Toba Regency is a landlocked

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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 ...

. Its seat is

Balige Balige is a town in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Toba Regency. It is 240 kilometers away from Medan. It had 47,284 inhabitants as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten To ...

. The regency covers an area of 2,021.8 square kilometres; it had a population of 173,129 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 206,199 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 216,720 (comprising 108,401 males and 108,319 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Toba Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1206) Although landlocked, the regency includes the eastern shore of the vast inland

Lake Toba Lake Toba (, Toba Batak: ᯖᯀᯬ ᯖᯬᯅ; romanized: ''Tao Toba'') is a large natural lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia, occupying the caldera of the Toba supervolcano. The lake is located in the middle of the northern part of the island of ...

. The regency was originally created on 23 November 1998 from the northern districts of North Tapanuli Regency, and was formerly known as ''Toba Samosir Regency'', even after its western part was split off as

Samosir Regency Resort in Ambarita, Samosir Regency Batak Toba House in Simanindo, Samosir Regency Tomok Market, Samosir Regency Samosir Regency is an inland regency in North Sumatra. It was created on 18 December 2003 by splitting away the western district ...

on 18 December 2003 (apart from Muara District, which remained part of North Tapanuli), until the residual regency's name was officially shortened in 2020.

Administrative districts

The regency is divided administratively into sixteen

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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 Toba Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1206) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (231 rural ''desa'' and 13 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code: Notes: (a) comprising 6 ''kelurahan'' (Balige I, Balige III, Lumban Dolok Haumabange, Napitupulu Bagasan, Pardede Onan and Sangkar Nihuta) and 29 ''desa''. (b) including the ''kelurahan'' of Pasar Laguboti.
(c) including the ''kelurahan'' of Parsoburan Tengah. (d) including the ''kelurahan'' of Sigumpar Dangsina.
(e) comprising 3 ''kelurahan'' (Parparean III, Pasar Porsea and Patane III) and 14 ''desa''. (f) including the ''kelurahan'' of Parsaoran Ajibata.

Orchid Paradise

Two scientists explored the Eden Park tourist forest in Sionggang village in Toba Regency for four years and have successfully identified almost 200 new species of forest orchids. The area is an orchid paradise, in which thousands of other orchid species can be found.

Sigura-Gura waterfall

Sigura-gura waterfall, which is the highest waterfall in Indonesia at tall, is located from

Medan Medan ( , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of North Sumatra. The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multi ...

or a 2 to 3 hour long drive. Below the waterfall, one can do

White water Whitewater forms in the context of rapids, in particular, when a river's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that froths, making the water appear opaque ...

rafting.

References

Regencies of North Sumatra States and territories established in 1998 Asahan Toba basin Kualuh basin {{NSumatra-geo-stub