Muara Bungo is a town in the Indonesian province of Jambi, Sumatra. It is the capital of

Bungo Regency Bungo Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Jambi Province in Sumatra, 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, ...

, 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 ...

(''kabupaten'') in Sumatra. It had a population of 21,243 as of the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Geography

Waterways

The Benit river runs through Muara Bungo, and proven gold deposits in the river within Muara Bungo were estimated at in 2005.

Climate

Muara Bungo has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Infrastructure

Transportation

The

Muara Bungo Airport Muara Bungo Airport is an airport in Muara Bungo, Jambi, Indonesia. The airport started operating on November 25, 2012. Until October 2014 only Aviastar used the airport three times a week due to the runway being only 1,350 meters long. Runway ...

is located in Muara Bungo, and began operations in November 2012. A roadway connects Muara Bungo with Jambi City and Palembang. In 1977, the Sawahtambang-Muara Bungo highway was under construction.

Emergency services

Muara Bungo has a fire department that is equipped with fire trucks. The fire department responds to building fires and fires on agricultural and vacant lands. In May 2015, it was reported that fires in Muara Bungo during 2015 had caused Rp $3 billion in losses and damages, which is approximately US$223,957. The damage estimate was mostly attributed to building fires. Muara Bungo also has a police department.

Business and commerce

A branch of

Bank Rakyat Indonesia PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk ( 'Indonesian People's Bank', commonly known as BRI) is one of the largest banks in Indonesia. It specialises in small scale and microfinance style borrowing from and lending to its approximately 30 milli ...

is located in Muara Bungo.

Land use

Natural rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...

is produced in Muara Bungo, and rubber farming is a primary source of income and livelihood for the majority of the city's residents. An agroforestry innovation involved the planting of

rubber tree ''Hevea brasiliensis'', the Pará rubber tree, ''sharinga'' tree, seringueira, or most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family Euphorbiaceae originally native to the Amazon basin, but is now ...

s and cinnamon alongside one-another to diversify plantings to avoid monoculture. Muara Bungo has some large

oil palm ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm '' Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its c ...

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

s, and palm oil is produced there. Circa 1995 to 1996, illegal timber harvesting was observed in Muara Bungo.

Schools

The University of Muara Bungo is located in the city.

Crime

In June 2015, it was reported that

street crime Street crime is a loose term for any criminal offense in a public place. The difference between street crime and white-collar crime is that street crime is often violence that occurs in a public area whereas white-collar crime is non-violent crim ...

rates were increasing in Muara Bungo. Crimes have included mugging (theft by violence), auto theft and robberies. It was reported by ''Tribun Jambi'' that a majority of the crimes were committed by outsiders who do not reside in Muara Bungo.