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 Pangururan

Pangururan

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

. In 2000, the regency covered an area of 1419 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census it had a population of 130,097.

6 of 9 districts (kecamatan), are on the island Samosir

Samosir

For the Regency named Samosir, see Samosir Regency.Samosir, or Samosir Island, is a large volcanic island in Lake Toba, located in the north of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Administratively, Samosir Island is governed as six of the nine districts within Samosir Regency. The lake and island...

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• Samosir Island districts
  • Onan Runggu
  • Palipi
  • Pangururan
  • Ronggur Nihuta
  • Simanindo
  • Sitiotio

• Mainland districts
  • Harian
  • Sianjur Mula Mula
  • Nainggolan

Botanical Garden

2011: Samosir Regency with supervision from LIPI will build a 100 hectares Botanical Garden. It will finish 10 years later with cost predicted about Rp.73 billion ($8.6 million).