Pakpak Bharat Regency is a landlocked regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. It was created on 25 February 2003 from the southern districts of Dairi Regency. The regency covers an area of 1,365.61 square kilometres and it had a population of 40,481 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 52,351 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 57,246 (comprising 28,949 males and 28,297 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1216) Its seat is the town of Salak. It is the least populated regency in North Sumatra; its population is roughly the same as Greenland, the island with the lowest population density in the world.
Administrative districts The regency is divided administratively into eight districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their reas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1216) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) in each district and its post code.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Areain km2 Pop'nCensus2010 Pop'nCensus2020 Pop'nEstimatemid2025Admin centre No. ofvillagesPostcode 12.15.03 Salak 238.167,21610,05711,411Salak622272 12.15.01 Sitellu Tali Ureng Jehe 380.629,36511,48612,251Sibande1022275 12.15.06 Pagindar 296.761,2111,4761,570Pagindar422270 12.15.04 Sitellu Tali Ureng Julu 63.823,3764,3214,705Ulu Merah522276 12.15.05 Pergetteng-GettengSengkut 75.373,7404,7515,154Kecupak522273 12.15.02 Kerajaan 139.828,11510,07810,814Sukarame1022271 12.15.07 Tinada 53.963,6394,8275,348Tinada622277 12.15.08 Siempat Rube 117.103,8435,3555,993Jambu Rea622274 Totals 1,365.6140,50552,35157,246Salak52
Demographics Ethnic groups The indigenous peoples that inhabit Pakpak Bharat Regency in general are the Pakpak people. Besides Pakpak, other Batak ethnicities include Toba and Karo; there are also other ethnic groups such as Malay and Nias and so on.
Most of the territory of Pakpak Bharat Regency is the ulayat land of the Pakpak people Suak Simsim, so the majority of Pakpak clan in Pakpak Bharat Regency are from Suak Simsim. However, there are also other Pakpak clans from the other four phylums.
The Pakpak clans inhabiting Pakpak Bharat Regency include:
Bancin Banurea Berutu Boangmanalu Cibro Kabeakan Kesogihen Limbong Manik Padang Padang Batanghari Sinamo Sitakar Solin Tinendung
Religion
The number of houses of worship by type of places of worship in 2016 in Pakpak Bharat Regency is as follows: Church Protestant 98 buildings Church Catholic 13 buildings Mosque as many as 78 buildings
In Pakpak Bharat Regency, Christianity is the religion with the majority of the population, followed by adherents of the Islam religion which also has a large population. There are a total of 189 places of worship (111 churches (98 Protestant and 13 Catholic)), and 78 mosques.
residents of Pakpak Bharat Regency who are Protestant Christians are members of the Church GKPPD.
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