Pakpak Bharat Regency is a regency in

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, Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,218.3 square kilometres and it had a population of 40,481 at the 2010 census and 52,351 at the 2020 Census. Its seat is the town of

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Administrative districts

The regency is divided administratively into eight

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their reas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census. 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.

Demographics

Etnhic groups

The tribes that inhabit Pakpak Bharat Regency in general are Pakpak people. Besides Pakpak, other Batak ethnicities include Toba and

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; there are also other tribes such as

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and

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and so on. Most of the territory of Pakpak Bharat Regency is the ulayat land of the Pakpak people Suak Simsim, so the majority of Pakpak clan in Pakpak Bharat Regency are from Suak Simsim. However, there are also other Pakpak clans from the other four asylums. The Pakpak clans inhabiting Pakpak Bharat Regency include: * Bancin * Banurea * Berutu * Boangmanalu * Cibro * Kabeakan * Kesogihen * Limbong * Manik * Padang * Padang Batanghari * Sinamo * Sitakar * Solin * Tinendung

Religion

The number of houses of worship by type of places of worship in 2016 in Pakpak Bharat Regency is as follows: *

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Protestant 98 buildings *

Catholic 13 buildings *

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as many as 78 buildings In Pakpak Bharat Regency,

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is the religion with the majority of the population, followed by adherents of the

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religion which also has a large population. residents of Pakpak Bharat Regency who are Protestant Christians are members of the Church GKPPD.

References

Regencies of North Sumatra {{NSumatra-geo-stub