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Batak Dairi
Indigenous Group	Batak Dairi (Also known as: Dairi, Dairi Batak, Orang Batak Dairi, Pakpak, Pakpak Dairi, Sumut)
Location	Indonesia, island of Sumatra, Sumatera Utara Province, Dairi District, southwest of Lake Toba, near Sidikalang
Estimated Population	1,200,000 (1991, SIL International)
Environment	Highland Rainforest
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Agriculture / Fishing / Hunting / Textiles / Handicraft Sales/ Paid Labor
Level of Assimilation	Assimilated
Language Family	Batak Dairi Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sundic, Sumatra, Batak, Northern Alternate names: Dairi, Dairi Batak, Orang Batak Dairi, Pakpak, Pakpak Dairi, Sumut  Dialects: Closely related to Toba Batak, but distinct sociolinguistically.
Website URLs	Batak of Sumatra Homepage Dairi Ethnologue Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) Wikipedia: Batak (Dairi, as ethnic subset of Batak group) 1993 Library of Congress Report (Batak cultural overview, statistics) Four Diari Subdistricts Want New Regency The Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Tropical Forests Experience and Lessons Learned Brief for Lake Toba Feasibility Study for the Lake Toba Science and Education Center
NGOs	Bona Ni Pasogit (Association of Batak Tribes in Europe) YAPIDI (Pijer Podi Foundation) Yayasan Ekowisata Sumatra (YES, or Sumatra EcoTourism Foundation) UNESCO (Jakarta office) World Rainforest Movement Down To Earth The Corner House