East Lampung Regency is a

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(''kabupaten'') of

Lampung Lampung (Lampung: ), officially the Province of Lampung ( id, Provinsi Lampung) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and a ...

Province,

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. It has an area of 5,325.03 km² and a population of 951,639 people at the 2010 census and 1,110,340 at the 2020 census. The

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is at the town of

Sukadana Sukadana () is a town and regency seat of North Kayong Regency (Kabupaten Kayong Utara), on the island of Borneo. North Kayong regency is one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia. The nearest airport is Rahadi Osman-Ketapang K ...

. It contains the

Way Kambas National Park Way Kambas National Park ( id, Taman Nasional Way Kambas, abbreviated TNWK) is a national park covering 1,300 square kilometres in Lampung province, southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It consists of swamp forest and lowland rain forest, mostly of second ...

and Satwa Elephant Eco Lodge. Islamic Centre, Sukadana

History

In 1989, the Islamist civilians in Talangsari village of East Lampung Regency were massacred by

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troops, in an event known as Talangsari incident. In January 2010 an outbreak of

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occurred in East Lampung Regency.

Administrative districts

East Lampung Regency is divided into twenty-four administrative

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. They are grouped for convenience into three geographical zones which have no administrative significance. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district and its post code. Notes: (a) including 3 offshore islands - Pulau Gosongsekopong, Pulau Segama Besar and Pulau Segama Kecil.
(b) formerly Purbolinggo Utara (or North Purbolinggo).

References

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