Langkat Regency ( id, Kabupaten Langkat) is the northernmost
regency of
North Sumatra. Its seat is
Stabat. Its area is 6,263.29 km
2 and its population was 967,535 at the 2010
Census
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and 1,030,202 at the 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 1,034,519.
Immediately to the south is
Karo Regency, to the east is
Deli Serdang Regency (which surrounds the city of
Medan
Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four mai ...
) and the city of
Binjai (formerly part of Langkat Regency), to the north lies the
Strait of Malacca and to the west lies
Aceh Province.
Administrative districts
Langkat Regency is divided into twenty-three administrative
districts (
Indonesian: ''
kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 Census,
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] together was the official estimate as at mid 2021.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district and its post code.
Notes: (a) adjacent to, but not part of,
Binjai city. (b) includes the offshore island of Pulau Selingkar. (c) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Kampai, Pulau Panjang, Pulau Rawa and Pulau Sembilan.
References
Regencies of North Sumatra
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