83.0118,45920,50721,348Tapian Nauli II8122618
12.01.13Sitahuis50.525,0405,8976,232Nauli5122611
Southeast sector992.49177,901209,860222,810503922562
12.01.06Kolang436.2915,95720,82722,054Kolang Nauli12222562
12.01.02Sorkam80.6115,99316,51117,432Sorkam17422560
12.01.10Sorkam Barat
(West Sorkam)
44.5814,73417,59818,709Sorkam Kanan10222561
12.01.16Pasaribu Tobing103.366,4677,5177,929Pasaribu Tobing9-22563
12.01.01 Barus 21.8115,64517,48018,227Padang Masiang11222564
12.01.09Sosor Gadong143.1312,46114,59815,432Sosor Gadong8122568
12.01.12Andam Dewi122.4214,05716,19117,032Rina Bolak13122651
12.01.17Barus Utara
(North Barus)
63.024,1554,8445,114Hutaginjang6-22567
12.01.05Manduamas99.5519,44922,95124,314Pasar Onan Manduamas17322565
12.01.11Sirandorung87.7213,41316,80017,842Bajamas7122566
Northwest sector1,202.49132,331155,317164,0851101622562
Totals2,194.98311,232365,177386,895Pandan16055

Note: (a) includes Mursala Island and 18 smaller islands off the coast.

Tourist sites

Central Tapanuli's beaches are ideal for surfing, although they are not as well known as those of Nias Island. The regency has 30 offshore islands; one of the biggest is Mursala Island with 8,000 hectares (1 hour by motorboat from Sibolga), which has a waterfall that directly drops to the sea; around 100 metres from the waterfall the water still tastes plain and the corals are unique and beautiful. [4] In 1933, the first King Kong film has taken pictures here. [5]

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