Pidie Regency

Pidie Regency
Kabupaten Pidie
Regency
Official seal of Pidie Regency
Seal
Location within Aceh
Location within Aceh
Pidie Regency is located in Aceh
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency
Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Pidie Regency is located in Northern Sumatra
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (Northern Sumatra)
Pidie Regency is located in Sumatra
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (Sumatra)
Pidie Regency is located in Indonesia
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°40′00″N 96°00′00″E / 4.66667°N 96°E / 4.66667; 96
Country Indonesia
RegionSumatra
Province Aceh
Established1956
Regency seatSigli
Government
 • RegentRoni Ahmad
 • Vice RegentFadhlullah T.M. Daud
Area
 • Total
3,184.46 km2 (1,229.53 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
448,085
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 653
Websitepidiekab.go.id

Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir;[2] "king of"; Indonesian: Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie Jaya Regency (which was formerly a part of Pidie Regency until it was separated out in 2007) in the north, Aceh Besar Regency in the west, Bireuen Regency in the northeast, and Aceh Jaya Regency in the south. The regency covers an area of 3,184.46 square kilometres and had a population of 379,108 people at the 2010 Census[3] and 435,275 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 448,085 - comprising 223,208 males and 224,877 females.[1] Pidie was the largest rice-producing area of Aceh province, producing some 20% of its total output.[5]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Pidie Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1107)
  2. ^ Ricklefs, M.C. (2008). History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1200. Stanford University Press. p. 364.
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ^ Kell, Tim (2010). The roots of Acehnese rebellion 1989-1992. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 978-602-8397-17-9. OCLC 630315910.