North Lampung Regency

North Lampung Regency is an inland regency of Lampung Province, Sumatra, in Indonesia. As originally created, it covered a much larger share of the land area of Lampung Province, but on 16 August 1991 its western districts were split off to create a new West Lampung Regency ; on 3 January 1997 its north-eastern districts were split off to create a new Tulang Bawang Regency ; and on 20 April 1999 its north-western districts were split off to create a new Way Kanan Regency.
The residual North Lampung Regency has an area of 2,667.21 km² and had a population of 583,925 at the 2010 census and 633,099 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 675,626. The regency seat is the town of Kotabumi.

Administrative divisions

Administratively the regency is divided into twenty-three districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the numbers of administrative villages in each district, and its post codes.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District	Area in km²	Pop'n 2010 census	Pop'n 2020 census	Pop'n mid 2024 estimate	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
18.03.01	Bukit Kemuning	163.25	38,708	41,839	44,718	Bukit Kemuning	8	34564
18.03.12	Abung Tinggi	56.21	16,026	17,916	19,335	Ulak Rengas	8	34556
18.03.04	Tanjung Raja	228.20	29,880	31,953	34,322	Tanjung Raja	19	34557
18.03.06	Abung Barat	89.74	18,574	20,472	21,758	Ogan Lima	14	34558
18.03.11	Abung Tengah	78.59	15,438	17,164	18,237	Gunung Besar	11	34584
18.03.22	Abung Kunang	51.67	9,345	9,947	10,507	Aji Kagungan	7	34565
18.03.19	Abung Pekurun	162.23	11,162	12,386	13,424	Pekurun Tengah	9	34582
18.03.02	Kotabumi	81.25	51,863	54,841	58,049	Kotabumi Ilir	13	34511 - 34518
18.03.09	Kotabumi Utara	143.38	30,139	34,301	36,431	Madukoro	8	34511
18.03.10	Kotabumi Selatan	100.40	64,027	68,987	73,419	Mulang Maya	14	34511 - 34519
18.03.07	Abung Selatan	110.31	46,727	52,463	55,522	Kalibalangan	16	34581
18.03.13	Abung Semuli	100.89	23,542	26,036	28,526	Semuli Jaya	7	34580
18.03.23	Blambangan Pagar	100.72	17,295	19,336	20,761	Blambangan	7	34586
18.03.05	Abung Timur	192.50	33,741	36,708	39,675	Bumi Agung Marga	12	34583
18.03.14	Abung Surakarta	72.84	27,073	28,385	30,533	Tata Karya	9	34585
18.03.03	Sungkai Selatan	91.38	21,164	22,721	24,422	Ketapang	11	34554
18.03.15	Muara Sungkai	123.52	14,212	14,684	15,555	Negeri Ujung Karang	11	34559
18.03.16	Bunga Mayang	209.19	31,991	33,839	34,598	Negara Tulang Bawang	11	34555
18.03.21	Sungkai Barat	74.41	11,894	11,809	12,887	Sinar Harapan	10	34552
18.03.20	Sungkai Jaya	58.78	9,804	9,539	10,270	Cempaka	9	34553
18.03.08	Sungkai Utara	207.70	32,413	35,732	38,131	Negara Ratu	15	34563
18.03.17	Hulu Sungkai	89.91	13,756	14,979	15,594	Gedung Makripat	10	34561
18.03.18	Sungkai Tengah	80.13	15,503	17,062	18,853	Batu Nangkop	8	34562
	Totals	2,667.21	584,277	633,099	675,626	Kotabumi	247

The districts are sub-divided into 247 villages, comprising 232 rural desa and 15 urban kelurahan - the latter comprising 9 in Kotabumi District, 5 in Kotabumi Selatan District, and 1 in Bukit Kemuning District.

History

North Lampung Regency, which used to be the largest district in Lampung, Based on Law no, 1 of 1945, during the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, North Lampung Regency was the administrative area of the Kewedanan Marga, On December 3, 1952 the system of Marga, 75 Marga and 11 Buay Indeling Residentie Lampung 1:750.000 Derukkrij 1930 was abolished, with the issuance of Resident Presiden No. 153 of 1952. However, after the issuance of Law No. RI. 14 of 1964 concerning the formation of Lampung Province, then North Lampung became part of the Lampung Province. Due to the expansion of several districts. So that the Low of the Republik of Indonesia Number 18 of 1965 was issued.
Since the formation of North Lampung Regency, three areas have been split off from it to form new regencies during the 1990s. The first was the formation of West Lampung Regency on 16 August 1991, with its administrative capital at Liwa, Indonesia. This formation was based on Law No. 6 of 1991. The second separation of the territory was the establishment of Tulang Bawang Regency on 3 January 1997, which was established based on Law no. 2 of 1997. The third separation was the formation of Way Kanan Regency on 20 April 1999; this creation was based on the Law of the Republik of Indonesia Number 12 of 1999.

Tourist attractions

Curup Selampung Waterfall
Curup Paten Waterfall
Tirta Shinta Dam
Way Rarem Dam