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Samosir Regency

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Country
  
Indonesia

Time zone
  
WIB (UTC+7)

Province
  
North Sumatra

Capital
  
Pangururan

Area
  
2,434 km²

Population
  
124,683 (2014)

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Website
  
http://www.samosir.go.id/

Samosir Regency is a regency in North Sumatra. Its seat is Pangururan. In 2010, the regency covered an area of 2,433.5 square kilometres and according to the 2010 census it had a population of 119,650; the latest estimate (for January 2014) is 124,683.

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Map of Samosir Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Administration

The regency is divided administratively into nine districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population:

Six of the 9 districts (kecamatan) within the regency are on the island of Samosir (which lies within Lake Toba), while the others lie on the 'mainland' of Sumatra.

  • Samosir Island districts
  • Onan Runggu
  • Palipi
  • Pangururan
  • Ronggur Nihuta
  • Simanindo
  • Sitiotio
  • Mainland districts
  • Harian
  • Sianjur Mula Mula
  • Nainggolan

    • Botanical Garden

    2011: Samosir Regency with supervision from LIPI will build a 100 hectares Botanical Garden. It will finish 10 years later with cost predicted about Rp.73 billion ($8.6 million).

    Geo park

    A geopark worth Rp20 billion ($2.2 million) is expected to be created - beginning in mid-2012 - in cooperation with the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT). It has been proposed for incorporation into the world geo park network.

    References

    Samosir Regency Wikipedia
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