North Aceh Regency

North Aceh Regency Kabupaten Aceh Utara
Regency
Regent office of North Aceh in Lhoksukon
Seal
Location within Aceh
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Coordinates: 5°00′N 96°45′E / 5.00°N 96.75°E / 5.00; 96.75
Country	Indonesia
Region	Sumatra
Province	Aceh
Established	1956
Regency seat	Lhoksukon
Government
• Regent	Muhammad Thaib
• Vice Regent	Fauzi Yusuf
Area
• Total	3,296.86 km2 (1,272.92 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	624,582
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 645
Website	acehutara.go.id

North Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Utara) is a regency in Aceh Province - which was formerly called the Aceh special territory (Daerah Istimewa Aceh) in 1959–2001), and then Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam in 2001–2009), before reverting to Aceh Province in 2009. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency covers an area of 3,296.86 square kilometres and had a population of 534,085 at the 2010 census^[2] and 602,793 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 624,582.^[1]

The administrative centre is now at the town of Lhoksukon; this followed the splitting off of the western districts from the regency to form (by Law No. 48 of 1999) a separate Bireuen Regency on 4 October 1999, and then the creation (by Law No. 2 of 2001) of the independent city of Lhokseumawe out of what was formerly the capital, which was cut out of the regency on 21 June 2001.