Kisaran is a large town in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia. Kisaran is the administrative capital of Asahan Regency. Kisaran does not now have the status of an independent city, but is composed of two administrative districts (kecamatan) - West Kisaran District and East Kisaran District. Kisaran is situated on the Trans-Sumatra Highway, and is also located in the path of trains in northern Sumatra.
Kisaran
كيسارن | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Kota Kerang (Scallops City) | |
| Coordinates: 2°59′00″N 99°36′45″E / 2.98333°N 99.61250°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province |  North Sumatra |
| Regency |  Asahan |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.97 km2 (24.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 - 25 m (295 - 82 ft) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 147,639 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (IWST) |
| Area code | (+62)23 |
| Vehicle registration | BK |
| Website | Asahan Official Site |
The previous status of Kisaran was an administrative city, independent of the regency, which was then abolished and divided into two districts within the regency in 2003 because it did not meet the increasing requirements of the autonomous region.
Government
editKisaran has an area of 62.98 km2 , and is divided into two districts (East Kisaran, or Kisaran Timur, and West Kisaran, or Kisaran Barat). These are in turn divided into 25 Urban Villages (kelurahan), listed below with their populations at the 2020 Census:[2]
| No | Village (kelurahan) |
District (kecamatan) |
Pop'n 2020 Census[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kisaran Naga | East Kisaran | 6,471 |
| 2 | Kisaran Timur | East Kisaran | 3,142 |
| 3 | Sentang | East Kisaran | 10,069 |
| 4 | Kedai Ledang | East Kisaran | 5,220 |
| 5 | Teladan | East Kisaran | 5,956 |
| 6 | Mutiara | East Kisaran | 9,752 |
| 7 | Siumbut Umbut | East Kisaran | 7,823 |
| 8 | Siumbut Baru | East Kisaran | 6,668 |
| 9 | Gambir Baru | East Kisaran | 5,889 |
| 10 | Karang Anyer | East Kisaran | 4,247 |
| 11 | Lestari | East Kisaran | 8,606 |
| 12 | Selawan | East Kisaran | 7,466 |
| 13 | Bunut | West Kisaran | 2,744 |
| 14 | Bunut Barat | West Kisaran | 6,359 |
| 15 | Sidodadi | West Kisaran | 3,331 |
| 16 | Sidomukti | West Kisaran | 6,258 |
| 17 | Mekar Baru | West Kisaran | 3,516 |
| 18 | Tebing Kisaran | West Kisaran | 4,085 |
| 19 | Kisaran Baru | West Kisaran | 5,532 |
| 20 | Kisaran Kota | West Kisaran | 2,949 |
| 21 | Sei Renggas | West Kisaran | 6,310 |
| 22 | Dadimulyo | West Kisaran | 4,672 |
| 23 | Tegal Sari | West Kisaran | 3,382 |
| 24 | Sendang Sari | West Kisaran | 5,631 |
| 25 | Kisaran Barat | West Kisaran | 3,659 |
Demographics
editReligion
editBased on data from BPS in 2017, 82.42 percent of the population of Kisaran embraced Islam. The rest are Protestants, Buddhists, Catholics, Hindus and a small number of Confucians.
Ethnic
editBPS data of 2017 noted that the plurality of the population in Kisaran is Javanese (38.01%), followed by Malay (25.69%), Batak 23.88%, Chinese 7.27%, and other ethnic groups (5.15%).[6][7]
Transportation
edit- Kisaran Railways Station
- Motorcycle Rickshaws
- Online Motorbike Taxi
Notable people
editReferences
edit- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Asahan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1209)
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ "Kecamatan Kisaran Barat Dalam Angka 2017"
- ^ "Kecamatan Kisaran Timur Dalam Angka 2017"
- ^ ""Kecamatan Kisaran Barat Dalam Angka 2017"" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ^ ""Kecamatan Kisaran Timur Dalam Angka 2017"" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- Asahan Official site
- Central Bureau of Statistics of Asahan Regency
- East Kisaran District Official Site
- West Kisaran District Official Site Archived 2018-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
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