Central Aceh Regency

Central Aceh Regency
Kabupaten Aceh Tengah
Regency
Laut Tawar Lake
Laut Tawar Lake
Official seal of Central Aceh Regency
Seal
Motto(s): 
Keramat Meupakat
(Honourable on consensus)
Location within Aceh
Location within Aceh
Central Aceh Regency is located in Aceh
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency
Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Central Aceh Regency is located in Northern Sumatra
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency (Northern Sumatra)
Central Aceh Regency is located in Sumatra
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency (Sumatra)
Central Aceh Regency is located in Indonesia
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency
Central Aceh Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°31′N 96°52′E / 4.517°N 96.867°E / 4.517; 96.867
Country Indonesia
RegionSumatra
Province Aceh
Established1956
Regency seatTakengon
Government
 • RegentTeuku Mirzuan
 • Vice RegentVacant
Area
 • Total4,527.58 km2 (1,748.11 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total223,833
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 643
Websiteacehtengahkab.go.id

Central Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Tengah) is a regency in Aceh province of Indonesia. It is located on Sumatra island. Formerly this regency covered a much larger area; on 4 June 1974, the Southeast Aceh Regency was separated from the Central Aceh Regency,[2] and on 18 December 2003 the Bener Meriah Regency was separated from the remaining Central Aceh Regency.

The remaining regency covers an area of 4,527.58 square kilometres and had a population of 175,527 according to the 2010 census,[3] which rose to 215,576 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 223,833 - comprising 113,388 males and 110,445 females.[1] Most of its inhabitants are Gayo. Central Aceh is famous for its Lake Laut Tawar. Its capital is Takengon, in Lut Tawar District.

The residual regency is the main centre of coffee production within Aceh province and is home to the Gayo people who are mostly concentrated in this regency and in the neighbouring Bener Meriah Regency and Gayo Lues Regency.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Aceh Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1104)
  2. ^ Iwabuchi, Akifumi (1994). The people of the Alas Valley: a study of an ethnic group of Northern Sumatra. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-827902-0. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ^ Indonesia. Departemen Penerangan; Japenpa Foreign Languages Publishing Institute (1975). Indonesia handbook. Dept. of Information, Republic of Indonesia. p. 91. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  6. ^ Library Information and Research Service (2004). The Middle East, abstracts and index. Northumberland Press. Retrieved 20 December 2010.