Lahat Regency

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Lahat Regency
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Megalitisch beeld aan de weg van Kp. Poelauping naar Kp. Tinggihari TMnr 10004914.jpg
Megalithic statue located on the way from Pulauping village to Tinggihari village (photo taken in 1933)
Lambang Kabupaten Lahat.jpg
Motto(s): 
Seganti Setungguan
(Ready to take turns and loyal)
Lokasi Sumatra Selatan Kabupaten Lahat.svg
Location in South Sumatra
Country Indonesia
Province South Sumatra
Regency seat Lahat
Area
  Total4,361.84 km2 (1,684.12 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
  Total438,238
  Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (WIB)

Lahat Regency is a regency of South Sumatra province, Indonesia. It originally included much of the southwestern part of the province, but on 21 June 2001 the town of Pagar Alam was removed from the regency to become an independent city, and on 2 January 2007 the western districts (except Tanjung Sakti Pumi and Tanjung Sakti Pumu) were split off to form the new Empat Lawang Regency. The reduced regency now covers a total area of 4,361.84 km2 and had a population of 369,974 at the 2010 Census [2] and 430,071 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 438,238 (comprising 223,782 males and 214,456 females). [1] The city of Pagar Alam remains an enclave within the regency, but is administratively separate.

Contents

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). Since 2010 three additional districts have been created - Sukamerindu (from part of Pajar Bulan District), Lahat Selatan (from Lahat District) and Mulak Sebingkai (from Mulak Ulu District). Their areas (in km2) and their populations at the 2010 [2] and 2020 [3] Censuses are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 360 rural desa and 18 urban kelurahan - the latter - all but one - in Lahat town District), and its post codes.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
code(s)
16.04.01Tanjung Sakti Pumi (a)271.0015,03216,82016,640Pajar Bulan1831581
16.04.24Tanjung Sakti Pumu (a)229.5913,25214,52014,411Simpang III Pumu1431582
16.04.07Kota Agung165.5912,00113,62314,112Kota Agung2231462
16.04.15Mulak Ulu108.4316,53912,57212,977Muara Tiga1631453
16.04.27Tanjung Tebat82.727,7348,8208,882Tanjung Tebat1431455
16.04.30Mulak Sebingkai63.41(b)5,7065,858Keban Agung1031454
16.04.08Pulau Pinang
(Pinang Island)
111.6710,9949,86710,479Jati1031463
16.04.22Pagar Guning105.5111,56812,94913,124Karang Agung2031460
16.04.25Gumay Ulu87.014,9935,5835,932Tinggi Hari1031461
16.04.06Jarai167.5219,23120,51220,639Jarai2131591
16.04.12Pajar Bulan146.1118,93812,85312,899Sumur2031356
16.04.28Muara Payang37.508,3408,9048,605Lawang Agung Lama731390
16.04.29Sukamerindu55.23(c)8,0467,872Sukamerindu1031350
16.04.19Kikim Barat
(West Kikim)
272.0014,69917,89817,869Saung Naga1931452
16.04.17Kikim Timur
(East Kikim)
564.4526,01431,99432,471Bungamas3231458
16.04.16Kikim Selatan
(South Kikim)
124.8014,81317,34017,692Pagar Jati1831451
16.04.18Kikim Tengah
(Central Kikim)
265.608,19310,04610,308Tanjung Aur931459
16.04.10 Lahat (district)107.60102,356107,506109,036Lahat30 (d)31411 - 31419
16.04.21Gumay Talang249.619,80412,93813,438Sukarame1531419
16.04.20Pseksu269.297,9499,0429,322Lubuk Mabar1131417 - 31419
16.04.31Lahat Selatan
(South Lahat)
183.87(e)13,20813,991Tanjung Payang1031420 - 31429
16.04.09Merapi Barat
(West Merapi)
232.6419,78325,70327,753Merapi1931471
16.04.23Merapi Timur
(East Merapi)
260.6620,41325,23225,124Lebuay Bandung14 (f)31473
16.04.26Merapi Selatan
(South Merapi)
200.147,3288,3898,804Sukamerindu931472
Totals4,361.84369,974430,071438,238Lahat378

Notes: (a) The southwestern districts of Tanjung Sakti Pumu and Tanjung Sakti Pumi form nearly an exclave of the regency, from which they are physically almost completely separated by the city (kota) of Pagar Alam.
(b) The 2010 population of Mulak Sebingkai District is included in the figure for Mulak Ulu District from which it was cut out.
(c) The 2010 population of Sukamerindu District is included in the figure for Pajar Bulan District, from which it was cut out.
(d) comprising 17 kelurahan (Bandar Agung, Bandar Jaya, Gunung Gajah, Kota Baru, Kota Jaya, Kota Negara, Lahat Tengah, Pagar Agung, Pasar Baru, Pasar Bawah, Pasar Lama, Raden PJKA, Raden PJKA Bandar Agung, Sari Bunga Mas, Talang Jawa, Talang Jawa Selatan and Talang Jawa Utara) and 13 desa.
(e) The 2010 population of Lahat Selatan District is included in the figure for Lahat District, from which it was cut out.
(f) including one kelurahan - the town of Lebuay Bandung.

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. [4]

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