North Labuhanbatu Regency (''Kabupaten Labuhanbatu Utara'', alternatively ''Kabupaten Labuhan Batu Utara'') is a

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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 ...

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, created in 2007 by being carved out of the existing

Labuhanbatu Regency Labuhanbatu Regency (''Kabupaten Labuhanbatu'', alternatively ''Kabupaten Labuhan Batu'') is a regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Its seat is Rantau Prapat. It had an area of 9,322.5 km2 in 2000 (prior to the separation of the new North L ...

, which in 2000 covered an area of 9,322.5 square kilometres and had a population of 840,382 according to the 2000 census. 60.99% of the regency is forested. The new North Labuhanbatu Regency covers 3,545.8 square kilometres and had a population of 331,660 at the 2010 Census, rising to 381,994 at the 2020 Census. The Kualuh River is located in this regency

Administrative districts

The regency is divided administratively into eight

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the locations of the district centres.

References

Regencies of North Sumatra {{NSumatra-geo-stub