Editing Agam Regency (section)

{{Short description|Regency in West Sumatra, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name          = Agam Regency
| native_name            = ''Kabupaten Agam''
| native_name_lang       = id<!-- Indonesian -->
| image_skyline          = Maninjau_Sumatra.jpg
| image_alt              = 
| image_caption          = View of Lake Maninjau
| type                   = [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|Regency]]
| image_shield           = Logo Agam Regency.PNG
| shield_alt               = 
| motto                  = ''Tali Tigo Sapilin'' <br /> (Three ropes in a bond, i.e. three leadership components of the people forming a unity)
| image_map              = Lokasi Sumatra Barat Kabupaten Agam.svg
| map_alt                = 
| map_caption            = Location within [[West Sumatra]]
| coordinates            = {{coord|0.266667|S|100|E|source:kolossus-nlwiki|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes  = 
| subdivision_type       = [[list of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name       = [[Indonesia]]
| subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Indonesia|Province]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[West Sumatra]]
| seat_type              = [[Regency seat]]
| seat                   = [[Lubuk Basung]]
| leader_title           = Regent
| leader_name            = [[Benni Warlis]]
| area_footnotes         = 
| area_total_km2         = 2226.27
| elevation_min_m        = 0
| elevation_max_m        = 2891
| elevation_m            = 
| population_as_of       = mid 2023 estimate
| population_total       = 530123  
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes   = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Agam Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1307)</ref>
| timezone1              = [[Time in Indonesia|IWST]]
| utc_offset1            = +7
| area_code              = (+62) 752
| website                = {{URL|agamkab.go.id}}
| footnotes              = 
| pushpin_map            = Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in [[Sumatra]] and [[Indonesia]]
| leader_title1          = Vice Regent
| leader_name1           = Muhammad Iqbal
| area_code_type         = [[Telephone numbers in Indonesia|Area code]]
}}

'''Agam Regency''' ({{langx|id|Kabupaten Agam}}) is a [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|regency]] of [[West Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]. It has an area of 2,226.27&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup><ref name="ada">{{Cite web|url=http://agamkab.go.id/?agam=profil&se=keadaan|title = Hacked by Haikal}}</ref> and had a population of 454,853 at the 2010 census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011"/> and 529,138 at the 2020 census;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 530,123 (comprising 265,811 males and 264,312 females).<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Agam Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1307)</ref> The [[regency seat]] is the town of [[Lubuk Basung]]. [[Bukittinggi]] city is surrounded by this regency but is not administratively included in it.

[[Lake Maninjau]], a [[Volcanic crater lake|crater lake]], is a well-known landmark of the regency, and is used as a site for [[paragliding]]. This lake is also a primary tourist destination in West Sumatra.