Lubuk Pakam ( zh, t=巴幹, poj=pa kàn) is a town and an administrative

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

(''kecamatan'') in

North Sumatra North Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan on the east coast of the island. It borders Aceh to the northwest, Riau to the sou ...

province of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

and it is the seat (capital) of

Deli Serdang Regency Deli Serdang Regency (; Jawi: دلي سردڠ) is a regency in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. It surrounds the city of Medan, and also borders to the west the city of Binjai, which is effectively a bedroom community for Medan. The ent ...

. The district covers an area of 31.19 km², and had a population of 80,847 at the 2010 Census and 88,576 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 91,858. The district is sub-divided into 7 urban communities (''kelurahan'') and 6 rural villages (''desa''), all 13 listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 Census and as at the official estimates for mid 2022,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kecamatan Lubuk Pakam, Katalog/Catalog 1102001.1212300. together with their postcodes. In the above table, the first six listed have the status of rural villages (''desa'') and the last seven have the status of urban communities (''kelurahan'').

Controversy

The area supports a large plantation for London Sumatra, whose notable claim to fame in recent years is in its confrontation with local villagers who want their land back. A leading oil palm company "PT London Sumatra", with backing from Cadbury's and Deutsche Bank, were allegedly intimidating a local community which is fighting for the return of their forest lands. The villagers of Pergulaan have peacefully sought to regain 1.69 square kilometres of land which was stolen from them years ago to create an oil palm plantation. In June 2004 it was alleged that London Sumatra had dug a massive ditch, 6 metres deep and 4 wide, around the village to cut off the protesting villagers. The most recent reports were that militias have been sent to violently silence the villagers.

References

Populated places in North Sumatra Regency seats of North Sumatra {{NSumatra-geo-stub