South Ogan Komering Ulu Regency is a
regency
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
of
South Sumatra
South Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Selatan) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southeast of the island of Sumatra, The province spans and had a population of 8,467,432 at the 2020 Census. The capital of the province is Palembang. The pro ...
Province,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. It covers an area of 5,493.94 km
2, and had a population of 318,428 at the 2010 Census and 408,981 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is the town of
Muaradua (not to be confused with
Muara Dua District in Lhokseumawe City, Aceh Province). It borders
Ogan Komering Ulu Regency
Ogan Komering Ulu Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of South Sumatra, Indonesia. It formerly covered an area of 10,408 km2 with a population of around 1,000,000 people; however by 2010 parts of this area had been split off to form s ...
,
East Ogan Komering Ulu Regency
East Ogan Komering Ulu Regency is a regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,370 km2 and had a population of 609,982 at the 2010 Census and 649,853 at the 2020 Census. The regency seat is the town of Martapura. It ...
and
Muara Enim Regency
Muara Enim Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The regency seat is the town of Muara Enim. The city of Prabumulih is an administrative body separating the main part of Muara Enim to the south of the ci ...
to the north.
It also borders
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 ...
Province to the south and east and
Bengkulu
Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southwest coast of Sumatra. It was formed on 18 November 1968 by separating out the former Bencoolen Residency area from the province of South Sumatra under Law No. 9 of 1967 and was fi ...
Province to the west.
Administrative districts
The Regency is administratively composed of nineteen
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
(''kecamatan''). Their areas (in km
2) and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] are listed below:
References
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Regencies of South Sumatra