Tanah Datar Regency

Tanah Datar Regency Kabupaten Tanah Datar
Regency
Rice fields in Tanah Datar
Coat of arms
Location within West Sumatra
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Coordinates: 0°27′00″S 100°34′59″E / 0.45°S 100.583°E / -0.45; 100.583
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Sumatra
Regency seat	Batusangkar
Government
• Regent	Eka Putra[1]
• Vice Regent	Richi Aprian
Area
• Total	1,336.60 km2 (516.06 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2022 estimate)[2]
• Total	376,276
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 752
Website	tanahdatar.go.id

Tanah Datar Regency is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The regency has an area of 1,336 km² and had a population of 338,484 at the 2010 Census,^[3] which rose to 371,704 at the 2020 Census.^[4] The official estimate as of mid-2022 was 376,276 - comprising 188,551 males and 187,725 females.^[2] The regency seat is the town of Batusangkar. The city of Padang Panjang is also geographically located within the regency but constitutes a municipality (kota otonom) of its own.

Tanah Datar has several tourist attractions including the Pagaruyung Palace (Istano Pagaruyuang) with its museum, Sanskrit and Malay language stone inscriptions from the 14th century, several sites with megaliths (batu tagak), and the village Pandai Sikat (Pandai Sikek), where the traditional songket (kain balapak) is woven. The northern part of Lake Singkarak is situated in Tanah Datar. The traditional bull race pacu jawi takes place in the regency, too.^[5]