A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a

regency A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US ...

in the United States or county town in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

. Legally, regency seats are not administrative

subdivisions of Indonesia Indonesia is divided into provinces ( id, Provinsi). Provinces are made up of regencies (''kabupaten'') and cities (''kota''). Provinces, regencies, and cities have their own local governments and parliamentary bodies. Since the enactment o ...

and have no official boundaries. A regency seat may occupy an entire

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, municipa ...

(such as

Sigli Sigli is a town in Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Pidie Regency. Sigli is located 112 kilometers to the south of the capital of Aceh province, Banda Aceh. Sport Persatuan Sepakbola Aceh Pidie is the football club f ...

in Pidie Regency,

Ngawi (town) Ngawi Town ( id, Kecamatan Ngawi Kota, ) is the capital of Ngawi Regency which is also the center of government and economy of Ngawi Regency. Ngawi is also a district which is in Ngawi Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia. This sub distri ...

in Ngawi Regency), a part of district (such as

Sarilamak Sarilamak is a town in Lima Puluh Kota Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the administrative seat (capital) of Lima Puluh Kota Regency. Populated places in West Sumatra Regency seats of West Sumatra {{WSumatra-g ...

in Harau district, Lima Puluh Kota Regency), or several districts (such as Ungaran, which consists of West Ungaran district and East Ungaran district in Semarang Regency).

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