Muara Enim Regency is a

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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,

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. The

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is the town of

Muara Enim Muara Enim Regency is a 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 city from a smaller part t ...

. The city of

Prabumulih Prabumulih is a city in South Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 456.89 km² and had a population of 161,814 at the 2010 Census and 193,196 at the 2020 Census. Geographically, this city is located at 3°25′58″S 104°14′8″E in the h ...

is an administrative body separating the main part of Muara Enim to the south of the city from a smaller part to its north. The regency until 2012 covered an area of 8,587.94 km² and had a population of 717,717 at the 2010 Census; however, in December 2012 five districts of the Muara Enim Regency split off to form the new

Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency (often abbreviated to PALI) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. It takes its name from the three main rivers which flow through that area - the Penukal River, Abab River and ...

. The residual regency now covers 7,486.21 km² and within its reduced area had a population of 551,202 at the 2010 Census and 612,900 at the 2020 Census, the latter comprising 312,953 males and 299,947 females. Mining and agricultural activities are abundant in the regency and it is also a producer of oil. Notable crops include rice and coconuts. Turn of year 202
split off
Kabupaten Rambang Lubai Lematang taking with it 6 kecamatan, (Lubai, Lubai Ulu, Rambang, Rambang Niru, 4 Empat Petulai Dangku/EPD, Belimbing), 70 Desa with 2307,9 km2, BPS 2020 182,703 people.

Location

''Bumi Serasan Sekundang'' is located in the heart of South Sumatra Province. The boundaries are:

Administrative Districts

Muara Enim Regency was divided as at 2010 into twenty-two districts (''kecamatan''); however five of these districts (Talang Ubi, Penukal, Tanah Abang, Penukal Utara and Abab) were separated out from this Regency in 2013 to form the new

. However, four additional districts (Panang Enim, Lubai Ulu, Belimbing and Belida Darat) have subsequently been created by the division of existing districts, while the former Rambang Dangku has been split into two new districts (Rambang Nuru and Empat Petulai Dangku). The resulting twenty-two districts, which are sub-divided into 255 administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan''), are 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, together with the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each and their post code(s). The topography of the regency comprised a southern group of five districts with an altitude of over 100 metres above sea level in the

Bukit Barisan The Bukit Barisan or the Barisan Mountains are a mountain range on the western side of Sumatra, Indonesia, covering nearly 1,700 km (1,050 mi) from the north to the south of the island. The Bukit Barisan range consists primarily of volc ...

mountain chain, a central group of eleven districts, and a northern group of six districts of mainly swamp area facing directly with the

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basin, which (since the creation of the Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency in 2013) are physically separated from the rest of the Muara Enim Regency by the city of

. Notes:
(a) the 2010 population of the new Panang Enim District was included in the 2010 total for Tanjung Agung District, from which it was cut out.
(b) the 2010 population of the new Lubai Ulu District was included in the 2010 total for Lubai District, from which it was cut out.
(c) the 2010 population of the new Belimbing District was included in the 2010 total for Gunung Megang District, from which it was cut out.
(d) the 2010 populations of the new Rambang Niru and Empat Petulai Dangku Districts are included in the figure of 50,455 which was the total of the former Rambang Dangku District, which was divided to form the new districts.
(e) the 2010 population of the new Belide Darat District was included in the 2010 total for Lembak District, from which it was cut out.

References

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