Mesuji 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, on

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island,

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. It has an area of 2,184 km² and a population of 187,286 people at the 2010 census and 227,518 at the 2020 census; the pofficial estimate as at mid 2021 was 229,772. The

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is the town of Mesuji.

Administrative divisions

Administratively the regency is divided into seven districts (''

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''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and 2020 census, together with the official estiomates as at mid 2021.

History

In November 2010, four people were killed in a cock fight bust-up in the village of Wirabinangun.

References

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