Pringsewu Regency

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Pringsewu Regency
(Kabupaten Pringsewu)
Regency
Coat of arms of Pringsewu Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Lampung
Location within Lampung
Pringsewu Regency is located in Southern Sumatra
Pringsewu Regency
Pringsewu Regency
Location in Southern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Coordinates: 5°25′20″S 104°56′04″E / 5.4221°S 104.9345°E / -5.4221; 104.9345
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceLampung
Regency seat
Government
 • RegentSujadi
 • Vice RegentFauzi
Area
 • Total625.00 km2 (241.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)[1]
 • Total405,466
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 729
Websitepringsewukab.go.id

Pringsewu Regency is a regency of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 625 km² and had a population of 364,825 people at the 2010 Census[2] and 405,466 at the 2020 Census.[3] The regency seat is the town of , located 37 kilometres from the provincial capital of Bandar Lampung. The regency was created on 29 October 2008.[4]

The regency name came from Javanese language terms "Thousand (sewu) bamboo (pring)", as the location of the town was once a bamboo forest.[5]

Administrative districts[]

Administratively at 2010 the regency was divided into eight districts (kecamatan). However, since 2010 a ninth district (Pangelaran Utara) has been created from part of the existing Pangelaran District, bringing the total to nine districts. These are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[6] and the 2020 Census.[7] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district and its post code.

Name Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
Census
2010		 Pop'n
Census
2020		 No.
of
vill.		 Post
code
Pardasuka 94.64 32,131 35,174 13 35381
Ambarawa 30.99 32,283 36,387 8 35376
Pangelaran 72.47 58,945 52,042 22 35375
Pangelaran Utara
(North Pangelaran)		 100.28 (a) 15,301 10 35370
Pringsewu (district) 53.29 76,082 81,776 15 35371
Gadingrejo 85.71 69,307 77,727 23 35372
Sukoharjo 72.95 44,696 49,704 16 35673
Banyumas 39.85 18,996 21,292 11 35373
Adi Luwih 74.82 32,929 36,063 13 35674
Totals 625.00 364,825 405,466 131

Note: (a) the 2010 population for the new Pangelaran Utara District is included with the figure for Pangelaran District, from which it was separated.

References[]

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Regency Pringsewu". Visit to Lampung. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  5. ^ Benoit, D.; Marc Pain (1989). Transmigration et migrations spontanées en Indonésie: Transmigration and spontaneous migrations in Indonesia. IRD Editions. ISBN 9782709909709.
  6. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  7. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Coordinates: 5°25′20″S 104°56′04″E / 5.4221°S 104.9345°E / -5.4221; 104.9345

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