North Padang Lawas Regency
North Padang Lawas is a landlocked regency in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia. It has an area of 3,945.56 km2, and had a population of 223,049 at the 2010 census and 260,720 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 285,659 - and projected to rise to 290,671 by mid 2026.- Regency of Indonesia with about 242,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (220 feet)
- Description: regency in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
- Also known as“North Padang Lawas”“Paluta”
- Location
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Latitude
1.4601° or 1° 27′ 36″ north
Longitude
99.6735° or 99° 40′ 25″ east
Open location code
6MHXFM6F+29
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Vietnamese—“North Padang Lawas Regency” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Padang Lawas Utara”
- Balinese: “Kabupatén Padang Lawas Utara”
- Batak Toba: “Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara”
- Betawi: “Kabupatèn Lawas Lor”
- Cebuano: “Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara”
- Chinese: “北巴东拉瓦斯县”
- Chinese: “北巴東拉瓦斯縣”
- Dutch: “Noord-Padang Lawas”
- Dutch: “Padang Lawas Utara”
- French: “Kabupaten de Padang Lawas du Nord”
- German: “Padang Lawas Utara”
- Indonesian: “Kab. Padang Lawas Utara”
- Indonesian: “Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara”
- Indonesian: “Padang Lawas Utara”
- Indonesian: “Paluta”
- Irish: “Padang Lawas Thuaidh”
- Italian: “Padang Lawas Nord”
- Italian: “Reggenza di Padang Lawas Settentrionale”
- Javanese: “Kabupatèn Padang Lawas Lor”
- Javanese: “Padang Lawas Lor”
- Komering: “Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara”
- Malay: “Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara”
- Malay: “Padang Lawas Utara”
- Malay: “ڤادڠ لاوس اوتارا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Padang Lawas Koān”
- Minangkabau: “Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara”
- Russian: “Северное Паданглавас”
- Russian: “Северный Паданглавас”
- Spanish: “Padang Lawas Septentrional”
- Sundanese: “Kabupatén Padang Lawas Kalér”
- Swedish: “Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara”
- Urdu: “نارتھ پادانگ لاواس ریجنسی”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Padang Lawas”
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North Sumatra: Highlights
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