Ogan Ilir Regency (abbreviation OI) is 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 ...

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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. It takes its name from the main river which stream that area, Ogan River. And the name ''Ilir'' means downstream. Indralaya is the

regency seat A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a regency in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of county seat in the United States or county town in the United Kingdom. Legally, regency seats are not administrat ...

. The regency borders

Palembang Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palembang ...

, and

Muara Enim Regency Muara Enim Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, 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 ci ...

to the north,

Ogan Komering Ilir Regency Ogan Komering Ilir Regency (abbreviation OKI) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. It takes its name from the Ogan River and the Komering River, which are the two main rivers that drain the area. The name ''Il ...

to the east,

, and

East Ogan Komering Ulu Regency East Ogan Komering Ulu Regency is a regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,370 km2 and had a population of 609,982 at the 2010 Census and 649,853 at the 2020 Census. The regency seat is the town of Martapura. It ...

to the south, and

to the west. Ogan Ilir Regency covers an area of 2,666.07 km², and had a population of 380,904 at the 2010 Census and 416,549 at the 2020 Census.

Administrative districts

Based on Presidential Decree No.37/2003, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency was divided into two regencies, namely Ogan Komering Ilir Regency and Ogan Ilir Regency. Ogan Ilir Regency then included the six districts of Indralaya (as the capital), Tanjung Raja, Tanjung Batu, Muara Kuang, Pemulutan and Rantau Alai. This Regency is now administratively composed of sixteen

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(''kecamatan''), comprising 241 villages (14 urban ''kelurahan'' and 227 rural ''desa''). Their areas (in km²) and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 CensusBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020. are listed below. 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 postal codes. Notes: (a) Six of the district administrative centres (indicated by asterisks (") in the column) have the status of ''kelurahan'', while the others are ''desa''. (b) except for four villages - Sakatiga Seberang (with post code of 30814), Tanjung Sejaro (with post code of 30815), Sakatiga (with post code of 30816) and Tanjung Seteko (with post code of 30817). (c) except for two villages - Payakabung (with post code of 30812) and Tanjung Pering (with post code of 30813).

References

{{Authority control Regencies of South Sumatra