Merangin is a

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(''kabupaten'') of

Jambi Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is Jambi. The province has a land area of 50,160.05 km2, and a sea area of 3 ...

Province on the island of

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. The regency covers an area of 7,668.61 km², and had a population of 333,206 at the 2010 census and 354,052 at the 2020 census, comprising 180,357 male and 173,695 female.

Administrative districts

Merangin Regency is divided into twenty-four

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (205 rural ''desa'' and 10 urban ''kelurahan'' in total) in each district, and its post code. However, the last-mentioned eight districts, comprising the northern third of Merangin Regency, are in the process of being separated out to form a new Regency - Kabupaten Tabir Raya; these eight districts cover 2,000.07 km² and had an estimated combined population of 113,841 at the 2020 census.

Merangin Geopark

Merangin Geopark has been proposed to

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to be a World's Heritage Merangin Geopark and UNESCO team has visited Merangin Geopark. The geopark has Araucarioxylon

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tree complete with the root of 300 million years, the oldest in Asia. Today the ancient Merangin River is usually used for white water sports.

References

External links

* Regencies of Jambi {{Jambi-geo-stub