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Samosir

regency in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
AdministrativeArea regency_of_indonesia Q5888

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
regency of Indonesia
Inception
December 18, 2003[21]
Country
Indonesia[3]
Official website
samosirkab.go.id[24]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 2.640°, 98.715°[22]
Area
+2433.50
Capital
Pangururan[5]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Simanindo, Onan Runggu, Palipi, Harian, Ronggur Nihuta, Pangururan, Nainggolan, Sianjur Mulamula, Sitiotio[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Elevation above sea level
+1077
Executive body
Wikidata item[19]
Head of government
Vandiko Timotius Gultom[4]
Highest judicial authority
Wikidata item[20]
Legislative body
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten Samosir[18]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
North Sumatra[2]
Name
Samosir
Office held by head of government
Regent of Samosir
Official name
Kabupaten Samosir
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
+141780
Separated from
Toba[23]
Shares border with
Dairi, Pakpak Bharat, Humbang Hasundutan[6][7][8]
Statistics Indonesia area code
1217
🏷️ Also known as
en Samosir en Samosir Regency ar مقاطعة ساموسير de Kabupaten Samosir en-gb Samosir Regency id Kab. Samosir id Kabupaten Samosir ru Самосир zh 沙摩西县
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Administrative code of Indonesia
12.17
Freebase ID
/m/05220l3
GeoNames ID
9162842
INaturalist place ID
100563
MusicBrainz area ID
5b6d264c-156b-4c55-98c8-2a8a783f43e9
OpenStreetMap relation ID
8483347
Related category
Category:District in Samosir Regency
Topic's main category
Category:Samosir Regency
Yale LUX ID
place/3e70f6dd-8e63-47df-94a6-ccb2c7460d7c
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Located in time zoneP421
Asia/Jakarta 2026-09-26 A/ADM2 · ID GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 11
Samosir Island, Pangururan, Harian, Onan Runggu, Palipi, Simanindo, Ronggur Nihuta, Sianjur Mulamula +3 more
Contains the administrative territorial entity 9
Pangururan, Harian, Onan Runggu, Palipi, Simanindo, Ronggur Nihuta, Sianjur Mulamula, Sitiotio +1 more
← Shares border with 4
Deli Serdang, Dairi, Humbang Hasundutan, Pakpak Bharat
Shares border with 3
Dairi, Humbang Hasundutan, Pakpak Bharat
Located in this place 2
Toba Batak, Huta Bolon Simanindo Museum
Country 1
Indonesia
Instance of 1
regency of Indonesia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
North Sumatra
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Separated from 1
Toba
Topic's main category 1
Category:Samosir Regency
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Samosir Regency
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
North Sumatra
← Headquarters location 1
Huta Bolon Simanindo Museum
← Indigenous to 1
Toba Batak
← SNARC ID 1
Purnia
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Summary

Samosir is a regency of Indonesia[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Samosir covers an area of 2433.50 km²[25]. Samosir sits at an elevation of 1077 m[26]. Samosir has a population of {'amount': '+141780'}[27].

Related Entities

Bank BNI Pangururan Indonesia WikiProject Govdirectory

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 of 2003. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 of 2003. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 of 2003. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . The Master Book of Indonesian Territory Data 2015. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 20
    Executive body → Wikidata item
    Highest judicial authority → Wikidata item
    Wikipedia languages → ['ace', 'ar', 'ban', 'bbc', 'bew', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'id', 'it', 'jv', 'kge', '
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59105|batch #59105]]: executive body"
  2. 10w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten Samosir
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48356|batch #48356]]: add legislative branch to each kabkot"
  3. 26w ago · Danil Satria · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1077'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2433.50'}
    Shares border with → Dairi, Pakpak Bharat, Humbang Hasundutan
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29483|batch #29483]]: name stated in Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022"
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