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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Batubara Regency

Batubara Regency is a regency on North Sumatra's eastern shoreline, with the town of Limapuluh as the seat of its administration. It was carved out from the seven most westerly coastal districts of Asahan Regency with effect from 15 June 2007. The new regency covers an area of 887.88 km, and had a population of 375,885 at the 2010 Census and 410,678 at the 2020 Census, of whom 206,551 were male and 204,127 were female; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 430,533 - comprising 216,549 males and 213,984 females. It's quite densely populated compared to countries like China or Japan.

Administrative districts

From 2007 until 2017 the regency was divided administratively into seven districts (kecamatan), but at the end of 2017 five additional districts were created by the division of four of the existing districts. The districts are tabulated below from east to west with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 141 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), and its post code:

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
code
12.19.07 Sei Balai 85.39 26,857 29,541 31,021 Sei Balai 14 21252
12.19.06 Tanjung Tiram 13.17 62,964 35,662 36,673 Tanjung Tiram 10 21253
12.19.12 Nibung Hangus 127.95 31,206 32,855 Ujung Kubu 12 21253
12.19.05 Talawi 48.09 53,585 31,912 33,706 Labuhan Ruku 10 21254
12.19.11 Datuk Tanah Datar 49.24 26,903 28,025 Karang Baru 10 21254
12.19.04 Lima Puluh 102.80 85,164 35,623 37,180 Lima Puluh Kota 12 21255
12.19.09 Lima Puluh Pesisir
(Coastal Lima Puluh)
80.85 34,921 37,559 Perupuk 13 21255
12.19.10 Datuk Lima Puluh 59.59 24,432 25,446 Simpang Dolok 10 21255
12.19.03 Air Putih 81.27 46,749 51,959 54,728 Indrapura 19 21256
12.19.02 Sei Suka 73.49 52,599 33,648 34,922 Sei Suka/Deras 10 21257
12.19.08 Laut Tador 82.71 21,747 22,520 Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau 10 21257
12.19.01 Medang Deras 83.33 47,967 53,124 55,898 Pangkalan Dodek 21 21258
Totals 887.88 375,885 410,678 430,533 Lima Puluh 151

Note: (a) includes the small offshore islands of Pandang and Salahnama. (b) including 2 kelurahan.
(c) the 2010 population of the new Nibung Hangus District is included with the figure for Tanjung Tiram District, from which it was cut out. (d) including one kelurahan.
(e) the 2010 population of the new Datuk Tanah Datar District is included with the figure for Talawi District, from which it was cut out. (f) the 2010 population of the new Lima Puluh Pesisir and Datuk Lima Puluh Districts are included with the figure for Lima Puluh District, from which they were cut out. (g) the 2010 population of the new Laut Tador District is included with the figure for Sei Suka District, from which it was cut out. (h) including 3 kelurahan.

Transport

On 27 January 2015 groundbreaking for the new Kuala Tanjung Port began. The port will accommodate 60 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) per year as the biggest port in West Indonesia, bigger than Tanjung Priok Port, in Jakarta with only 15 million TEUs per year.

References

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Batubara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1219)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Presiden: Pelabuhan Kuala Tanjung Bakal Besar Sekali". January 27, 2015.


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