Asahan Regency is a regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Following the creation of the new Batubara Regency (which was carved out of Asahan Regency on 15 June 2007), the regency now covers an area of 3,702.7 square kilometres; it had a population of 668,272 according to the 2010 census and 769,960 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 787,681. Its administrative centre is now at the town of Kisaran. The Regency surrounds but now does not include the city of Tanjungbalai which was formerly its capital. The Asahan Sultanate was located in the region.
Asahan Regency has population of 787,681.It is roughly have the same size as the population of Bhutan and Alaska.Alaska is much larger than Asahan Regency,it's really not comparable.
Administrative divisions
The regency is divided administratively into twenty-five Districts (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 2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district and its postal code.
Note: (a) Tanjung Balai District is not part of Tanjungbalai city, but lies between the city and the coast.