Lahat Regency

Coordinates: 3°47′11″S 103°32′34″E / 3.78639°S 103.54278°E / -3.78639; 103.54278
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Lahat Regency
Regency
Megalithic statue located on the way from Pulauping village to Tinggihari village (photo taken in 1933)
Megalithic statue located on the way from Pulauping village to Tinggihari village (photo taken in 1933)
Official seal of Lahat Regency
Seal
Location in South Sumatra
Location in South Sumatra
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSouth Sumatra
Regency seatLahat
Area
 • Total5,311.74 km2 (2,050.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total409,348
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)

Lahat Regency is a regency of South Sumatra (or Sumatra Selatan) province, Indonesia. It covers a total area of 5,311.74 km2 and had a population of 369,974 at the 2010 Census[2] and 392,829 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate (as at 2019) is 409,348.[3]

The administrative centre of Lahat regency is the town of Lahat.

Administrative districts

This Regency as at 2010 was administratively composed of twenty-one districts (kecamatan), comprising 241 villages (14 kelurahan and 513 desa). Since 2010 three additional districts have been created - Sukamerindu (from part of Pajar Bulan District), Lahat Selatan (from Lahat District) and Mulak Sebingkai. Their areas (in km2) and their 2010[4] Census populations are listed below:

Name Area
(in km2)		 Population
Census 2010		 Number of
villages
Gumay Ulu 87.01 4,993 10
Tanjung Tebat 82.72 7,734 14
Jarai 137.22 19,231 21
Kikim Barat 14,699 19
Kikim Selatan 14,813 18
Kikim Tengah 8,193 9
Kikim Timur 26,014 32
Kota Agung 12,001 22
Lahat (district) 102,356 30
Lahat Selatan (a) 10
Merapi Barat
(West Merapi)		 19,783 19
Merapi Timur
(East Merapi)		 20,413 14
Merapi Selatan
(South Merapi)		 7,328 9
Mulak Ulu 105.60 16,539 16
Mulak Sebingkai (b) 10
Pajar Bulan 146.11 18,938 20
Suka Merindu (c) 10
Muara Payang 37.50 8,340 7
Gumay Talang 249.61 9,804 15
Pajar Guning 11,568 20
Pulau Pinang
(Pinang Island)		 164.67 10,994 10
Pseksu 7,949 11
Tanjung Sakti Pumu (d) 58.56 13,252 14
Tanjung Sakti Pumi (d) 271.00 15,032 18

Notes:
(a) The 2010 population of Lahat Selatan District is included in the figure for Lahat District, from which it was later cut out.
(b) The 2010 population of Mulak Sebingkai District is included in the figure for the district from which it was later cut out.
(c) The 2010 population of Suka Merindu District is included in the figure for Pajar Bulan District, from which it was later cut out.
(d) The districts of Tanjung Sakti Pumu and Tanjung Sakti Pumi form an exclave of the regency, from which they are separated by the city (kota) of Pagar Alam.

Megalithic sites

In Lahat Regency, near Pagar Alam city, there are 1,027 artifacts which spread over 40 sites in 12 communities. The megalithic sites in Lahat Regency may be the second largest such sites in Indonesia after Sangiran (Central Java) for fossils.[5]

References

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pemkab Lahat Gali Ribuan Megalit". October 12, 2012. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012.

External links

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