Asahan Regency

Asahan Regency
Country	: Indonesia
Province	: North Sumatra
Capital	: Kisaran
Area :
- Total	: 4,581 km2 (1,768.7 sq mi)
Population (2000)
- Total	: 935,233
- Density	: 204.2/km2 (528.8/sq mi)
Time zone	: WIB (UTC+7)
Website	: http://www.pemkab-asahan.go.id/

Asahan Regency is a regency in North Sumatra. The regency covers an area of 4,581 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census had a population of 935,233 people. Its seat is Kisaran. The Asahan Sultanate was located in the region.

Administrative divisions

The regency is divided administratively into 25 subdistricts (kecamatan):

The regency is divided administratively into 25 subdistricts (kecamatan):

Aek Kuasan • Aek Ledong • Aek Songsongan • Air Batu • Air Joman • Bandar Pasir Mandoge • Bandar Pulau • Buntu Pane • Kota Kisaran Barat • Kota Kisaran Timur • Meranti • Pulau Rakyat • Pulo Bandring • Rahuning • Rawang Panca Arga • Sei Dadap • Sei Kepayang • Sei Kepayang Barat • Sei Kepayang Timur • Setia Janji • Silau Laut • Simpang Empat • Tanjung Balai • Teluk Dalam • Tinggi Raja

North Sumatera

North Sumatera Province Address: Kantor Gubernur Provinsi Sumatera Utara: Jl. P. Diponegoro No. 30 Medan Telepon: 061 - 4512315, 4153300 Fax: - Email: bappedasu@sumutprov.go.id Website: www.sumutprov.go.id/

Wednesday, 09 February 2010    North Sumatra also knows as multicultural province which is inside consist of ethnics and religion. Beside Batak and Melayu is the original citizen of this province, there are a lot of other ethnics community who always life together. At the least, there are 13 tribes which is original tribe and four tribes is stranger tribe. This variety of tribes is not include Java, China and India yet who life together with them. This variety of tribe of course are followed by mosaic of customs and tradition and also the variety of customs and tradition in North is colored by Batak, Mandailing, Malay, Karo, Nias, Pesisir, Angkola, Pakpak and Simalungun tradition. The development of social culture is relative good, if we remember that the level of people awareness and measurement to understand the Pluralism, variety of culture, mosaic of culture and manners and also the harmony of intereligioun follower is high enough. Source: Indonesia Tanah Airku (2007).

District : 1. Asahan Regency 2.

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; Japan occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence on 18/08/1945 after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to transfer sovereignty in 1949. Free and fair legislative elections took place in 1999 after decades of repressive rule. Indonesia is now the world's third most populous democracy, the world's largest archipelagic state, and home to the world's largest Muslim population. Current issues include: alleviating poverty, improving education, preventing terrorism, consolidating democracy after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing economic and financial reforms, stemming corruption, holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations, addressing climate change, and controlling avian influenza.

• Location : Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
• Geographic Coordinates : 5 00 S, 120 00 E
• Map References : Southeast Asia
• Area Total : 1,904,569 sq km
• Country Comparison to the world: 16
• Water : 93,000 sq km