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Kisaran كيسارن
Capital of Regency
Nickname: Kota Kerang (Scallops City)
KisaranLocation in Sumatra and IndonesiaShow map of SumatraKisaranKisaran (Indonesia)Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 2°59′00″N 99°36′45″E / 2.98333°N 99.61250°E / 2.98333; 99.61250
Country	Indonesia
Province	North Sumatra
Regency	Asahan
Area
• Total	62.97 km (24.31 sq mi)
Elevation	9 - 25 m (295 - 82 ft)
Population
• Total	147,639
• Density	2,300/km (6,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62)23
Vehicle registration	BK
Website	Asahan Official Site

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.

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

Kisaran has an area of 62.98 km , 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:

Demographics

Religion

Based 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

BPS 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%).

Transportation

• Kisaran Railways Station
• Motorcycle Rickshaws
• Online Motorbike Taxi

Notable people

• Sisworo Gautama Putra
• Sindoedarmo Sudjojono

References

1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Asahan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1209)
2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
4. "Kecamatan Kisaran Barat Dalam Angka 2017"
5. "Kecamatan Kisaran Timur Dalam Angka 2017"
6. ""Kecamatan Kisaran Barat Dalam Angka 2017"" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
7. ""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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