Pasaman Regency

Pasaman Regency Kabupaten Pasaman
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Saiyo (Agree together)
Location within West Sumatra
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Coordinates: 0°10′00″N 100°07′01″E / 0.166667°N 100.117°E / 0.166667; 100.117
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Sumatra
Regency seat	Lubuk Sikaping
Government
• Regent	Sabar AS
• Vice Regent	Vacant
Area
• Total	3,947.63 km2 (1,524.19 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	313,199
• Density	79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 753
Website	pasamankab.go.id

Pasaman Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 3,947.63 square kilometres (1,524.19 sq mi) and had a population of 252,981 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 299,851 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 313,199 - comprising 157,978 males and 155,221 females.^[1] The regency seat is the town of Lubuk Sikaping.

Pasaman is located in the north-east of West Sumatra. The town of Bonjol, birthplace of Tuanku Imam Bonjol, is notable for being the area where the Trans-Sumatran Highway crosses the equator. Although the majority tribe in West Sumatra is Minangkabau, in Pasaman there is another big tribe, the Mandailing from North Sumatra, so Pasaman means "equality" between two tribes in the Minangkabau language (Indonesian: Persamaan). The first Vice-Regent of Pasaman was H. Ahmad Dahlan Nasution from Duo Koto, King of Sontang (kingdom of Mandailing in Pasaman).