Deli Serdang
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Deliserdang is a regency in the Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n province of North Sumatra
North Sumatra
North Sumatra is a province of Indonesia on the Sumatra island. Its capital is Medan. It is the most populous Indonesian province outside of Java. It is slightly larger than Sri Lanka in area.- Geography and population :...

. It is located southeast of Medan
Medan
- Demography :The city is Indonesia's fourth most populous after Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung, and Indonesia's largest city outside of Java island. Much of the population lies outside its city limits, especially in Deli Serdang....

, and also borders the chartered city Binjai
Binjai
Binjai formally Kota Binjai is an independent city in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia, and is surrounded by but not part of the Deli Serdang Regency. Binjai is connected to Medan , about 22 km, by the Sumatra highway that goes to Banda Aceh, and effectively forms a part of Greater Medan...

, its effectively a bedroom community for Medan
Medan
- Demography :The city is Indonesia's fourth most populous after Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung, and Indonesia's largest city outside of Java island. Much of the population lies outside its city limits, especially in Deli Serdang....

. The capital of the district is Lubukpakam
Lubukpakam
Lubukpakam is the regional capital of the regency of Deli Serdang. It is 32 km from the north-east coast of Sumatra and 32 km east of Medan - the provincial capital of Sumatera Utara -Controversy:...

, which is located approximately 30 km east of Medan. Its 2010 census population is 1,789,243 people. Medan's new airport in Kuala Namu is in this regency.

Boundaries
Border
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 of the district:
  • To the north: the Langkat Regency
    Langkat Regency
    Langkat Regency is the northernmost regency in eastern shore of North Sumatra. Its seat is Stabat. Its area is 6,272 km² and population was 892,533 in the 2000 national Census, and official intercensal estimate in 2007 of 1,027,414 people....

     and the Strait of Malacca
    Strait of Malacca
    The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is named after the Malacca Sultanate that ruled over the archipelago between 1414 to 1511.-Extent:...

    .
  • To the south: the Karo Regency
    Karo Regency
    Karo Regency is a regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia. It is situated in the Bukit Barisan mountains. In 2000, the regency covered an area of 2,127.25 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census it had a population of 279,470. 60.99% of the regency is forested. Its regency seat is...

     and Simalungun Regency
    Simalungun Regency
    Simalungun Regency is a regency in North Sumatra. Its seat is Raya. In 2000, the regency covered an area of 4369 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census it had a population of 855,591.The official Intercensal estimate for 2007 shows a population of 846,329...

    .
  • To the east: the Serdang Bedagai Regency
    Serdang Bedagai Regency
    Serdang Bedagai Regency is a regency in the Eastern shores of North Sumatra facing Malaysia, with 95 km of coastline and covering an area of 1900 square kilometres, divided into 11 districts and 237 villages and 6 subdistricts Its seat is Sei Rempah. The regency surrounds chartered city Tebing...

     and the Strait of Malacca
  • To the west: the Karo Regency and Langkat Regency


Deliserdang has three plantation
Plantation
A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...

s owned by London Sumatra (LONSUM).

In June 2004, farmers and indigenous peoples in a number of villages within the district had protested over land ownership of their villages (apparently, the government had leased the land in the villages to LONSUM, but they rejected such leasings and resisted moving. It is said that the authorities had shot farmers and indigenous people attempting to reoccupy the villages.

The national census of 2000 recorded 1,572,768 people, from 2010 the regency's population increased 13.78%.

Administrative divisions

The regency is divided administratively into 22 subdistricts
Subdistricts of Indonesia
In Indonesia, a kecamatan or district is a subdivision of a regency or of a city . A district is itself divided into kelurahan or administrative villages....

 (kecamatan):

See also

  • Sultanate of Deli
    Sultanate of Deli
    Deli is a 1,820 km² state in east Sumatra founded in 1630. A tributary kingdom from 1630 until 1814, the state became a sultanate in 1814 when acquiring independence from Sultanate of Siak....

  • Serdang
    Serdang
    The state of Serdang was an ancient Malay-Indonesian monarchy, neighboring the Sultanate of Deli, to which it lost some territory.-Rulers:*1728 - 1782 Tuanku Umar Johan Pahlawan Alam Shah bin Tuanku Panglima Paderap [Kejeruan Junjungan], Raja of Serdang...

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