South Bengkulu Regency

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South Bengkulu Regency
Kabupaten Bengkulu Selatan
Bengkulu Selatan.png
Motto: 
Sekundang Setungguan
Lokasi Bengkulu Kabupaten Bengkulu Selatan.svg
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
ProvinceBengkulu
Regency seat Manna
Area
  Total
1,219.91 km2 (471.01 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
  Total
171,463
  Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (WIB)

South Bengkulu (Indonesian : Bengkulu Selatan) is a regency of Bengkulu Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra. It originally comprised all of that part of Bengkulu Province situated to the southeast of the city of Bengkulu, but on 25 February 2003 this area was split into three parts, with the most southeastern districts split off to form a new Kaur Regency and the most northwestern districts (closer to Bengkulu city) split off to form a new Seluma Regency. The reduced South Bengkulu Regency now covers 1,219.91 km2, and had a population of 142,940 at the 2010 Census [2] and 166,249 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 171,463 - comprising 87,297 males and 84,166 females. [1] The regency's administrative centre is the coastal town of Manna.

Contents

Administrative districts

The Regency is divided into eleven districts (Indonesian : kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and the 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 142 rural desa and 16 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

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
17.01.04Manna36.1213,10216,30317,000Kayu Kunyit18 (a)38511
17.01.05Kota Manna
(Manna town)
35.3026,88031,80732,900Ibul11 (b)38511
- 38513
17.01.01Kedurang234.5510,27511,99012,400Tanjung Alam1938553
17.01.10Bunga Mas36.325,8046,8287,100Gindosuli1038511
17.01.11Pasar Manna7.4017,51417,95418,100Pasar Bawah9 (c)38513
- 38518
17.01.07Kedurang Ilir55.167,2128,9449,300Lubuk Ladung1238554
17.01.02Seginim51.2715,06917,17417,600Pasar Baru22 (d)38552
17.01.08Air Nipis205.3610,30212,44112,729Suka Negeri1038571
17.01.03Pino86.0411,26212,77512,900Masat16 (e)38570
17.01.06Pino Raya223.5018,30321,93822,700Pasar Pino2138572
17.01.09Ulu Manna185.727,2178,0958,300Simpang Pino1038573
Totals1,219.91142,940166,249171,463Manna158

Notes: (a) including the kelurahan of Kayu Kunyit.
(b) comprising 6 kelurahan (Gunung Ayu, Ibul, Kampung Baru, Kota Medan, Padang Kapuk and Pasar Baru) and 5 desa.
(c) comprising 7 kelurahan (Belakang Gedung, Gunung Mesir, Ketapang Besar, Padang Sialang, Pasar Bawah, Pasar Mulia and Tanjung Mulia) and 2 desa. (d) including the kelurahan of Tanjung Menang. (e) including the kelurahan of Masat.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Bengkulu Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1701)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

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