Pidie Jaya Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pidie Jaya) is a
regency
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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
Indonesia
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. It is located on the island of
Sumatra
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. The regency was created out of part of
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie ...
in 2007. The seat of the regency government is at
Meureudu
Meureudu or Keude Meureudu is a town in Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Pidie Jaya Regency
Pidie Jaya Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pidie Jaya) is a regency in the Aceh Special region of Indonesia. It is located on the isl ...
. The regency covers an area of 952.11 square kilometres and had a population of 132,956 people at the 2010 Census and 158,397 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 160,327.
Administrative divisions
The regency is divided administratively into eight
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
(''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates 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.
See also
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List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
Regencies (''kabupaten'') and cities (''kota'') are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts. Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most citi ...
References
External links
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Regencies of Aceh
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