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Kabupaten Nias Utara adalah kabupaten di Pulau Nias, Provinsi Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. Kabupaten ini diresmikan oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri Republik Indonesia, H. Mardiyanto, pada 29 Oktober 2008, sebagai salah satu hasil pemekaran dari Kabupaten Nias. Berdasarkan data Badan Pusat Statistik Kabupaten Nias Utara, penduduk kabupaten ini pada tahun 2024 berjumlah 153.174 jiwa, dengan kepadatan 120 jiwa/km2. Ibu kota Kabupaten Nias Utara berada di Kecamatan Lotu.

North Nias Regency's agriculture and fishery sector produces large, diverse outputs due to its fertile soil and being located on an island, many of its residents work as fishers. Alasa, Lotu, and Namohalu Esiwa are the main food-producing districts of the regency, mainly growing rice. The regency produced 51,194 tonnes of rice, from which Namohalu Esiwa produced 11,162 tonnes in 2022, followed by 10.945 tonnes from Lotu, and 6,435 tonnes from Alasa. Tehumberua, Lahewa, and Sawo districts are the regency's main fish-producing districts with respective fishery outputs of 4,550, 4,150, and 3,150 tonnes. The regency's other produce includes eggplants, chili, cabbages, and water spinach from Lahewa and East Lahewa.

A significant amount of the regency's land is used for plantations, mainly coconut with and rubber with in 2022. The regency produced 46,376 tonnes of dried coconuts and 42,529 tonnes of rubber in the same year.

The livestock owned in the regency consists mainly of pigs and chickens, with populations of 52,850 and 57,310 respectively in 2016.

North Nias Regency was once part of Nias Regency, from which it was split based on Law Number 45 in 2008. In 2018, parts of the regency's capital Lotu, including several government buildings, were demolished for the purpose of urban renewal. Haogosochi Hulu, vice regent of North Nias at that time, said the town "had a lot of developments but with no planning" and that some government buildings "need[ed] to be sacrificed for better planning".

Wilayah Kabupaten Nias Utara dikelilingi oleh Samudra Hindia di bagian utara dan barat. Di sebelah timur, Kabupaten Nias Utara berbatasan dengan Kota Gunungsitoli dan Samudra Hindia. Sedangkan di sebelah selatan, Kabupaten Nias Utara berbatasan dengan Kabupaten Nias dan Kabupaten Nias Barat.

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