Bireuën Regency

{{Short description|Regency in Aceh, Indonesia}}

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| official_name = Bireuën Regency

| native_name = Kabupaten Bireuën

| native_name_lang = id

| image_skyline = Paddy_field_in_Bireuen,_Aceh;_February_2021_(05).jpg

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| image_caption = Paddy fields in Bireuen

| type = Regency

| image_seal = Logo Bireuen.jpg

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| image_map = Lokasi Aceh Kabupaten Bireuen.svg

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| map_caption = Location within Aceh

| coordinates = {{coord|5|5|N|96|36|E|source:kolossus-eswiki|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Indonesia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Sumatra

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1999

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| seat_type = Regency seat

| seat = Bireuën

| leader_title = Regent

| leader_name = Dr. H. Muzakkar A. Gani, S.H., M.Si

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| area_total_km2 = 1796.97

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| population_as_of = mid 2023 estimate

| population_total = 453242

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_footnotes = Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Bireuen Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1111)

| timezone1 = IWST

| utc_offset1 = +7

| area_code = (+62) 644

| website = {{URL|http://www.bireuenkab.go.id/|bireunkab.go.id}}

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| pushpin_map = Indonesia_Aceh#Indonesia_Sumatra North#Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia

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Bireuën Regency ({{langx|id|Kabupaten Bireuen}}) is a regency of Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra, and was created on 4 October 1999 from the former western districts of North Aceh Regency. The capital is the town of Bireuën, 105 miles east of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. The regency covers an area of 1,796.97 square kilometres and had a population of 340,271 people according to the 2000 Census;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78fAkdUsAiQC&q=Aceh+Besar+225948&pg=PP9|author=Seta,William J|title=Atlas Lengkap Indonesia dan Dunia (untuk SD, SMP, SMU, dan Umum)|publisher=Pustaka Widyatama|page=7|isbn=979-610-232-3|access-date=2020-11-08|archive-date=2023-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915124052/https://books.google.com/books?id=78fAkdUsAiQC&q=Aceh+Besar+225948&pg=PP9|url-status=live}} at the 2010 Census it had a population of 389,288,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. which had risen to 436,418 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 453,242 - comprising 224,053 males and 229,189 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Bireuen Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1111) It is bordered by the Strait of Malacca on the northeast coastline. Bireuen has been affected by the clashes between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the government, and by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004.

The regency's name is commonly spelled without the diaeresis on the {{vr|ë}}: Kabupaten Bireuen (in Acehnese, {{vr|ë}} represents a schwa ({{IPAblink|ə}}) in diphthongs).