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Kisaran is a large town in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia. Kisaran is the administrative capital of Asahan Regency. Kisaran does not now have the status of an independent city, but is composed of two administrative districts (kecamatan) - West Kisaran District and East Kisaran District. Kisaran is situated on the Trans-Sumatra Highway, and is also located in the path of trains in northern Sumatra.

The previous status of Kisaran was an administrative city, independent of the regency, which was then abolished and divided into two districts within the regency in 2003 because it did not meet the increasing requirements of the autonomous region.

Government

Kisaran has an area of 62.98 km2, and is divided into two districts (East Kisaran, or Kisaran Timur, with 88,391 inhabitants in 2025; and West Kisaran, or Kisaran Barat, with 63,101 inhabitants in 2025). These are in turn divided into 25 Urban Villages (kelurahan), listed below with their populations at the 2020 Census and as officially estimated for mid 2024.

Demographics

Religion

Based on data from BPS in 2017, 82.42 percent of the population of Kisaran embraced Islam. The rest are Protestants, Buddhists, Catholics, Hindus and a small number of Confucians.

Ethnic

BPS data of 2017 noted that the plurality of the population in Kisaran is Javanese (38.01%), followed by Malay (25.69%), Batak 23.88%, Chinese 7.27%, and other ethnic groups (5.15%).

Transportation

Kisaran Railways Station

Motorcycle Rickshaws

Online Motorbike Taxi

Notable people

Sisworo Gautama Putra

Sindoedarmo Sudjojono