Pidie Jaya Regency


Pidie Jaya Regency is a regency in the Aceh Special region of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency was created out of part of Pidie Regency in 2007. The seat of the regency government is at Meureudu. The regency covers an area of 1,073.6 square kilometres and had a population of 132,956 people at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 139,976.

Administrative divisions

The regency is divided administratively into eight districts :
District CapitalLand area Sea area 4 Mil Total area Percentage District divisionsVillages
Bandar DuaUlee Glee176,26-176,2614,99545
Bandar BaruLeung Putu223,6457,60281,2424,19843
Jangka BuyaJangka Buya7,8821,7629,642,55218
Meurah DuaMeurah Dua276,2016,00292,2025,13319
MeureuduMeureudu139,1417,60156,7413,48730
Pante RajaPante Raja13,8026,2440,043,44210
TrienggadengTrienggadeng76,1951,81128,0011,01527
UlimUlim40,8919,8460,735,22530