West Pasaman Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pasaman Barat) is a

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''(kabupaten)'' of

West Sumatra West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5, ...

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. It has an area of 3,887.77 km², and it had a population of 365,129 at the 2010 Census and 431,672 at the 2020 Census. The seat of the regency administration is the town of Simpang Ampek.

Administrative districts

West Pasaman Regency is divided into eleven

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages (''desa'' and ''kelurahan'') in each district. Note: (a) includes 12 offshore islands.

Airport

Pusako Anak Nagari Airport is an airport that located in Luhak Nan Duo district, West Pasaman Regency

Mount Talamau

Talamau Peak (2,900 masl) can be accessed from Bundaran Simpang Ampek Pasaman vice versa in two or three days trip and located at Jorong Pinagar Nagari Aur Kuning, Pasaman District, West Pasaman Regency. Mount Talamau has more than 10 waterfalls and at around the peak there are also more than 10 lakes surrounding by many kinds of colourful flowers.Beautiful Mount Talamau
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* {{WSumatra-geo-stub Regencies of West Sumatra