Toba Samosir Regency is a regency in 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 :...

. Its seat is Balige

Balige

Balige is a town in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat of Toba Samosir Regency....

. The regency covers an area of 3124.40 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census it had a population of 304,015 .

Orchid Paradise

Two scientists have been exploring the Eden Park tourist forest in Sionggang village in Toba Samosir Regency for 4 years. They have successfully identified almost 200 new species of forest orchids. The area is an orchid paradise, which we can found thousands of other orchid species.