Simalungun Regency

Simalungun Regency Kabupaten Simalungun
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Habonaron Do Bona (Truth is the Foundation of Everything)
Country	Indonesia
Province	North Sumatra
Regency seat	Raya
Government
• Regent	Jopinus Ramli Saragih
• Vice Regent	Amran Sinaga
• Chairman of Regency's Council of Representatives	Timbul Jaya Hamonangan Sibarani (Golkar)
• Vice Chairmen of Regency's Council of Representatives	Samrin Girsang (PDI-P), Elias Barus (Partai Demokrat) and Sastra Joyo Sirait (Gerindra)
Area
• Total	4,372.5 km2 (1,688.2 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2024 estimate)[1]
• Total	1,051,845
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Website	www.simalungunkab.go.id

Simalungun Regency is a regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. Its seat was formerly at Pematangsiantar, but this city was under Law No.15 of 10 March 1986 was separated from the Regency and made into an independent city (kota), although it remains geographically surrounded by the regency, whose new administrative seat is at Raya, while the regency's two most populous districts are Bandar and Siantar. The regency now covers an area of 4,372.5 square kilometres, and at the 2010 census it had a population of 817,720;^[2] at the 2020 Census this had risen to 990,246, of whom 497,314 were males and 492,932 were females;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,051,845, and is projected to rise to 1,067,499 at mid 2025 - comprising 537,650 males and 529,849 females.^[1]