Central Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Tengah) is a

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in Aceh Special Region (''Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam'') of

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. It is located on Sumatra island. Formerly this regency covered a much larger area; in 1969, the Southeast Aceh Regency was separated from the Central Aceh Regency, and in 2003 the Bener Meriah Regency was separated from the remaining Central Aceh Regency. The remaining regency covers an area of 4,454.04 square kilometres and had a population of 175,527 according to the 2010 census, which rose to 215,576 at the 2020 Census. Most of its inhabitants are Gayo. Central Aceh is famous for its Lake Laut Tawar. Its capital is Takengon, in Lut Tawar District. The residual regency is the main centre of coffee production within Aceh province and is home to the Gayo people who are mostly concentrated in this regency and in the neighbouring Bener Meriah Regency and Gayo Lues Regency.

Geography

The regency borders Pidie Regency, Bireuen Regency and Bener Meriah Regency to the north,

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to the east, Gayo Lues Regency to the south and West Aceh,

Pidie Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie J ...

, and

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regencies to the west. Central Aceh District is a highland with an altitude between 200 – 2600 meters above sea level with an area of 4,454.50 km2.

Administrative districts

The regency is divided administratively into fourteen

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres and the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district.

Politics

Its current regent is Drs. Shabela Abubakar, while his vice regent is H. Firdaus SKM. They have held the positions since 28 December 2017. The Parliament Members are: # Ir. Syukur Kobath