Tegal Regency

Tegal Regency Kabupaten Tegal
Regency
Clockwise from top: Tegal Regency scenery from the top of Star hills, Great Mosque of Tegal Regency, Guci Tourism Site, Countryside scenery in Guci village, Adiwerna City Walk and Slawi Town Roundabout
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Tegal Hadiningrat
Location within Central Java
Tegal Regency Location in Java and Indonesia Show map of Java Tegal Regency Tegal Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 06°57′56″S 109°10′45″E / 6.96556°S 109.17917°E / -6.96556; 109.17917
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Java
Settled	May 18, 1601
Founded by	Ki Gede Sebayu
Named for	Teteguall Land
Capital	Slawi
Government
• Body	Tegal Regency Government
• Regent	Umi Azizah
• Vice Regent	Sabilillah Adrie
Area
• Total	983.9 km2 (379.9 sq mi)
• Rank	21st in Central Java
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)
• Total	1,654,836
• Rank	[1]
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Tegalese
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Javanese (98%) Chinese (2%)
• Languages	Tegalese Javanese Indonesian
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Area code	(+62) 283
ISO 3166 code	ID-SLW
Vehicle registration	G
Largest district by area	Bumijawa - 88.55 square kilometres (34.19 sq mi)
Largest district by population	Adiwerna - (131,415 in 2022)
Districts	18
- Rural Villages - Urban Villages	281 6
Website	tegalkab.go.id

Tegal Regency is one of the regencies in the northwest part of Central Java province of Indonesia, with an area of 983.9 km² (379.9 sq mi). The administrative center used to be in Tegal City, in the northwest corner of the regency, but then Tegal City was administratively separated from the regency and formed into its own territory. The city was later replaced as the administrative center of Tegal Regency by Slawi Town, which is a suburb about 20 km (12 mi) to the south of the city and within the district boundary. The regency had a population of 1,394,839 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 1,596,996 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,654,836 (comprising 838,697 males and 816,139 females).^[1]