Pakpak Bharat Regency
(Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat) | |
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.jpg) Regent's office of Pakpak Bharat | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Bage Ate Rejekki Bage Tennah Sodip ("Of the heart, a provision. Of the prayer, a message.") Njuah njuah ("Greeting!") | |
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| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | North Sumatra |
| Regency seat | Salak |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Asren Nasution (Acting) |
| • Chairman of Regency's Council of Representatives | Sonni P Berutu (Partai Demokrat) |
| • Vice Chairmen of Regency's Council of Representatives | Elson Angkat (Golkar) and Mansehat Manik (Gerindra) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,365.6 km2 (527.3 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
• Total | 55,172 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Religion | Christianism 57,54% –Protestantism 53,45% –Catholicism 4,09% Islam 42,46% |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (WIB) |
| Website | www |
Pakpak Bharat Regency is a landlocked regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. It was created on 25 February 2003 from the southern districts of Dairi Regency. The regency covers an area of 1,365.6 square kilometres and it had a population of 40,481 at the 2010 census[3] and 52,351 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 55,172 - comprising 27,890 males and 27,282 females.[1] Its seat is the town of Salak. It is the least populated regency in North Sumatra; its population is roughly the same as Greenland, the island with the lowest population density in the world.
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1215)
- ^ "Penduduk Menurut Wilayah dan Agama yang Dianut di Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat". sumut.bps.go.id. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.