Lampung (Province)

Lampung
Basic data
Area :	34,624 km²
Residents :	9,095,591
Population density :	263 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Bandar Lampung
governor	Arinal Djunaidi
Location in Indonesia
Website :	www.lampungprov.go.id

Lampung is an Indonesian province on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra . The Sunda Strait separates them from the island of Java .

geography

The capital is Bandar Lampung with more than 1 million inhabitants. It grew out of the two cities of Tanjungkarang and Telukbetung.

Major rivers are Tulang Bawang, Seputh, Sekampung, Semangka, Way Jepara, and Way Masuji. High mountains are called Tanggamus, Rajabasa, Seminung, Pesagi, and Ratai.

Administrative division

Code Wilayah area code	coat of arms	Kabupaten / Kota administrative district / city	Ibu Kota seat of government!	Kecamatan Sub- District	Keluruhan / Desa municipality	Area [km²]	Population [2019]	Inh. / Km² [2019]
April 18		Cab. Lampung Barat	Liwa	15th	5/131	2,142.78	304.197	142.0
January 18		Cab. Lampung Selatan	Kalianda	17th	4/256	700.32	1,042,754	1489.0
02/18		Cab. Lampung Tengah	Gunung Sugih	28	10/301	3,802.68	1,474,704	387.8
07/18		Cab. Lampung Timur	Sukadana	24	0/264	5,325.03	1,120,998	210.5
18.03		Cab. Lampung Utara	Kotabumi	23	15/232	2,725.87	616.744	226.3
11/18		Kab. Mesuji	Mesuji	7th	0/105	2,184.00	231.816	106.1
18.09		Kab. Pesawaran	Gedong Tataan	11	0/144	2,243.51	550.272	245.3
18.13		Kab. Pesisir Barat	Krui	11	2/116	2,907.23	159,544	54.9
18.10		Kab. Pringsewu	Gedong Tataan	9	5/126	625.00	423.257	677.2
06/18		Kab. Tanggamus	Kota Agung	20th	3/299	3,020.64	645,679	213.8
May 18		Cab. Tulang Bawang	Menggala	15th	4/147	3,466.32	423,401	122.1
December 18		Cab. Tulang Bawang Barat	Tulang Bawang Tengah	9	3/93	1,201.00	273.724	227.9
08/18		Kab. Way Kanan	Blambangan Umpu	14th	6/221	3,921.63	478,604	122.0
18.71		Kota Bandar Lampung	Bandar Lampun	20th	126 / -	296.00	1,180,884	3989.5
18.72		Kota Metro	metro	5	22 / -	61.79	169.013	2735.3
18th	Provinsi Lampung		Bandar Lampung	228	205/2435	34,623.80	9,095,591	262.7

Source: Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri RI Nomor 72 Tahun 2019 (ordinance of the Minister of the Interior of October 2019):

The population information is based on updates by the regional civil registration offices and comes from the first half of 2019.

economy

Due to the easy accessibility from Java, tourism plays an important role, the Kambas nature park is particularly well known. The most important branch of the economy is agriculture, among other things coffee, coconuts, pepper and rice are grown. The province is one of the poorest in Indonesia, 40% of the population lives in poverty.

In addition to the original Lampung, the inhabitants are largely Javanese , Balinese and Madurese settled in the course of the Transmigrasi , most of them are Muslims . Recently, social and ethnic tensions have been eroding into open violence. Increased intervention by the security forces became necessary.

history

Megalithic sculptures document the settlement of the region since the Neolithic Age . Due to its location on the Sunda Strait, trade has always played an important role; in the early Middle Ages it belonged to the Srivijaya Empire , then to a Malay kingdom. From the 16th century, Islam spread and the Sultanate of Banten ruled the area. At the end of the 17th century the Dutch established their first bases and were able to get all of Lampung under their control by the 19th century. Krakatau Island , made famous by the volcanic eruption of 1883, belongs to the province .

In 1949 Lampung became part of Indonesia.