Tuban Regency () is a

regency In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...

in the East Java province of

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. The Dutch name of the regency is 'Toeban'. It covers a land area of 1,839.94 sq. km, and had a population of 1,118,464 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,198,012 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 1,258,368 (comprising 630,258 males and 628,110 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Tuban Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3523) The administrative centre is the coastal town of

Tuban Tuban is a town located on the north coast of Java, in Tuban Regency (of which the town is the administrative capital), approximately west of Surabaya, the capital of East Java. Tuban Regency is surrounded by Lamongan Regency in the east, Bojo ...

. The Regency is bordered to the north by the

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, east by

Lamongan Regency Lamongan Regency () is a regency () of the East Java Province of Indonesia. It has a total land area of approximately or + 3.78% of the area of East Java Province. With a length of along the coastline (comprising Paciran and Brondong Distric ...

, south by

Bojonegoro Regency Bojonegoro Regency (, older spelling is ''Kabupaten Bodjanegara'', ) is a regency in East Java Province of Indonesia, about 110 km west of Surabaya and 73 km northeast of Ngawi. It covers a land area of 2,307.06 km2 (890.76 mil ...

, and west by

Blora Regency Blora () is a regency in the northeastern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Blora. The regency is located in the easternmost part of Central Java and borders the Bengawan Solo River and the East Java provin ...

and

Rembang Regency Rembang Regency () is a regency () on the extreme northeast coast of Central Java Province, on the island of Java (bordering on the Java Sea) in Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,036.70 km2 on Java, and it had a population of 591,35 ...

(both in

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Province). The regency is located in a strategic area, on the border of

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with

, passed by the main highway (''Jalan Nasional Daendels'') along the north coast of Java (here called ''Jalur Pantai Utara'' or ''Jalur Pantura''). In ancient times, Tuban was the main port of

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and was a center of Islamic spreading by Walisongo.

Administrative districts

Tuban Regency consists of twenty

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their population totals from the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as of mid-2023.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Tuban Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3523) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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s in each district (totaling 311 rural ''desa'' and 17 urban ''kelurahan''), and their postal codes. Notes: (a) including one ''kelurahan'' (Panyuran). (b) including 2 ''kelurahan'' (Gedongombo and Karang). (c) comprising 14 ''kelurahan'' (Baturetno, Doromukti, Karangsari, Kebonsari, Kingking, Kutorejo, Latsari, Mondokan, Perbon, Ronggomulyo, Sendangharjo, Sidomulyo, Sidorejo and Sukolilo) and 3 ''desa''.

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