Tegal Regency

Tegal Regency Kabupaten Tegal
Regency
Other transcription(s)
• Javanese	ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒꦭ꧀
Guci forest park
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Tegal Hadiningrat
Location within Central Java
Tegal Regency Location in Java and Indonesia Show map of Java Tegal Regency Tegal Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 06°57′56″S 109°10′45″E / 6.96556°S 109.17917°E / -6.96556; 109.17917
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Java
Settled	May 18, 1601
Founded by	Ki Gede Sebayu
Named after	Teteguall Land
Capital	Slawi
Government
• Body	Tegal Regency Government
• Regent	Ischak Maulana Rohman [id]
• Vice Regent	Ahmad Kholid [id]
Area
• Total	983.9 km2 (379.9 sq mi)
• Rank	21st in Central Java
Population  (mid 2024 estimate)
• Total	1,674,803
• Rank	[1]
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Tegalese
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Javanese (98%) Chinese (2%)
• Languages	Tegalese Javanese Indonesian
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Area code	(+62) 283
ISO 3166 code	ID-SLW
Vehicle registration	G
Largest district by area	Jatinegara - 109.5 square kilometres (42.3 sq mi)
Largest district by population	Adiwerna - (134,556 in mid 2024)
Districts	18
- Rural Villages - Urban Villages	281 6
Website	tegalkab.go.id

Tegal Regency (Javanese:ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒꦭ꧀) is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the northwest corner of Central Java province of Indonesia, with an area of 983.9 km² (379.9 sq mi). The regency's administrative center used to be in Tegal City, in the northwest corner of the regency, but then Tegal City was administratively separated from the regency and formed into its own territory. The city was later replaced as the administrative center of Tegal Regency by Slawi Town, which is a suburb about 20 km (12 mi) to the south of the city and within the district boundary. The regency had a population of 1,394,839 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 1,596,996 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,674,803 (comprising 848,602 males and 826,201 females).^[1]