South Lampung Regency ( id, Kabupaten Lampung Selatan) is a
regency
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of
Lampung
Lampung (Lampung: ), officially the Province of Lampung ( id, Provinsi Lampung) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and a ...
,
Sumatra
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, Indonesia, a strip of land surrounding the provincial capital of
Bandar Lampung
Bandar Lampung (Lampung: , ''Kutak Bandarlampung'', formerly Dutch: ''Oosthaven'', lit. "Eastern Harbor") is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Lampung. Located on the southern tip of Sumatra, Bandar Lampung was original ...
on its northern and eastern sides, and bounded to the west by the new
Pesawaran Regency
Pesawaran Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,173.77 km2, and had a population of 398,848 at the 2010 Census and 477,468 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was ...
and to the south by the
Sunda Strait
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Etymology
The strait takes its name from the Sunda Kingdom, which ruled the weste ...
; as such it is a major transit corridor to/from
Java
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island. It has an area of 2,245.93 km
2, and a population of 909,989 at the 2010 census ) and 1,064,301 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 1,071,727. The
regency seat
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is the town of
Kalianda.
The regency has seen a population influx as migrants escape the crushing population densities and everyday struggles of living in the massive urban paralysis of
Greater Jakarta
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, and along with
Bandar Lampung
Bandar Lampung (Lampung: , ''Kutak Bandarlampung'', formerly Dutch: ''Oosthaven'', lit. "Eastern Harbor") is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Lampung. Located on the southern tip of Sumatra, Bandar Lampung was original ...
city its character is increasingly reflecting the cosmopolitan makeup of Jakartans rather than the surrounds of a typical provincial capital and hinterland. This has resulted in flaring of ethnic tensions, including rioting.
Administrative Districts
South Lampung Regency consists of seventeen
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021. The districts are grouped below for descriptive convenience into a "Northern zone" comprising the heavily populated areas suburban to Bandar Lampung city, and a "Southern zone" comprising the areas to the southeast of Bandar Lampung; these zones have no administrative significance. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district and its post code.
Notes: (a) the district includes 3 islands off the south coast of Sumatra. (b) the district includes 16 islands off the south coast of Sumatra, the largest being Pulau
Sebuku, Pulau
Sebesi
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and Pulau
Krakatoa
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. (c) the district includes 10 islands off the south coast of Sumatra. (d) the district includes 12 islands off the south coast of Sumatra.
History
Pesawaran Regency
Pesawaran Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,173.77 km2, and had a population of 398,848 at the 2010 Census and 477,468 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was ...
, formerly that part of South Lampung Regency lying to the west of
Bandar Lampung
Bandar Lampung (Lampung: , ''Kutak Bandarlampung'', formerly Dutch: ''Oosthaven'', lit. "Eastern Harbor") is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Lampung. Located on the southern tip of Sumatra, Bandar Lampung was original ...
, was carved out of it in 2007.
In January 2011, tens of thousands of inhabitants of South Lampung had to be evacuated by the South Lampung Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) in the seven districts of Kalianda, Rajabasa, Katibung, Sidomulyo, Ketapang, Sragi and Palas due to volcanic ash from the
Mount Anak Krakatau
Anak Krakatoa ( id, Anak Krakatau)English translation and common name: ''Child of Krakatoa'' is a volcanic island in Indonesia. On 29 December 1927, Anak Krakatoa first emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 by the explosive volcanic eruption ...
. There is an observation station at
Hargopancuran village in South Lampung used to monitor activity.
Lampung Saibatin Paksi Pak Sekala Brak in Gedung Dalom (
West Lampung Regency
West Lampung Regency is a regency of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Until 2012 it had an area of 4,950.4 km2 of which forests occupied some 57% of the total area (as of 2011). It had a population of 418,560 people at the 2010 census. Ho ...
) Customary area is spread is throughout
Lampung Province
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, some even ante the area of
South Sumatra Province
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, Semaka
Tanggamus Regency
Tanggamus Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 4,654.96 km² and had a population of 534,595 at the 2010 Census and 640,275 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was ...
, Bandar Lima Way Lima (
Pesawaran Regency
Pesawaran Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,173.77 km2, and had a population of 398,848 at the 2010 Census and 477,468 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was ...
), Marga Lima Way Handak, Melinting (
East Lampung
East Lampung Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 5,325.03 km2 and a population of 951,639 people at the 2010 census and 1,110,340 at the 2020 census. The regency seat is at the town ...
), until outside the province of Lampung including
Komering,
Ranau
'Ranau'' ( ms, Pekan Ranau) is the capital of the Ranau District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 8,970 in 2010.
Climate
Ranau has a tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest cl ...
, and Cikoneng
Banten Province
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Traditional 5 Marga Figure in South Lampung from Paksi Pak Sekala Brak in Gedung Dalom:
#Cahaya Marga
#Naga Berisang
#Tihang Marga
#Penyimbang Agung
#Sesuhunan Sampurna Jaya
Four Panglima Kepaksian from Way Handak because South Lampung a storefront from the Sai Batin Indigenous Community, one Panglima in Paksi Pak Kepaksian Pernong Sekala Brak came from Tanggamus Regency.
[https://sinarlampung.co/lima-marga-saibatin-way-handak-terima-permohonan-maaf-seno-aji/]
See also
*
Pekon Gayam Pekon may refer to the following places:
* Pekon Gayam, a village in South Sumatra, Indonesia
*Pekon Township
Pekon Township (also spelled Pekhon, Phekhon, Pekong, Pecong, Pékon) is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. T ...
References
External links
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Regencies of Lampung