Batubara Regency

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Batubara Regency
Kabupaten Batubara
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Jawiباتوبارا
Coat of arms of Batubara Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Sejahtera Berjaya
(Prosperous and Successful)
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceNorth Sumatra
Regency seatLima Puluh
Government
 • RegentZahir
 • Vice RegentOky Iqbal Frima
 • Chairman of Council of RepresentativesSyafi'i (PDI-P)
 • Vice Chairmen of Council of RepresentativesIsmar Komri (Golkar) and Safrizal (Gerindra)
Area
 • Total
887.89 km2 (342.82 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2024 estimate)[1]
 • Total
437,360
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Websitewww.batubarakab.go.id

Batubara Regency is a regency on North Sumatra's eastern shoreline, with the town of Limapuluh as the seat of its administration. It was carved out from the seven most westerly coastal districts of Asahan Regency with effect from 15 June 2007. The new regency covers an area of 887.89 km2, and had a population of 375,885 at the 2010 Census[2] and 410,678 at the 2020 Census,[3] of whom 206,551 were male and 204,127 were female; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 437,360 - comprising 219,965 males and 217,396 females.[1] It's quite densely populated compared to countries like China or Japan.

Administrative districts

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From 2007 until 2017 the regency was divided administratively into seven districts (kecamatan), but at the end of 2017 five additional districts were created by the division of four of the existing districts. The districts are tabulated below from east to west with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 141 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), and its post code:

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
Census
2010		 Pop'n
Census
2020		 Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
12.19.07 Sei Balai 85.39 26,857 29,541 31,530 Sei Balai 14 21252
12.19.06 Tanjung Tiram (a) 13.17 62,964 35,662 37,016 Tanjung Tiram 10 (b) 21253
12.19.12 Nibung Hangus 127.95 (c) 31,206 33,423 Ujung Kubu 12 21253
12.19.05 Talawi 48.09 53,585 31,912 34,325 Labuhan Ruku 10 (d) 21254
12.19.11 Datuk Tanah Datar 49.24 (e) 26,903 28,409 Karang Baru 10 21254
12.19.04 Lima Puluh 102.80 85,164 35,623 37,712 Lima Puluh Kota 12 (f) 21255
12.19.09 Lima Puluh Pesisir
(Coastal Lima Puluh)		 80.85 (g) 34,921 38,481 Perupuk 13 21255
12.19.10 Datuk Lima Puluh 59.59 (g) 24,432 25,792 Simpang Dolok 10 21255
12.19.03 Air Putih 81.27 46,749 51,959 55,682 Indrapura 19 (h) 21256
12.19.02 Sei Suka 73.49 52,599 33,648 35,356 Sei Suka/Deras 10 (i) 21257
12.19.08 Laut Tador 82.71 (j) 21,747 22,782 Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau 10 21257
12.19.01 Medang Deras 83.33 47,967 53,124 56,852 Pangkalan Dodek 21 (k) 21258
Totals 887.89 375,885 410,678 437,360 Lima Puluh 151

Note: (a) includes the small offshore islands of Pandang and Salahnama. (b) including two kelurahan - Bagan Arya and Tanjung Tiram Kota.
(c) the 2010 population of the new Nibung Hangus District is included with the figure for Tanjung Tiram District, from which it was cut out. (d) including one kelurahan - Labuhan Ruku.
(e) the 2010 population of the new Datuk Tanah Datar District is included with the figure for Talawi District, from which it was cut out. (f) including one kelurahan - Lima Puluh Kota.
(g) the 2010 population of the new Lima Puluh Pesisir and Datuk Lima Puluh Districts are included with the figure for Lima Puluh District, from which they were cut out.
(h) including two kelurahan - Indrapura and Indrasakti. (i) including one kelurahan - Perkebunan Sipare-pare.
(j) the 2010 population of the new Laut Tador District is included with the figure for Sei Suka District, from which it was cut out.
(k) including 3 kelurahan - Pagurawan, Pangkalan Dodek and Pangkalan Dodek Baru.

Geographically the regency falls into two sectors - an eastern sector comprising the first eight districts (covering 567.09 km2 with 266,688 inhabitants in mid 2024), and a western sector comprising the last four districts (covering 320.8 km2 with 170,672 inhabitants in mid 2024).

Transport

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On 27 January 2015 groundbreaking began for the new Kuala Tanjung Port (in Sei Suka District), and the port was inaugurated in 2018. The port can accommodate 60 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) per year as the biggest port in West Indonesia, bigger than Tanjung Priok Port, in Jakarta (which has only 15 million TEUs per year).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Batubara Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1219)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Presiden: Pelabuhan Kuala Tanjung Bakal Besar Sekali". January 27, 2015.


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