A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a

regency A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...

in the United States or county town in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

. Legally, regency seats are not administrative

subdivisions of Indonesia Indonesia is divided into provinces ( id, Provinsi). Provinces are made up of regencies (''kabupaten'') and cities (''kota''). Provinces, regencies, and cities have their own local governments and parliamentary bodies. Since the enactment o ...

and have no official boundaries. A regency seat may occupy an entire

district 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 ...

(such as

Sigli Sigli is a town in Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Pidie Regency. Sigli is located 112 kilometers to the south of the capital of Aceh province, Banda Aceh. Sport Persatuan Sepakbola Aceh Pidie is the football club f ...

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 ...

Ngawi (town) Ngawi Town ( id, Kecamatan Ngawi Kota, ) is the capital of Ngawi Regency which is also the center of government and economy of Ngawi Regency. Ngawi is also a district which is in Ngawi Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia. This sub distric ...

Ngawi Regency Ngawi Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of East Java, Indonesia. Ngawi is well known around the world for its '' Pithecantropus erectus'' that was found by Eugene Dubois, a Dutchman. Ngawi is located in East Java Province, but adjoins Central ...

), a part of district (such as

Sarilamak Sarilamak is a town in Lima Puluh Kota Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over ...

in Harau district,

Lima Puluh Kota Regency Lima Puluh Kota Regency (meaning ''fifty towns'' in the Minangkabau language) is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Sumatra province, Indonesia. It has an area of 3,354.53 km2 and had a population of 348,249 at the 2010 census and 383,525 at t ...

), or several districts (such as

Ungaran Ungaran ( Dutch: ''Oengaran'') is a town in Central Java, Indonesia and the administrative centre of the Semarang Regency in the province of Central Java. Ungaran is located at -7° 8' 17", 110° 24' 18" at an elevation of 319 metres. It encomp ...

, which consists of West Ungaran district and East Ungaran district in

Semarang Regency Semarang is a landlocked regency ( id, kabupaten) in Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 950.207 km2 and had a population of 930,727 at the 2010 census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. 999,817 at the 2015 census and ...

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