Pelalawan is a
regency
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(''kabupaten'') of
Riau
Riau (Jawi script, Jawi: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the central eastern coast of the island of Sumatra, and extends from the eastern slopes of the Barisan Mountains to the Malacca Strait, including s ...
Province,
Indonesia
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. It is located on the island of
Sumatra
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. The regency was created on 4 October 1999 as a result of the division of
Kampar Regency
Kampar is a Regency (Indonesia), regency (''kabupaten'') of Riau Province of Indonesia. The regency formerly included a much larger part of Riau Province, but on 4 October 1999 the western districts were split off to form a separate Rokan Hulu Re ...
, of which it was previously the eastern 43%. It now has an area of 13,408.72 km
2 and had a population of 301,829 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 390,046 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 434,590 (comprising 224,004 males and 210,586 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Pelalawan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1404)] The administrative centre is in the large town of
Pangkalan Kerinci
Pangkalan Kerinci ( Jawi: ڤڠكالن كرينچي ) is a town and district in Pelalawan Regency, of Riau province of Indonesia. The town is the administrative capital of Pelalawan Regency.
In 1993, Pangkalan Kerinci was a small village in the S ...
.
Administrative districts
The regency is divided into twelve
districts
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(''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
and the 2020 Census,
together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Pelalawan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1404)] 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 rural ''desa'' and 14 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code; of the 14 ''kelurahan'', one is in each district (the district administrative centre as named below in each case), except that the very urbanised Pangkalan Kerinci District has three ''kelurahan''.
Note: (a) the three ''kelurahan'' in this district (with 2023 populations) are Pangkalan Kerinci Timur (45,756), Pangkalan Kerinci Kota (39,650) and Pangkalan Kerinci Barat (8,176).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Pangkalan Kerinci Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1404011)] (b) seven of the ten villages of this district comprise the offshore island of
''Pulau Mendol'', with 13,232 inhabitants in 2023.
References
Regencies of Riau
States and territories established in 1999
Kampar basin
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