Simalungun Regency

Simalungun Regency
(Kabupaten Simalungun)
Coat of arms of Simalungun Regency
Motto(s): 
Habonaron Do Bona
(Truth is the Foundation of Everything)
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceNorth Sumatra
Regency seatRaya
Government
 • RegentJopinus Ramli Saragih
 • Vice RegentAmran Sinaga
 • Chairman of Regency's Council of RepresentativesTimbul Jaya Hamonangan Sibarani (Golkar)
 • Vice Chairmen of Regency's Council of RepresentativesSamrin Girsang (PDI-P), Elias Barus (Partai Demokrat) and Sastra Joyo Sirait (Gerindra)
Area
 • Total4,372.5 km2 (1,688.2 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total1,035,920
 • Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Websitewww.simalungunkab.go.id

Simalungun Regency is a regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. Its seat was formerly at Pematangsiantar, but this city was under Law No.15 of 10 March 1986 was separated from the Regency and made into an independent city (kota), although it remains geographically surrounded by the regency, whose new administrative seat is at Raya, while the regency's two most populous districts are Bandar and Siantar. The regency now covers an area of 4,372.5 square kilometres, and at the 2010 census it had a population of 817,720;[2] at the 2020 Census this had risen to 990,246, of whom 497,314 were males and 492,932 were females;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,035,920 - comprising 521,262 males and 514,658 females.[1]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Simalungun Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1208)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

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