Barru Regency is a

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South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...

Province of

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. It covers an area of 1,174.72 km² and had a population of 165,983 at the 2010 Census and 184,452 at the 2020 Census. The principal town lies at

Barru Barru is capital of Barru Regency in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. Administration Barru comprises 10 villages, Sumpang Binangae (population 9,817), Coppo (4,823), Tuwung (3,951), Anabanua (1,874), Palakka (2,941), Galung (1,892), Tompo ...

Administration

Barru Regency in 2020, as in 2010, comprised seven administrative

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(''Kecamatan''), tabulated below from south to north with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, and the numbers of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district.

References

Regencies of South Sulawesi {{SSulawesi-geo-stub