Musi Banyuasin Regency is a

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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 prov ...

(or Sumatra Selatan) province, in

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. It has a total area of and a population of 561,458 at the 2010 Census and 622,206 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre of Musi Banyuasin Regency is the town of Sekayu.

Geography

The regency, which covers fifteen percent of the area of South Sumatera Province, is located between 1.3° to 4° South latitude and from 103° to 104°40′ East longitude. It is bordered to the north by

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, to the south by the new

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, to the west by

Musi Rawas Regency Musi Rawas Regency is a regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Prior to 2013, it covered an area of 12,134.57 km2 and had a population of 524,919 at the 2010 Census; however on 10 June 2013 the northern half of the regency was split off ...

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Banyuasin Regency Banyuasin ( Musi: ) is a regency of South Sumatra Province in Indonesia. It takes its name from the main river which stream that area, Banyuasin River. Pangkalan Balai is the regency seat. The regency borders Musi Banyuasin Regency, Jambi provin ...

Administrative districts

As at 2010, Musi Banyuasin Regency was subdivided into eleven districts (''kecamatan''), but a further three districts were created in 2011 (Lawang Wetan, Babat Supat and Tungkal Jaya), and another one in 2017 (Jirak Jaya). These are all listed below with their revised areas (in Km²) and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and uban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post codes. Notes: (a) the population of Lawang Wetan District in 2010 is included in the figure for Babat Toman District, from which it was cut in 2011.
(b) the population of Jirak Jaya District in 2010, and the number of villages and post code, is included in the figures for Sungai Keruh District, from which it was cut in 2017.
(c) the population of Babat Supat District in 2010 is included in the figure for Sungai Lilin District, from which it was cut in 2011.
(d) the population of Tungkal Jaya District in 2010 is included in the figure for Bayung Lencir District, from which it was cut in 2011.

Soil

Musi Banyuasin Regency consists of 4 kinds of soil: * Organosol: along the swamp and in the plain area * Clay Loam: see Organosol * Alluvial: along the Musi River * Pudzolik: in the hilly area

Climate

Musi Banyuasin Regency has tropic and wet season with variation of rainfall between 39.00 and 297.25 mm, for the year 2007 December has highest rank of rainfalls. Rain days in 2007 tend to vary between 2.75 and 15.25 days with January having highest rank of rain days.

External links

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Map of South Sumatra province

References

Regencies of South Sumatra {{SSumatra-geo-stub