Kerinci is a
regency
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(''kabupaten'') in
Jambi
Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is Jambi. The province has a land area of 50,160.05 km2, and a sea area of 3, ...
province, on the island of
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
,
Indonesia
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. The regency has an area of . Kerinci Regency had a population of 229,495 at the 2010 Census, 234,912 at the 2015 Census and 250,259 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 251,911. The regency largely surrounds the city of
Sungai Penuh, which until 2008 was part of the regency but is now independent of it. 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 at
Siulak. Kerinci is located from
Jambi City, the capital of Jambi Province.
Geography
There is a lake called
Lake Kaco located in the village of Lempur in the Gunung Raya ("Mountain Kingdom") District.
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Administrative districts
At the 2010 Census there were twelve districts (''kecamatan''), but four more were added in 2013 and another two in 2020. The eighteen districts currently forming the Regency are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code.
Note: (a) The 2010 population of these new districts are included with that of the existing districts from which they were cut out in 2013. (b) The 2010 and 2020 populations of these new districts are included with that of the existing districts from which they were cut out in 2020. (c) Depati VII District lies on the north side of Sungai Penuh city, to which it is largely suburban.
Mount Seven Lake
Mount Seven Lake is the highest
caldera
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in
Southeast Asia
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at above mean sea level, with a lake area of . The mount is called Mount Seven because there are seven summits. Mount Seven is located in
Kerinci Seblat National Park
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the largest national park on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It has a total area of 13,791 km2, and spans four provinces: West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu, and South Sumatra.
Geography
It is located between 1 ...
. The lake has a white sandy beach and Mount Seven Waterfall.
See also
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1995 Kerinci earthquake
*
Kersik Tua
References
Regencies of Jambi
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