Solok Regency is a
regency ''(kabupaten)'' of
West Sumatra,
Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,738 km
2 and had a population of 348,566 at the 2010 Census and 391,497 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre of the regency is the town of
Arosuka
Arosuka is a town and government seat of Solok Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists o ...
. The city of
Solok is administratively separated from the Regency and its area and population are not included in these totals.
Administrative districts
Solok Regency is divided into fourteen
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
(''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres.
Tourism
Besides mining, Solok Regency also has tourism attractions such as Mount Red and White (Gunung Merah Putih) in Nagari Sulit Air, with three waterfalls close to each other. Jonjang Seribu (The Thousand Step Staircase) is another natural attraction.
Solok Regency has two lakes, separated by only 300 metres of land between them, so people call them the Twin Lakes. The upper lake is named as Danau Dibawah and the lower lake is named as Danau Diateh.
Settlements
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Solok
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Alahan Panjang
Alahan Panjang is a village in the ''kecamatan'' of Lembah Gumanti, Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The village is located on Kerinci Seblat National Park's eastern slopes, at an altitude of , near Mount Talang. Situated between Alahan Panjang an ...
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