Lahat Regency is a
regency
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of
South Sumatra
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province,
Indonesia
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. 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
Empat Lawang Regency is a regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. It was created on 2 January 2007 from what had been formerly the western districts of Lahat Regency. It covers an area of 2,256.44 km² and had a population of 221,176 a ...
. The reduced regency now covers a total area of 4,361.84 km
2 and had a population of 369,974 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 430,071 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 438,238 (comprising 223,782 males and 214,456 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Lahat Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1604)] The city of
Pagar Alam remains an enclave within the regency, but is administratively separate.
The administrative centre of Lahat regency is the town of
Lahat
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.
Administrative districts
This Regency as at 2010 was administratively composed of twenty-one
districts
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(''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 km
2) and their populations at the 2010
and 2020
Censuses are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Lahat Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1604)] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 360 rural ''desa'' and 18 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter - all but one - in Lahat town District), and its post codes.
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
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(
Central Java
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) for fossils.
References
External links
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Map of South Sumatra province
Regencies of South Sumatra
Musi basin
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