Rokan Hilir ("Lower Rokan") is a

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(''kabupaten'') of

Riau Riau is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the central eastern coast of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca. The province shares land borders with North Sumatra to the northwest, West Sumatra to the west, and Jambi to the south. Accord ...

Province, on

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island,

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. It occupies the lower part of the

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of the

Rokan River Rokan River is a river in Riau province, central-eastern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1100 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.Bagansiapiapi Bagansiapiapi or simply known as Bagan () is a city in Riau province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The city is the capital of Rokan Hilir Regency in the Riau Province and is located on the east coast of Sumatra, on the Rokan River delt ...

History

The regency was split off from

Bengkalis Regency Bengkalis Regency is a regency of Indonesia in the Riau province. The regency, which includes the whole of Bengkalis and Rupat Islands in the Strait of Malacca, has been established since 1956. The regency was formerly divided into 13 districts (or ...

on 4 October 1999.

Administrative districts

As at 2010, the regency was divided into thirteen

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(''kecamatan''), but two additional districts (Kubu Babusalam and Pekaitan) were created by splitting of the Kubu and Bangko districts respectively; and more recently three more districts (Tanjung Medan, Bagan Sinembah Raya and Balai Jaya) were added by splitting of the Pujud and Bagan Sinembah districts respectively. The eighteen districts are listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district. Notes: (a) the area and 2010 population of the new Tanjung Medan District is included in the figures for Pujud District, from which it was cut.
(b) the areas and 2010 populations of the new Bagan Sinembah Raya District and Balai Jaya District are included in the figures for Bagan Sinembah District, from which they were cut.
(c) the 2010 population of Kubu Babassalam District is included in the population figure for Kubu District, from which it was cut.
(d) the 2010 population of Pekaitan District is included in the population figure for Bangko District, from which it was cut.

Towns with significant populations

Bagansiapiapi Bagansiapiapi or simply known as Bagan () is a city in Riau province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The city is the capital of Rokan Hilir Regency in the Riau Province and is located on the east coast of Sumatra, on the Rokan River delt ...

Bagan Batu Bagan (, ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that wou ...

Panipahan __NOTOC__ Panipahan is a small town near Bagansiapiapi, Riau Province, Indonesia, 35 Miles northwest from Bagansiapiapi. Panipahan can be reached from Bagansiapiapi (1.5 hours by boat) and from Tanjung Balai Asahan (2.5 hours by boat) Almost half ...

Ujung Tanjung Ujung is a village in Bali in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It is located 1.8 miles outside Kuta on the south coast of the island .Fallingrain world gazetteer Nearby towns and villages include Tuban (1.5 nm), Pesanggaran (1.1 ...

* Pulau Halang

References

Regencies of Riau {{Riau-geo-stub