Aceh Besar Regency

Great Aceh Regency
Kabupaten Aceh Besar
Regional transcription(s)
 • Acehneseاچيه بسر
From top left : Cut Nyak Dhien house, Indrapuri Old Mosque, Lhok Me Beach, Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Seulawah Agam, Lhok Mata Ie beach
Official seal of Great Aceh Regency
Motto(s): 
Putöh Ngon Meupakat, Kuwat Ngön Meuseuraya
(Solved by Consensus, Strong by Together)
Location within Aceh
Location within Aceh
Great Aceh Regency is located in Aceh
Great Aceh Regency
Great Aceh Regency
Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Great Aceh Regency is located in Northern Sumatra
Great Aceh Regency
Great Aceh Regency
Great Aceh Regency (Northern Sumatra)
Great Aceh Regency is located in Sumatra
Great Aceh Regency
Great Aceh Regency
Great Aceh Regency (Sumatra)
Great Aceh Regency is located in Indonesia
Great Aceh Regency
Great Aceh Regency
Great Aceh Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 5°22′N 95°32′E / 5.367°N 95.533°E / 5.367; 95.533
Country Indonesia
RegionSumatra
Province Aceh
Established1956
Regency seatJantho
Government
 • RegentMuhammad Iswanto
 • Vice RegentVacant
Area
 • Total
2,969.00 km2 (1,146.34 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
435,298
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
 [2]
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 651
Websiteacehbesarkab.go.id

Great Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Besar) is a regency of the Indonesian province of Aceh. The regency covers an area of 2,903.49 square kilometres and had a population of 351,418 at the 2010 Census,[3] 391,870 at the 2015 census and 405,535 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 435,298 (comprising 208,110 males and 217,180 females).[1] The Regency is located at the northwest tip of Sumatra island and surrounds the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, many suburbs of which lie within the Regency. It also includes a number of islands off the northern tip of Sumatra, which comprise Pulo Aceh District within the regency. The seat of the Regency government is the town of Jantho.[5]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Aceh Besar Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1106)
  2. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Aceh Besar Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1106)
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ^ Discussion Paper on Enhancing Community Resilience to Natural Disasters: Lives of Children and Youth in Aceh. United Nations Publications. p. 31.[permanent dead link]