Lubuk Pakam

Lubuk Pakam (Chinese: 巴幹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa kàn) is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Deli Serdang Regency. The district covers an area of 31.19 km², and had a population of 80,847 at the 2010 Census^[1] and 88,576 at the 2020 Census;^[2] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 91,858.^[3] The district is sub-divided into 7 urban communities (kelurahan) and 6 rural villages (desa), all 13 listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 Census and as at the official estimates for mid 2022,^[4] together with their postcodes.

Kode Wilayah	Name	Area in km2	Population Census 2020	Population Estimate mid 2022	Post code
12.07.21.2001	Sekip	3.64	19,939	20,928	20517
12.07.28.2002	Pagar Jati	2.30	6,711	6,978	20518
12.07.28.2003	Tanjung Garbus I	5.12	3,489	3,656	20511
12.07.28.2004	Pasar Melintang	5.59	6,772	6,918	20518
12.07.28.2005	Pagar Merbau III	5.72	4,450	4,859	20515
12.07.28.2006	Bakaran Baru	2.82	11,174	11,523	20511
12.07.28.1007	Lubuk Pakam I-II	0.43	6,680	7,198	20511
12.07.28.1008	Lubuk Pakam III	0.18	4,135	4,203	20516
12.07.28.1009	Paluh Kemiri	1.45	3,645	3,977	20513
12.07.28.1010	Cemara	0.78	7,779	8,069	20517
12.07.28.1011	Syahmad	0.48	4,497	4,674	20515
12.07.28.1012	Petapahan	1.99	2,174	2,159	20514
12.07.28.1013	Lubuk Pakam Pekan	0.69	7,131	7,240	20512

In the above table, the first six listed have the status of rural villages (desa) and the last seven have the status of urban communities (kelurahan).

Welcome gate of Lubuk Pakam

Controversy

The area supports a large plantation for London Sumatra, whose notable claim to fame in recent years is in its confrontation with local villagers who want their land back. A leading oil palm company "PT London Sumatra", with backing from Cadbury's and Deutsche Bank, were allegedly intimidating a local community which is fighting for the return of their forest lands.^[5]

The villagers of Pergulaan have peacefully sought to regain 1.69 square kilometres of land which was stolen from them years ago to create an oil palm plantation. In June 2004 it was alleged that London Sumatra had dug a massive ditch, 6 metres deep and 4 wide, around the village to cut off the protesting villagers. The most recent reports were that militias have been sent to violently silence the villagers.^[5]