Kisaran is a large town in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia. Kisaran is the administrative capital of Asahan Regency. Kisaran does not now have the status of an independent city, but is composed of two administrative districts (kecamatan) - West Kisaran District and East Kisaran District. Kisaran is situated on the Trans-Sumatra Highway, and is also located in the path of trains in northern Sumatra.

The previous status of Kisaran was an administrative city, independent of the regency, which was then abolished and divided into two districts within the regency in 2003 because it did not meet the increasing requirements of the autonomous region.

Government

Kisaran has an area of 62.98 km , and is divided into two districts (East Kisaran, or Kisaran Timur, and West Kisaran, or Kisaran Barat). These are in turn divided into 25 Urban Villages (kelurahan), listed below with their populations at the 2020 Census:

Urban Villages (kecamatan) of Kisaran City

No	Village (kelurahan)	District (kecamatan)	Pop'n 2020 Census
1	Kisaran Naga	East Kisaran	6,471
2	Kisaran Timur	East Kisaran	3,142
3	Sentang	East Kisaran	10,069
4	Kedai Ledang	East Kisaran	5,220
5	Teladan	East Kisaran	5,956
6	Mutiara	East Kisaran	9,752
7	Siumbut Umbut	East Kisaran	7,823
8	Siumbut Baru	East Kisaran	6,668
9	Gambir Baru	East Kisaran	5,889
10	Karang Anyer	East Kisaran	4,247
11	Lestari	East Kisaran	8,606
12	Selawan	East Kisaran	7,466
13	Bunut	West Kisaran	2,744
14	Bunut Barat	West Kisaran	6,359
15	Sidodadi	West Kisaran	3,331
16	Sidomukti	West Kisaran	6,258
17	Mekar Baru	West Kisaran	3,516
18	Tebing Kisaran	West Kisaran	4,085
19	Kisaran Baru	West Kisaran	5,532
20	Kisaran Kota	West Kisaran	2,949
21	Sei Renggas	West Kisaran	6,310
22	Dadimulyo	West Kisaran	4,672
23	Tegal Sari	West Kisaran	3,382
24	Sendang Sari	West Kisaran	5,631
25	Kisaran Barat	West Kisaran	3,659

Demographics

Religion

Based on data from BPS in 2017, 82.42 percent of the population of Kisaran embraced Islam. The rest are Protestants, Buddhists, Catholics, Hindus and a small number of Confucians.

Ethnic

BPS data of 2017 noted that the plurality of the population in Kisaran is Javanese (38.01%), followed by Malay (25.69%), Batak 23.88%, Chinese 7.27%, and other ethnic groups (5.15%).

Transportation

• Kisaran Railways Station
• Motorcycle Rickshaws
• Online Motorbike Taxi

Notable people

• Sisworo Gautama Putra
• Sindoedarmo Sudjojono