Tanah Datar Regency

Tanah Datar Regency
Kabupaten Tanah Datar
Regency
Rice fields in Tanah Datar
Rice fields in Tanah Datar
Coat of arms of Tanah Datar Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Tuah Sepakat Alur dan Patut
(Applying Consensus by Rules and Norms)
Location within West Sumatra
Location within West Sumatra
Tanah Datar Regency is located in Sumatra
Tanah Datar Regency
Tanah Datar Regency
Location in Sumatra and Indonesia
Tanah Datar Regency is located in Indonesia
Tanah Datar Regency
Tanah Datar Regency
Tanah Datar Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°27′00″S 100°34′59″E / 0.45°S 100.583°E / -0.45; 100.583
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Sumatra
Regency seatBatusangkar
Government
 • RegentEka Putra[1]
 • Vice RegentRichi Aprian
Area
 • Total1,337.10 km2 (516.26 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[2]
 • Total383,676
 • Density290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 752
Websitetanahdatar.go.id
Pacu jawi, a traditional bull race from Tanah Datar.
Group of people at a tiger trap with a tiger in Soepajang, Bovenlanden Padang, on Sumatra's west coast. (Circa 1895)

Tanah Datar Regency is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The regency has an area of 1,337.1 km2 and had a population of 338,484 at the 2010 Census,[3] which rose to 371,704 at the 2020 Census.[4] The official estimate as of mid-2023 was 383,676 - comprising 193,190 males and 190,490 females.[2] The regency seat is the town of Batusangkar. The city of Padang Panjang is also geographically located within the regency but constitutes a municipality (kota otonom meaning "autonomous city") of its own.

Tanah Datar has several tourist attractions including the Pagaruyung Palace (Istano Pagaruyuang) with its museum, Sanskrit and Malay language stone inscriptions from the 14th century, several sites with megaliths (batu tagak), and the village Pandai Sikat (Pandai Sikek), where the traditional songket (kain balapak) is woven. The northern part of Lake Singkarak is situated in Tanah Datar. The traditional bull race pacu jawi takes place in the regency, too.[5]

  1. ^ "Eka Putra dan Richi Aprian resmi dilantik sebagai Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Tanah Datar". Tanah Datar website. 2021-02-26.
  2. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Tanah Datar Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1305)
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ^ "8 Tourist Attractions in Tanah Datar, Sumatra". Tempo.co.