Serdang Bedagai Regency is a regency on the east coast of
North Sumatra
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Province of
Indonesia
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, facing
Malaysia
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, with 95 km of coastline and covering an area of 1,900.22 square kilometres, divided into seventeen districts (''
kecamatan''), in turn subdivided into 243
villages
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.
Its administrative centre is the town of
Sei Rampah. The regency surrounds the independent city of
Tebing Tinggi, and also contains a district (''kecamatan'') by the same name (
Tebing Tinggi District surrounds the city on its west side, while Tebing Syahbandar District surrounds the city on its east side). The name “Serdang Bedagai” was derived from the two Sultanates which formerly existed in the Region; they were
Serdang Sultanate and Padang Bedagai Sultanate. The population was 592,922 at the 2010 Census,
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] while the 2020 Census produced a total of 657,490;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 691,638 (comprising 348,200 males and 343,438 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1218)]
Location
To the north is the
Malacca Straits, to the west is
Deli Serdang Regency (surrounding
Medan
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), to the south and southeast is
Simalungun Regency, and to the east are the
Buaya River and
Ular River bordering
Batubara Regency, which was formed in 2006 from the western part of the
Asahan Regency.
Administration
The Serdang Bedagai Regency is divided administratively into seventeen
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
and the 2020 Census,
together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1218)] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the numbers of
administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 237 rural ''desa'' and 6 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code.
Notes: (a) including one ''kelurahan'' (Pekan Dolok Masihul). (b) comprising four ''kelurahan'' (Batang Terap, Melati I, Simpang Tiga Pekan and Tualang) and 24 ''desa''. (c) including one ''kelurahan'' (Melati Kebun).
References
External links
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Regencies of North Sumatra
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