Dairi Regency

Dairi Regency
Regency
Regent's office of Dairi Regency
Coat of arms
Country	Indonesia
Province	North Sumatra
Regency seat	Sidikalang
Government
• Regent	Eddy Keleng Ate Berutu
• Vice Regent	Jimmy Andrea Lukita Sihombing
• Chairman of Council of Representatives	Sabam Sibarani (Golkar)
• Vice Chairmen of Council of Representatives	Alvensius Tondang (PDI-P) and Wanseptember Situmorang (Partai Demokrat)
Area
• Total	1,927.8 km2 (744.3 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	324,747
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Website	www.dairikab.go.id

Dairi Regency is an inland regency on the western shore of Lake Toba in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. The regency was created on 23 September 1964 from what were previously the north-western districts of North Tapanuli Regency; however the southern districts of this new regency were in turn split off on 25 February 2003 to form the new Pakpak Bharat Regency. The reduced regency covers an area of 1,927.80 square kilometres (744.33 sq mi) and it had a population of 269,848 people at the 2010 Census^[2] and 308,764 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 324,747 - comprising 162,928 males and 161,819 females.^[1] Its administrative seat is at the town of Sidikalang.