Langkat Regency () is the northernmost

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Province in

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. Its administrative centre is the town of Stabat. It has a land area of 6,263.29 km² and its population was 967,535 at the 2010

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Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,030,202 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,078,676 (comprising 544,668 males and 534,008 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Langkat Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1205) Its population is roughly equivalent to that of

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. Immediately to the south is

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, to the east is Deli Serdang Regency (which surrounds the city of

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) and the city of

Binjai Binjai (English: or , Jawi script, Jawi: ), formally Kota Binjai (Binjai City), is an independent city in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia, bordered by Deli Serdang Regency to the east and Langkat Regency to the west. Binjai is connected ...

(formerly part of Langkat Regency), to the northeast lies the

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and to the west lies

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Province.

Administrative districts

Langkat Regency is divided into twenty-three administrative

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( Indonesian: '' kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Langkat Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1205) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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s in each district (totaling 240 rural ''desa'' and 37 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code. Notes: (a) adjacent to, but not part of,

city. (b) includes the offshore island of Pulau Selingkar.
(c) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Kampai, Pulau Panjang, Pulau Rawa and Pulau Sembilan.

References

Regencies of North Sumatra Wampu basin {{NSumatra-geo-stub