Toba Regency
Kabupaten Toba | |
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| Kabupaten Toba | |
 Office building of Toba Regency | |
.svg) Seal | |
| Motto(s): "Tampakna do Rantosna, Rim ni Tahi do Gogona"
("If together in one spirit and purpose, then everything could be achieved.") | |
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| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | North Sumatra |
| Regency seat | Balige |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Poltak Sitorus |
| • Vice Regent | Tonny Simanjuntak |
| • Chairman of Council of Representatives | Effendi S. Panangian Napitupulu (Golkar) |
| • Vice Chairmen of Council of Representatives | Candrow 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 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (WIB) |
| Website | tobasamosirkab.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]