Pakpak Bharat Regency is a landlocked regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. It was created on 25 February 2003 from the southern districts of Dairi Regency. The regency covers an area of 1,218.3 square kilometres and it had a population of 40,481 at the 2010 census and 52,351 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 54,609. Its seat is the town of Salak.It is the least populated regency in North Sumatra.Its population is roughly the same as the island with the lowest population density,namely Greenland.But Pakpak Bharat has fewer residents.
Administrative districts
The regency is divided administratively into eight districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their reas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) in each district and its post code.
Demographics
Etnhic groups
The tribes that inhabit Pakpak Bharat Regency in general are Pakpak people. Besides Pakpak, other Batak ethnicities include Toba and Karo; there are also other tribes such as Malay and Nias and so on.
Most of the territory of Pakpak Bharat Regency is the ulayat land of the Pakpak people Suak Simsim, so the majority of Pakpak clan in Pakpak Bharat Regency are from Suak Simsim. However, there are also other Pakpak clans from the other four asylums.
The Pakpak clans inhabiting Pakpak Bharat Regency include:
Bancin
Banurea
Berutu
Boangmanalu
Cibro
Kabeakan
Kesogihen
Limbong
Manik
Padang
Padang Batanghari
Sinamo
Sitakar
Solin
Tinendung
Religion
The number of houses of worship by type of places of worship in 2016 in Pakpak Bharat Regency is as follows: Church Protestant 98 buildings Church Catholic 13 buildings Mosque as many as 78 buildings
In Pakpak Bharat Regency, Christianity is the religion with the majority of the population, followed by adherents of the Islam religion which also has a large population. There are a total of 189 places of worship (111 churches (98 Protestant and 13 Catholic)), and 78 mosques.
residents of Pakpak Bharat Regency who are Protestant Christians are members of the Church GKPPD.