Agam Regency ( id, Kabupaten Agam) is a
regency
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of
West Sumatra
West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5, ...
,
Indonesia
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. It has an area of 2,264.89 km
2 and had a population of 454,853 at the 2010 census
and 529,138 at the 2020 census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The
regency seat
A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a regency in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of county seat in the United States or county town in the United Kingdom. Legally, regency seats are not administrat ...
is the town of
Lubuk Basung
Lubuk Basung is a town or Sub-district in Agam Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists o ...
.
Bukittinggi
Bukittinggi ( min, Bukiktinggi, Jawi: , formerly nl, Fort de Kock) is the third largest city in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of 111,312 in 2010 and 121,028 in 2020, and an area of 25.24 km2. It is in the Minangkabau Highlands ...
city is surrounded by this regency but is not administratively included in it.
Lake Maninjau
Lake Maninjau ( id, Danau Maninjau, meaning "overlook" or "observation" in the Minangkabau language) is a Volcanic crater lake, caldera lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located to the west of Bukittinggi, at .
Formation
The Maninjau caldera ...
, a
crater lake
Crater Lake (Klamath language, Klamath: ''Giiwas'') is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The ...
, is a well-known landmark of the regency, and is used as a site for
paragliding
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. This lake is also a primary tourist destination in West Sumatra.
History
![COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een jonge bruidegom uit Soengai Poear Agam West-Sumatra TMnr 10002963](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Een_jonge_bruidegom_uit_Soengai_Poear_Agam_West-Sumatra_TMnr_10002963.jpg)
This regency was founded to include a collection of several villages that existed in the region of Luhak Agam, during the rule of the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
. Bukittinggi was named as the regency capital at that time. After Bukittinggi was created as an independent city outside of the regency, based on Government Regulation No. 8 of 1998, on 7 January 1998, the Agam Regency's capital was officially moved to Lubuk Basung.
Geography
Astronomically this regency located between 00°01’ 34” – 00°28’ 43” S dan 99°46’ 39” – 100°32’ 50” E.
Located in the mountainous region which is formed from 2 lanes Basin, Batang Agam in the north and Batang Sri Antokan in the south.
West area is flat to gently sloping (0-8%), reaching 71,956 ha, while the central and eastern regions which are wavy and hilly to very steep slopes (> 45%) with a total area of 129,352 ha.
Regions with a very steep slope (> 45%) are at the
Bukit Barisan
The Bukit Barisan or the Barisan Mountains are a mountain range on the western side of Sumatra, Indonesia, covering nearly 1,700 km (1,050 mi) from the north to the south of the island. The Bukit Barisan range consists primarily of volc ...
range with the summit of
Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi, ''Gunung Merapi'' (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian and Javanese), is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active ...
with a height of 2,891 meters, and
Mount Singgalang
Mount Singgalang (Gunung Singgalang in Indonesian) is a volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia, about 10 km to the southwest of the town of Bukittinggi. Its elevation is 2,877 m (9,439 ft). It is a twin volcano with Mount Tandikat, which is ...
with a height of 2,877 meters, in the south and southeast of Agam.
Also, in this region there is Lake Maninjau, a crater lake which has an area of 9,950 ha.
There is
Sianok Canyon, a steep valley (ravine) located in the border of Bukittinggi and IV Koto subdistrict. The valley is long and winding as the southern border town of Koto Gadang canyon to the village Sianok Anam Tribe, and ended in the subdistrict Palupuh. The scenery of Sianok canyon also became one of the mainstays of the provincial tourist attraction.
The regency shares land borders with
Pasaman
Pasaman Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of and had a population of 252,981 at the 2010 Census and 299,851 at the 2020 Census. The regency seat is the town of Lubuk Sikaping.
Pasaman is located in ...
and
West Pasaman
West Pasaman Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pasaman Barat) is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Sumatra, Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. ...
to the north,
Padang Pariaman
Padang Pariaman Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,343.09 km2, and it had a population of 390,204 at the 2010 census and 430,626 at the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The reg ...
and
Tanah Datar
Tanah Datar Regency is a landlocked regency (''kabupaten'') in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The regency has an area of 1,336 km2, and had a population of 338,484 at the 2010 Census, which rose to 371,704 at the 2020 Census. The regency seat ...
to the south,
Lima Puluh Kota to the east. It has a sea border with
Indian Ocean
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to the west.
Climate
Temperature consists of two kinds, low-lying areas with a minimum temperature of 25 °C and 33 °C maximum (in Lubuk Basung), whereas in the high areas of minimum 20 °C and maximum 29 °C (in Tilatang Kamang). Average humidity is 88%, wind speed between 4–20 km/hour and the average sun shines 58%.
Administrative districts
Agam Regency is divided into sixteen
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code.
Note: (a) includes 2 offshore islands.
Each district is sub-divided into several administrative villages. There are 82 villages (''nagari'' in Minangkabau term).
Demography
The Agam Regency is populated mainly by the
Minangkabau people
Minangkabau people ( min, Urang Minang; Indonesian or Malay: ''Orang Minangkabau'' or ''Minangkabo''; Jawi: منڠكبو), also known as Minang, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesi ...
, while other ethnic groups include
Javanese and
Batak
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, ...
.
Economy
Economic growth is dominated by agricultural sector, accounted for 40.40% of
GDP
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, followed by trade, hotels and restaurants by 15.30%, service sector 13.25%, and manufacturing industry 11.71%.
Income per capita
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in 2008 is about Rp 12,000,000 or US$1,333.
Tourism
![Masjid Bingkudu 2017 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Masjid_Bingkudu_2017_2.jpg)
The development of tourism in Agam regency are generally divided into three regions:
1. West Region, focus on sea and coastal tourism, such as: fishery, recreational beaches and islands, diving/snorkeling, marine resources and marine culture,
culinary tourism
Culinary tourism or food tourism or gastronomy tourism is the exploration of food as the purpose of tourism. It is considered a vital component of the tourism experience. Dining out is common among tourists and "food is believed to rank alongsid ...
2. Central Region, Lake Maninjau is dominant tourist destination in this region. Attraction is
paragliding
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like 'po ...
,
off-road
Off-roading is the activity of driving or riding in a vehicle on unpaved surfaces such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain. Types of off-roading range in intensity, from leisure drives with unmodified vehicl ...
,
racing river craft and others. There is
nature tourism, in lake and mountain. Also cultural and history tourism such as
Buya Hamka birth house.
3. Eastern region, focus on
agrotourism
Agritourism or agrotourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch.
Types
A 2018 article published in the ''Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development'' classified a ...
such as fruits and
cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...
plantation.
References
External links
*
Kabupaten Agam' - Agam Regency Government
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Regencies of West Sumatra