Deli Serdang Regency


Deli Serdang Regency is a regency in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. It surrounds the city of Medan, and also borders to the west the city of Binjai, which is effectively a bedroom community for Medan. The entire regency lies within the Medan metropolitan area. It occupies an area of 2,592.40 km2. Its administrative center is Lubuk Pakam, which is located approximately 30 km east of Medan. The national census of 2000 recorded 1,573,987 people, but by 2010 the regency's population increased by 13.76% to 1,790,431, and at the 2020 Census the total was 1,931,441. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 2,080,408, of whom 64.7% lived in the western 53.8% of the area, surrounding Medan city, while 35.3% lived in the eastern 46.2% of the area. Medan's Kualanamu International Airport is located in this regency, 23 kilometres east of downtown Medan.
Deli Serdang is the most populous regency in Indonesia outside the island of Java, with 2,080,408 inhabitants in mid 2024. Its population is comparable to the U.S state of Nebraska.

Neighbouring areas

The external boundaries of the regency are with:
The major city of Medan is a semi-enclave within the regency.

Administrative districts

The regency is divided into twenty-two districts, tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census and 2020 Census populations, and the official estimates as of mid 2024. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages within each district, and its post code:
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		Admin
centre		No.
of
desa		No.
of
kelu-
rahan		Post
code
12.07.21Patumbak43.5588,96197,994106,762Patumbak8-20361
12.07.22Deli Tua8.1460,62459,29262,274Deli Tua33 20355
12.07.23Sunggal92.52244,187241,359254,477Sunggal17-20351
12.07.24Hamparan Perak302.56150,054163,521180,027Hamparan Perak20-20374
12.07.25Labuhan Deli123.9160,19067,12969,373Helvetia5-20373
12.07.26Percut Sei Tuan190.29384,672402,468424,156Tembung182 20371
12.07.03Sibolangit159.8919,65419,98021,946Bandar Baru30-20357
12.07.04Kutalimbaru182.2135,87036,23840,893Kutalimbaru14-20354
12.07.05Pancur Batu121.5284,91993,470101,515Pancur Batu25-20353
12.07.06Namo Rambe64.1336,65139,69743,248Namo Rambe36-20356
12.07.07Biru-Biru 106.7534,02039,08341,607Biru-Biru17-20358
Total Western half1,395.471,199,8021,260,2311,346,2781935
12.07.01Gunung Meriah95.242,4723,1933,247Gunung Meriah12-20583
12.07.20Sinembah Tanjung
Muda Hulu		225.7012,33313,55415,168Tiga Juhar20-20582
12.07.08Sinembah Tanjung
Muda Hilir		209.7530,56333,15935,608Talun Kenas15-20363
12.07.09Bangun Purba120.6121,55024,37526,018Bangun Purba24-20581
12.07.19Galang129.0961,50870,13675,932Galang281 20585
12.07.02Tanjung Morawa132.52192,759223,450243,565Tanjung Morawa251 20362
12.07.27Batang Kuis44.6456,27065,07574,429Batang Kuis11-20372
12.07.32Pantai Labu85.8343,13549,16754,697Pantai Labu19-20553
12.07.33Beringin56.9452,41560,71167,904Beringin11-20552
12.07.28Lubuk Pakam33.3380,84788,57694,178Lubuk Pakam67 20511
-20518
12.07.31Pagar Merbau63.2836,77739,81443,384Pagar Merbau16-20551
Total Eastern half1,196.93590,629671,210734,1301879

Notes: Deli Tua, Deli Tua Barat and Deli Tua Timur. Kenangan and Kenangan Baru. Galang Kota. Pekan Tanjung Morawa.
Cemara, Lubuk Pakam I-II, Lubuk Pakam Pekan, Lubuk Pakam III, Paluh Kemiri, Petapahan and Syahmad.
file:Tanjung Morawa Toll Plaza, Medan.JPG|thumb|right|Tanjung Morawa toll gate, Deli Serdang Regency

Plantations

Plantation commodities in Deli Serdang in 2024 demonstrated diverse yields, with oil palm being the leading crop. Oil palm plantations were spread across all sub-districts, covering an area of 18,162.23 hectares, and production reached 51,666.29 tons. The districts of Sinembah Tanjung Muda Hilir, Sinembah Tanjung Muda Hulu, and Hamparan Perak were the main palm oil producing areas, with planted areas of 3,736.11 hectares, 1,984.00 hectares, and 2,114.96 hectares, respectively. Rubber contributed 4,564 tons of production from a planted area of 5,164 hectares. Coconut is another important commodity with 3,247 tons of yield from a planted area of 3,841 hectares, dominated by the Districts of Hamparan Perak and Percut Sei Tuan. Cocoa plants recorded a production of 2,072.43 tons with an area of 2,666.33 hectares, mostly produced from Kutalimbaru and Sinembah Tanjung Muda Hilir.

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