Regency seat

A regency seat (Indonesian: Ibu kota kabupaten) is a capital or seat of government of a regency in Indonesia.^[1] It is roughly equivalent of county seat in the United States or county town in the United Kingdom. Legally, regency seats are not administrative subdivisions of Indonesia and have no official boundaries. A regency seat may occupy an entire district (such as Sigli in Pidie Regency,^[2] Ngawi (town) in Ngawi Regency), a part of district (such as Sarilamak in Harau district, Lima Puluh Kota Regency^[3]), or several districts (such as Ungaran, which consists of West Ungaran district and East Ungaran district in Semarang Regency^[4]).

Regent office of Banggai Regency in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi

The regent offices in most Indonesian regencies usually have Traditional design representing a Region, although dome in a roof sometimes can be added in some Indonesian regent offices, resembling a U.S. state capitol or a county courthouse.

References

1. "Ibu kota kabupaten". Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language of the Language Center. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
2. "Qanun Kabupaten Pidie Nomor 5 Tahun 2014" [Pidie Regional Regulation No. 5 Year 2014] (PDF). Pemerintah Kabupaten Pidie (in Indonesian). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
3. "Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 40 Tahun 2004". Hukum Online.
4. Media, Kompas Cyber (12 July 2018). "DPRD Pertanyakan Rencana Pemkab Semarang Pindah Ibu Kota Halaman all". KOMPAS.com.