Nias Utara (North Nias) Regency 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
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. It comprises the northern portion of
Nias Island and has an area of 1,242.14 km
2. It had a population of 127,244 at the 2010 Census and 147,274 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 148,790. The administrative capital is Lotu.
Administration
The regency is divided into eleven
district
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s (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas (in km
2) and their 2010 Census and 2020 Census
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] populations. 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) except the village of Sisobahili, with a post code of 22817. (b) including offshore Pulau Sarangbaung. (c) including offshore Pulau Wunga. (d) including 17 offshore islands.
References
Regencies of North Sumatra
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