Bengkunat

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Bengkunat
Village
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Bengkunat
Location of the town in Sumatra
Coordinates: 5°37′0″S104°21′0″E / 5.61667°S 104.35000°E / -5.61667; 104.35000
Country Indonesia
Province Lampung
Regency West Lampung Regency
Population
 (mid 2024)
 • Total
29,865
  [1]
Time zone UTC+7 (WIB)

Bengkunat is a village and also an administrative district ( kecamatan ) within the West Lampung Regency (Lampung Barat) in Lampung Province of Indonesia, situated in far south-western Sumatra. It is connected by road directly to the provincial capital of Bandar Lampung in the east. It lies near the coast and what is known as Bengkunat Bay, located about 7 miles southeast of Ujung Siging. [2] A massif is formed in this area, the Bengkunat massif, noted for its granite. [3] [4]

Administration

The district is composed of fifteen administrative villages (desa), listed below with their populations as at mid 2024. [5]

The first four listed above form a southern group (Kawasan) at the southewest corner of the peninsula, which are geographically separated from the other villages to the north.

References

  1. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistilk, Jakarta, 2025, Kecamatan Bengkunat 26 September 2025 (Katalog 1102001.1813110).
  2. ↑ United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center (1978). Sailing directions (enroute) for the Strait of Malacca and Sumatera. Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic Center. pp. 195–6. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. ↑ American Chemical Society (1983). Chemical abstracts. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Pacific Science Association (1961). Proceedings - Pacific Science Congress. p. 82. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistilk, Jakarta, 2025, Kecamatan Bengkunat 26 September 2025 (Katalog 1102001.1813110).


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