Pati Regency (, ꦥꦛꦶ) is a regency () in the northeastern region of Central Java Province, on the island of Java in Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,572.90 km2, on the coast of the Java Sea. It had a population of 1,193,202 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,324,188 at the 2020 census, comprising 660,484 males and 663,704 females;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 1,381,912 (comprising 689,964 males and 691,948 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Pati Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3318). The administrative capital of Pati Regency is the town of Pati.
Administrative districts The regency comprises twenty-one districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as of mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Pati Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3318). For convenience, this is divided into two sectors, south and north of the Kali Godi River (with no administrative significance). The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 401 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Pati town district), and its postcode.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Area inkm2 Pop'nCensus2010 Pop'nCensus2020 Pop'nEstimatemid 2025 Admincentre No.ofvillages Postcode 33.18.01 Sukolilo 163.0284,70390,27092,394Sukolilo1659172 33.18.02 Kayen 104.0869,98278,54082,342Kayen1759171 33.18.03 Tambakromo 79.5347,84955,61659,293Tambakromo1859174 33.18.11 Gabus 56.2551,73262,27967,476Gabus2459173 33.18.04 Winong 91.0149,20163,63871,387Winong3059181 33.18.05 Pucakwangi 121.1241,17047,93451,100Pucakwangi2059183 33.18.09 Jakenan 54.3940,14447,56851,143Jakenan2359182 33.18.06 Jaken 69.1342,05246,17447,847Sumberarum2159184 33.18.07 Batangan 57.2940,84744,61946,189Batursari1859186 33.18.08 Juwana 62.9790,20395,93399,075Doropayung2959185 Sub-totals Southern sector858.79557,883632,571668,247Pati216 33.18.10 Pati (town) 45.37103,060108,398110,123Pati Kidul29 (a) 59111-59119 33.18.12 Margorejo 70.2555,98264,09168,015Margorejo1859163 33.18.13 Gembong 74.8142,21047,37049,686Gembong1159162 33.18.14 Tlogowungu 87.3349,08854,30056,513Tlogoprejo155916133.18.15 Wedarijaksa 43.6857,59463,80866,495Wedarijaksa1859152 33.18.21 Trangkil 43.4459,26663,27564,748Trangkil1659153 33.18.16 Margoyoso 63.1470,28874,26775,623Waturoyo2259154 33.18.17 Gunungwungkal 71.0734,96937,89839,046Gunungwungkal1559156 33.18.18 Cluwak 73.0442,34547,33849,505Plaosan1359157 33.18.19 Tayu 53.0064,31870,02272,258Tayu Wetan2159155 33.18.20 Dukuhseti 88.9856,19960,85062,654Alasdowo1259158 Sub-totals Northern sector714.11635,319691,617713,666Pati190 Totals 1,572.901,193,2021,324,1881,381,912Pati406 Note: (a) comprises 5 urban kelurahan (Pati Wetan, Pati Kidul, Pati Lor, Parenggan and Kalidoro) and 24 rural desa.
Public services The Regency has provided a 'public service mall' - a single building that houses access to all of the various government functions available to the public. This includes computers that can provide requested statistical data free of charge to citizens at any time that the building is open. In 2018, the Ministry of Manpower asked regional governments to improve such established one-stop integrated service centers focusing on workers' needs, integrating human resources, health services, police services, and immigration services which includes cultural education for Indonesians seeking work abroad.
Licensing services are expected to be available through electronic processing in mid-2024.
2024 election controversies Two messages were sent to 20 officials inviting them to a meeting scheduled on 19 January 2024. The second message indicated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss which candidate to support in the upcoming election, a matter which Didik Rusdiartono – the official invited from the Pati Regency – stated did not come up at the meeting.
In February, a sign stating that Partai Buruh had been 'annulled' was identified as having originated in central Java. The Party had been disallowed in Pati Regency, but only at the Regional House of Representatives (DRPD) level, due to not having submitted required forms. The posted notice was not thought to have been issued from the elections commission.
A complete recount was finalized on 2 March 2024. This followed a demonstration on 1 March 2024 where the DRPD supported the right of the people to demand an inquiry into the election results, which the Pati Regency Community Alliance sued for.
Eleven seats on the DPRD were contested in Dapil Pati 2.
Economy
Unemployment in Pati Regency was 4.29% in 2023, a decrease from 4.45% in 2022. In 2024, the minimum wage was set to 2,190,000 IDR, an increase from 2,107,698 IDR in 2023. Inflation in 2023 lowered to 2.49% in 2023 from 6% in 2022.
Community business development In order to support the growth of the economy and continued job creation, the Regency supports the creation of community businesses. Bank Indonesia has identified 40 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Pati Regency, with all but one in the processing industry. Select "Jawa Tengah" under "Provinsi". Then select "Kabupaten Pati" under "Kab/Kota".
An effort is being made by the Pati DPRD to include MSME products in local supermarkets and minimarts but the requirements of the system to distribute funds to the MSMEs from sales are proving to be an obstacle.
People's Business Credit (KUR) To help support the growth of small business, the national government instituted the Kredit Usaha Rakyat (KUR) [id] in 2007 to provide loans to MSMEs. Between 2015 and 2021, KUR loans grew from 25% of borrowers to 74%.
On 8 April 2020, the MSME Financing Committee decided to waive interest and allow deferrals for up to six months, retroactive to 1 April 2020, in acknowledgement of the pandemic's effect on businesses.
Corporate development The Regency government coordinates with the DRPD to create plans which allow for land development within the Regency. Industrial development must take green areas into consideration, and citizens can lodge complaints in the event that construction permits are issued against such land.
Cement factory controversy
In 2014, citizens wrote to the President of Indonesia seeking relief regarding the Regency's plans to build a cement factory in Tambakaromo and Kayen districts. There was great concern over selling rice fields and farms as these are considered sources of generational prosperity. PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk had stated that they expected to be able to commence construction in 2018, and claimed that farming in the region would not suffer as a result, despite social and nature issues not having been addressed and 60% of residents in the community voting against the plant. In protest against the factory and Regent Haryanto's decision to issue the permit without hearing citizen concerns first, residents held a rally that blocked roads from 9 AM until after 3 PM in Sukokulon Village.
On 17 November 2015, the permit issued by the Regency to Sahabat Mulia Sakti, a subsidiary of Indocement, was declared void by the Chief Justice of the Semarang State Administrative Court. That decision was overturned in 2016 by the Surabaya High State Administrative Court. Nine women engaged in protest outside the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, encasing their feet in cement. President Joko Widodo ordered a Strategic Environmental Study in August 2016 along with the cessation of mining in the Kendeng Mountains, with the Supreme Court ruling on 5 October 2016 to revoke the mining permit in Rembang Regency. The presidential order called for a one-year moratorium on the construction sites, but Governor Ganjar Pranowo issued a new permit in 2017, which was considered to be a circumvention of the Supreme Court's decision to prevent the factory's construction.
Protests continued in 2017 against the company, including a demonstration outside the Merdeka Palace where 40 German citizens protested the involvement of Heidelberg Cement in Indocement, concerned over German involvement in the environmental issues citizens believe the factory would create in the Kendeng Mountains region. Protesters from Pati and Rembang encased their feet in cement. One woman died. Following a Supreme Court hearing in March 2017 which found in favor of the cement company, Indocement's president, Christian Kartawijaya, claimed that Pati residents had no legal basis to argue against the construction.
A complaint was filed with the OECD on 9 September 2020 against both Heidelberg Cement and the subsidiary PT Indocement, stating that the companies had violated human rights standards. Additionally, complaints were also filed with the International Finance Cooperation of the World Bank and the Germany's National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct.
In a revised regulation after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tambakromo district was designated as industrial, despite residents' concerns that the flood-prone region will be negatively impacted by the establishment of a cement factory.
Tourism
Nature sites Wareh Cave [id], in Kedumulyo Kayen Village Pancur Cave [id], in Jimbaran Kayen Village Seloromo Reservoir [id], in Gembong Village
Historical sites
Pati Grand Mosque [id], in Pati City Majapahit Gate [id], in Muktiharjo / Rendole Village
Pilgrimage Tomb of Nyai Ageng Ngerang [id], in Tambakromo Village Tomb of KH. Sahal Mahfudz, in Kajen Village Tomb of Sunan Prawoto [id] (King of the Fourth Demak Kingdom), in Prawoto Village
Regional agricultural production
Crops Farmers in this area of Indonesia utilise sustainable farming techniques, and as of 2020, the land could still support the needs of the population in producing rice. It is predicted that Pati Regency's rice production will continue to be able to support its population through at least 2030. Some paddy farmers have joined the Asuransi Usaha Tani Padi, an agricultural insurance provided in the Pati Regency, to protect their interests should they experience crop failure.
In 2020, Pati Regency produced 1,030,757 tonnes of Kopyor coconuts.
Livestock Beef cattle Indonesia imports between 70,000 and 150,000 tonnes of beef on a nearly annual basis from Australia, Brazil, and India, making the cultivation of cattle farming an economic priority. Pati Regency accounted for 6.12% of the beef cattle industry in Central Java in 2019. Cattle comprised 74.26% of livestock in the Regency in 2021.
One of the determining factors regarding beef cattle farming in Pati Regency has been the long return-on-investment; it is estimated that it takes nine years, nine months, and nine days to simply break even. One third of the administrative districts show the industry as superior, and one third as prospective, with five of the remaining districts showing it as needing improvement to be sustainable. Only Sukolilo and Margoyoso show enough sustainability in cattle farming for it to be a primary commodity.
One reason for the difficulty in achieving sustainable cattle farming is difficulty breeding, as records in 2021 showed that farmers were required to attempt insemination between two and five times before the cow was impregnated. The head of the Animal Husbandry Division discussed assistance in obtaining bovine sperm for artificial insemination to aid in increasing breeding in 2021, when 34 people were employed as artificial insemination officers. The Regency has multiple programs in place to help livestock farmers, though a focus on turning the resulting waste (manure) into a useful by-product has been recommended to increase sustainability.