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Batak
Ethnic group in Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Batak people of Indonesia. For the Batak people of the Philippines, see Batak people (Philippines). For indigenous Negrito group of peninsular Malaysia, see Batek people.
For other uses, see Batak (disambiguation).
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Angkola, and Mandailing,[5] related ethnic groups with distinct languages and traditional customs (adat).
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![]() Toba Batak male and female wearing traditional clothes | |
Total population | |
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8,466,969 (2010 census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 8,466,969[2] |
![]() | 5,785,716 |
![]() | 691,399 |
![]() | 467,438 |
![]() | 326,645 |
![]() | 222,549 |
![]() | 208,678 |
![]() | 147,295 |
![]() | 139,259 |
![]() | 106,249 |
![]() | 30,000 (counted as part of the local "Malays") |
![]() | unknown (counted as part of the local "Malays") |
Languages | |
Native Batak languages (Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Angkola, Mandailing) Also Indonesian | |
Religion | |
• Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism) 55.62% • Sunni Islam 44.17% • Traditional religions (Parmalim, Pemena, etc.)[3][4] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
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