Labuhan Batu Regency


Labuhan Batu Regency is a regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Its seat is Rantau Prapat. It had an area of 9,322.5 km2 in 2000. Subsequently, the reduced regency had an area of 2,155.6 km2 and a census population in 2010 of 414,417, which rose to 461,513 at the 2015 Census.
The Panai Estuary, which consists of Bilah River and Barumun River are located in this regency, and it was the seat of ancient Buddhist trading kingdom of Pannai, c. 11th to 14th century, connected to the Bahal temple in North Padang Lawas Regency.

Administration

Following the separation off of the new North Labuhan Batu and South Labuhan Batu Regencies, the reduced regency is divided administratively into nine districts, tabulated below with their areas an d their 2010 Census and 2015 Intermediate Census populations:
NameArea in
km2		Population
Census 2010		Population
Census 2015
Bilah Hulu
293.2356,38861,842
Pangkatan355.4731,73833,404
Bilah Barat
202.9833,75335,375
Bilah Hilir
430.8349,92852,095
Panai Hulu
276.3133,14437,563
Panai Tengah
483.7433,57038,138
Panai Hilir
342.0335,81137,222
Rantau Selatan
64.3257,94870,560
Rantau Utara
112.4782,83092,989