Simalungun Regency
Simalungun Regency is a regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Its seat was formerly at Pematangsiantar, but this city was in 1986 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. The regency now covers an area of 4,372.5 square kilometres, and at the 2010 census it had a population of 817,720; at the 2020 Census this had risen to 990,246, of whom 497,314 were male and 492,932 were female; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 1,021,615.
Simalungun Regency
(Kabupaten Simalungun) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Habonaron Do Bona (Truth is the Foundation of Everything) | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | North Sumatra |
| Regency seat | Raya |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Jopinus Ramli Saragih |
| • Vice Regent | Amran Sinaga |
| • Chairman of Regency's Council of Representatives | Timbul Jaya Hamonangan Sibarani (Golkar) |
| • Vice Chairmen of Regency's Council of Representatives | Samrin Girsang (PDI-P), Elias Barus (Partai Demokrat) and Sastra Joyo Sirait (Gerindra) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,372.50 km2 (1,688.23 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2022 estimate) | |
| • Total | 1,021,615 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (WIB) |
| Website | www |
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