Mandailing Natal, abbreviated as Madina, is a regency in

North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and ...

Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 6,620.70 square kilometres and it had a population of 403,894 people at the 2010 census and 472,886 at the 2020 Census. The capital lies at

Panyabungan Panyabungan is a town in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Mandailing Natal Regency. Climate Panyabungan has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial ...

. The Regency was a former part of

South Tapanuli South Tapanuli (Tapanuli Selatan in Indonesian Language, abbreviated Tapsel) is a regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Its seat is the town of Sipirok. This regency was originally very large and contained thousands of towns and villages, including ...

Regency

Administration

At the 2010 Census, the regency was divided into eighteen districts (''kecamatan''). Subsequently, five additional districts (indicated by asterisks in the table below) have been created by the division of existing districts. The twenty-three districts are tabulated below with their areas and their population at the 2010 Census Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 CensusBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (''desa'' and ''kelurahan'') in each district and its post code.

National Park

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Batang Gadis National Park Batang Gadis is a national park covering 1,080 km2 in North Sumatra province, Indonesia extending between 300 and 2,145 metres altitude. It is named after the Batang Gadis river that flows thorough the park.Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia"T ...

References

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