Toba Regency

Toba Regency
Kabupaten Toba
Regency
Kabupaten Toba
Office building of Toba Regency
Office building of Toba Regency
Toba Regency seal
Seal
Motto(s): 
"Tampakna do Rantosna, Rim ni Tahi do Gogona" ("If together in one spirit and purpose, then everything could be achieved.")
Country Indonesia
ProvinceNorth Sumatra
Regency seatBalige
Government
 • RegentPoltak Sitorus
 • Vice RegentTonny Simanjuntak
 • Chairman of Council of RepresentativesEffendi S. Panangian Napitupulu (Golkar)
 • Vice Chairmen of Council of RepresentativesCandrow Manurung (Nasdem) and Mangatas Silaen (PDI-P)
Area
 • Total
2,021.8 km2 (780.6 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
213,850
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Websitetobasamosirkab.go.id

Toba Regency is a landlocked regency in North Sumatra. Its seat is Balige. The regency covers an area of 2,021.8 square kilometres; it had a population of 173,129 at the 2010 census[2] and 206,199 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 213,850 (comprising 106,907 males and 106,943 females).[1] Although landlocked, the regency includes the eastern shore of the vast inland Lake Toba.

The regency was originally created on 23 November 1998 from the northern districts of North Tapanuli Regency, and was formerly known as Toba Samosir Regency, even after its western part was split off as Samosir Regency on 18 December 2003 (apart from Muara District, which remained part of North Tapanuli), until the residual regency's name was officially shortened in 2020.[4]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Toba Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1212)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Peraturan Pemerintah No. 14 Tahun 2020 (Government Regulation No. 14/2020)" (PDF) (in Indonesian).