Lebong 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
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, Indonesia, on the island of
Sumatra. It covers an area of 1,665.28 km
2, and had a population of 97,091 at the 2010 Census and 106,293 at the 2020 Census. Contrary to the popularly believe that the town of
Muara Aman is the seat of the government of Lebong, regency's capital is actually located in neighboring Tubei district (previously known as Pelabai), where all the office and judiciary institution is situated. Until 1966 the district was part 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 prov ...
.
Administrative districts
The Regency is divided into twelve
districts (''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their 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.
References
Regencies of Bengkulu
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