Nganjuk Regency is a

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''(kabupaten)'' of

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Province,

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. It bordered

Bojonegoro Regency Bojonegoro Regency ( id, Kabupaten Bojonegoro, older spelling is ''Kabupaten Bodjanegara'', jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦨꦗꦤꦼꦒꦫ, translit=Kabupatèn Bojånegårå) is a regency in East Java, Indonesia, about 110 km west of Sura ...

in the north,

Jombang Regency Jombang Regency ( id, Kabupaten Jombang; jv, ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦗꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ) is a regency of East Java, Indonesia, situated to the southwest of Surabaya. The capital of the regency is the town of Jombang. The regency has an area o ...

in the east,

Kediri Regency Kediri Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') located in East Java province, Indonesia. It is one of two ' Daerah Tingkat II' that has the name 'Kediri' (The other is the City of Kediri). It covers an area of 1,523.92 km2 and had a population ...

in the south, and

Madiun Regency Madiun Regency ( id, Kabupaten Madiun; jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦩꦝꦶꦪꦸꦤ꧀) is a landlocked Regency in East Java province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,010.86 km2, and had a population of 662,278 at the 2010 Census and 74 ...

in the west. It covers an area of 1,224.33 sq. km, and had a population of 1,017,030 at the 2010 Census and 1,103,902 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre of the regency is the town of

Nganjuk Nganjuk Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of East Java Province, Indonesia. It bordered Bojonegoro Regency in the north, Jombang Regency in the east, Kediri Regency in the south, and Madiun Regency in the west. It covers an area of 1,224.33 sq ...

. The current regent is Novi Rahman Hidayat.

Administrative districts

The Regency is divided into twenty

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their population totals from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the location of the district headquarters and the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district.

Climate

Nganjuk has a

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(Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy rainfall from November to April. The following climate data is for the city of Nganjuk.

Notable people

Shendy Puspa Irawati Shendy Puspa Irawati (born 20 May 1987) is an Indonesian badminton player from PB Djarum club. She won the bronze medals at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games, 2011 Summer Universiade, and at the 2013 Asian Championships. Career Irawati compet ...

, badminton player *

Harmoko Harmoko (7 February 1939 – 4 July 2021), colloquially referred to as Bung Harmoko, was an Indonesian politician and journalist who was active during the New Order era. He served as the Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 1997 ...

, Former chairman of People's Representative Council in the Era of President Soeharto *

Erni Suyanti Musabine Erni Suyanti Musabine is an Indonesian wildlife veterinarian. She works for the Wildlife Rescue Unit of the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Since 2007, her work has focused on the conservation and rescue of Sumatran tigers. Early ...

, veterinarian involved in the conservation of

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References

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