South Aceh Regency is a regency  in the Aceh

Aceh

Aceh is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Daerah Istimewa Aceh , Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam and Aceh . Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin...

 province of 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...

. The regency covers an area of 3,851.69 square kilometres and according to the 2010 census had a population of 202,003 people.
The seat of the regency government is at Tapaktuan

Tapaktuan

Tapaktuan is a town in the southwest of Aceh province. The city is the capital of South Aceh Regency.-Further reading:...

.Some of the people of the regency are Minangkabau-descended Aneuk Jamee.

Administrative divisions

The regency is divided administratively into 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):

• Bakongan
• Bakongan Timur
• Kluet Selatan
• Kluet Tengah
• Kluet Timur
• Kluet Utara
• Labuhan Haji
• Labuhan Haji Barat
• Labuhan Haji Timur
• Meukek
• Pasie Raja
• Sama Dua
• Sawang
• Tapak Tuan
• Trumon
• Trumon Timur