Overview
01Overview
Simalungun Regency is a regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. Its seat was formerly at Pematangsiantar, but this city was under Law No.15 of 10 March 1986 was separated from the Regency and made into an independent city (kota), although it remains geographically surrounded by the regency, whose new administrative seat is at Raya, while the regency's two most populous districts are Bandar (the centre of the Bandar urban area) and Siantar (essentially the eastern suburbs of Pematangsiantar city). The regency now covers an area of 4,372.5 square kilometres, and at the 2010 census it had a population of 817,720; at the 2020 Census this had risen to 990,246, but as of mid 2025 this was estimated to have declined to 955,620 (comprising 476,355 males and 479,265 females).
Culture
01Culture
Dayang Bandir and Sandean Raja is a folk story from Simalungun.
Geography
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01Geografi
Kabupaten ini memiliki 32 kecamatan dengan luas 438.660 ha atau 6,12 % dari luas wilayah Provinsi Sumatera Utara. Kecamatan yang paling luas adalah Kecamatan Hatonduhan dengan luas 33.626 ha, sedangkan yang paling kecil adalah Kecamatan Jawa Maraja Bah Jambi dengan luas 3.897 ha. Keseluruhan kecamatan terdiri dari 386 desa/nagori dan 27 kelurahan (2021).
Kota Pematangsiantar merupakan enklave dari kabupaten ini.