Batubara Regency


Batubara Regency is a regency on North Sumatra's eastern shoreline, with Limapuluh as its seat. It was carved out from the seven most westerly coastal districts of Asahan Regency with effect from 15 June 2007. The new regency covers an area of 922.2 km2, and had a population of 375,885 at the 2010 Census and 400,406 at the 2015 Intermediate Census; the latest official estimate is 412,992.

Administration

The regency is divided administratively into seven districts, tabulated below from east to west with their areas and 2010 Census populations:
NameArea in
km2		Population
Census 2010
Tanjung Tiram161.462,964
Sei Balai71.326,857
Talawi110.653,585
Limpuluh238.885,164
Air Putih38.046,749
Sei Suka154.352,599
Medang Deras89.547,967

Transport

On January 27, 2015 groundbreaking of Kuala Tanjung Port has been done. The port can accommodate 60 million TEUs per year as the biggest port in West Indonesia, bigger than Tanjung Priok Port, in Jakarta with only 15 million TEUs per year.