Pakpak Bharat Regency

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Pakpak Bharat Regency
(Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat)
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Regent's office of Pakpak Bharat
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Motto: 
Bage Ate Rejekki Bage Tennah Mo Sodip
Lokasi Sumatra Utara Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat.svg
Country Indonesia
Province North Sumatra
Regency seat Salak
Government
  RegentAsren Nasution (Acting)
  Chairman of Regency's Council of RepresentativesSonni P Berutu (Partai Demokrat)
  Vice Chairmen of Regency's Council of RepresentativesElson Angkat (Golkar) and Mansehat Manik (Gerindra)
Area
  Total1,365.60 km2 (527.26 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
  Total55,172
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demographics
[2]
  Religion Christianism 57,54%
Protestantism 53,45%
Catholicism 4,09%
Islam 42,46%
Time zone UTC+7 (WIB)
Website www.pakpakbharatkab.go.id

Pakpak Bharat Regency is a landlocked regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. It was created on 25 February 2003 from the southern districts of Dairi Regency. The regency covers an area of 1,365.6 square kilometres and it had a population of 40,481 at the 2010 census [3] and 52,351 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 55,172 - comprising 27,890 males and 27,282 females. [1] Its seat is the town of Salak. It is the least populated regency in North Sumatra; its population is roughly the same as Greenland, the island with the lowest population density in the world.

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Administrative districts

The regency is divided administratively into eight districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their reas and their populations at the 2010 Census [3] and the 2020 Census, [4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) in each district and its post code.

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
villages
Post
code
12.15.03 Salak 237.587,21610,05710,837Salak622272
12.15.01 Sitellu Tali Ureng Jehe 381.679,36511,48611,926Sibande1022275
12.15.06 Pagindar 299.411,2111,4761,530Pagindar422270
12.15.04 Sitellu Tali Ureng Julu 88.253,3764,3214,543Ulu Merah522276
12.15.05Pergetteng-Getteng
Sengkut
65.703,7404,7514,984Kecupak522273
12.15.02 Kerajaan 139.268,11510,07810,502Sukarame1022271
12.15.07 Tinada 58.423,6394,8275,127Tinada622277
12.15.08 Siempat Rube 95.113,8435,3555,723Jambu Rea622274
Totals1,365.6040,50552,35155,172Salak52

Demographics

Etnhic groups

The indigenous peoples that inhabit Pakpak Bharat Regency in general are the Pakpak people. Besides Pakpak, other Batak ethnicities include Toba and Karo; there are also other ethnic groups such as Malay and Nias and so on.

Most of the territory of Pakpak Bharat Regency is the ulayat land of the Pakpak people Suak Simsim, so the majority of Pakpak clan in Pakpak Bharat Regency are from Suak Simsim. However, there are also other Pakpak clans from the other four phylums.

The Pakpak clans inhabiting Pakpak Bharat Regency include:

  • Bancin
  • Banurea
  • Berutu
  • Boangmanalu
  • Cibro
  • Kabeakan
  • Kesogihen
  • Limbong
  • Manik
  • Padang
  • Padang Batanghari
  • Sinamo
  • Sitakar
  • Solin
  • Tinendung

Religion

Religious composition in Pakpak Bharat Regency. [5]

   Protestantism (53.45%)
   Islam (42.46%)
   Catholicism (4.09%)

The number of houses of worship by type of places of worship in 2016 in Pakpak Bharat Regency is as follows:

  • Church Protestant 98 buildings
  • Church Catholic 13 buildings
  • Mosque as many as 78 buildings

In Pakpak Bharat Regency, Christianity is the religion with the majority of the population, followed by adherents of the Islam religion which also has a large population. There are a total of 189 places of worship (111 churches (98 Protestant and 13 Catholic)), and 78 mosques.

residents of Pakpak Bharat Regency who are Protestant Christians are members of the Church GKPPD.

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