North Sumatra

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Province of North Sumatra
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Capital	Medan
Governor	Rudolf Pardede
Area	71,680 km²
Population	11,642,000 (2000)
Ethnic groups	Batak (42%; Batak Toba, Mandailing, Dairi, Karo), Javanese (32%), Nias, Chinese Indonesian
Religion	Islam, Christianity, Hindu, Buddhism
Languages	Malay language, Batak language, Mandailing language, Indonesian
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Web site	http://www.pempropsu.go.id/

North Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera Utara) is a province of Indonesia. Its capital is Medan.

1 Geography and population
2 Government
3 External links

[edit] Geography and population

The province of North Sumatra stretches across the island of Sumatra between the Indian Ocean and the Strait Malacca. It borders Aceh province on the northwest and Riau and West Sumatra provinces on the southeast. It has an area of 70787 km². The province contains a broad, low plain along the Strait of Malacca coast; the provincial capital, Medan, is located here. In the south and west, the land rises to the mountain range that runs the length of Sumatra; the mountains here are dominated by Lake Toba, formed from the caldera of an ancient volcano. Several large islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra are part of North Sumatra, most notably Nias, Tanah Bala, Tanah Masa, and Pini.

North Sumatra has a population of approximately 11.48 million (2000 census).

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[edit] Government

This is a list of districts (kabupaten) and cities in North Sumatra with their respective capitals.

[edit] Districts in West Coast Region

Kabupaten Nias, Gunung Sitoli
Kabupaten Nias Selatan, Teluk Dalam
Kabupaten Mandailing Natal, Panyabungan
Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan, Padangsidempuan
Kabupaten Tapanuli Tengah, Pandan
Padangsidempuan
Sibolga

[edit] Districts in Mountain Region

Kabupaten Karo, Kabanjahe
Kabupaten Dairi, Sidikalang
Kabupaten Pakpak Bharat, Salak
Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara, Tarutung split in 1999 into Tapanuli Utara and Toba Samosir Balige
Kabupaten Humbang Hasundutan, Dolok Sanggul
Kabupaten Toba Samosir Balige split in 2004 into Toba Samosir and Samosir Pangururan
Kabupaten Simalungun, Pematang Siantar
Pematang Siantar

[edit] Districts in East Coast Region

[edit] External links

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Provinces of Indonesia

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Sumatra:	Aceh \| North Sumatra \| West Sumatra \| Bengkulu \| Riau \| Riau Islands \| Jambi \| South Sumatra \| Lampung \| Bangka-Belitung
Java:	Jakarta \| West Java \| Banten \| Central Java \| Yogyakarta \| East Java
Kalimantan:	West Kalimantan \| Central Kalimantan \| South Kalimantan \| East Kalimantan
Lesser Sunda Islands:	Bali \| West Nusa Tenggara \| East Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi:	West Sulawesi \| North Sulawesi \| Central Sulawesi \| South Sulawesi \| South East Sulawesi \| Gorontalo
Maluku Islands and New Guinea:	Maluku \| North Maluku \| West Irian Jaya \| Papua