Southwest Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Barat Daya) is a

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in the

Aceh Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a s ...

special region of

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. It is located on the island of

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. The regency covers an area of 1,882.05 square kilometres and according to the 2010 census had a population of 126,036; this rose to 140,366 at the 2015 Census, and to 150,775 at the 2020 Census. The seat of the regency government is at

Blangpidie Blangpidie or Blang Pidie is a town in the Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the capital of Southwest Aceh Regency. Blangpidie is located on the west coast of Sumatra island and the main Banda Aceh — Medan road passes through the town. ...

Administrative districts

The regency is divided administratively into nine

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas (in km²) and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal codes.

References

Regencies of Aceh {{Aceh-geo-stub

Administrative districts

See also

References