Ogan Komering Ulu Regency

Ogan Komering Ulu Regency is a regency of South Sumatra, Indonesia. It formerly covered an area of 10,408 km² with a population of around 1,000,000 people; however on 18 December 2003 parts of this area were split off to form separate regencies of East Ogan Komering Ulu and South Ogan Komering Ulu; the residual regency area covers just 4,797.06 km² and had a population of 324,045 at the 2010 Census and 367,603 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 390,048. The administrative centre is the town of Baturaja.

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Administrative districts

This Regency is administratively composed of thirteen districts, listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 and 2020 Censuses, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the numbers of villages in each district, and its postal code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District	Area in km²	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2024	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
16.01.28	Lengkiti	512.93	25,369	25,032	26,553	Tanjung Lengkayap	22	32158
16.01.17	Sosoh Buay Rayap	385.30	11,871	13,762	14,655	Penyandingan	11	32151
16.01.08	Pengandonan	543.61	9,071	10,220	10,683	Pengandonan	12	32154
16.01.21	Semidang Aji	707.56	24,719	28,195	30,442	Ulak Pandan	21	32156
16.01.20	Ulu Ogan	597.37	8,705	8,965	8,946	Mendingin	7	32157
16.01.31	Muara Jaya	26.32	6,617	7,438	7,822	Muara Saeh	7	32155
16.01.09	Peninjauan	725.92	39,861	32,435	33,756	Peninjauan	16	32191
16.01.22	Lubuk Batang	724.81	27,107	32,975	35,353	Lubuk Batang Baru	15	32192
16.01.29	Sinar Peninjauan	84.94	20,602	22,978	23,278	Marga Bakti	6	32159
16.01.32	Kedaton Peninjauan Raya	183.31		12,723	13,681	Kedaton	8	32193
16.01.14	Bataraja Timur	110.22	90,557	104,488	113,621	Kemala Raja	14	32111 - 32117
16.01.30	Lubuk Raja	69.42	27,498	30,781	32,051	Batumarta II	7	32152
16.01.13	Bataraja Barat	125.05	32,068	37,611	39,207	Tanjung Agung	12	32121 - 32126
	Totals	4,797.06	324,045	367,603	390,048	Bataraja Timur	158

Note: The 2010 population of the new Kedaton Peninjauan Raya District, created since 2010, is included in the figure for Peninjauan District, from which it was removed.
comprises 9 kelurahan and 5 desa.
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Harimau Cave and Putri Cave

Both caves lay in the same Padangbindu village 35 kilometers from Baturaja. Harimau Cave entrance is 40 to 50 meters wide and 20 to 35 meters height. Since 2008 to mid-2013 archaeologists have found 72 skeletons of mongoloid race with prediction 3,000 years of age and the excavation is still running. Some of the skeletons are displayed in Si Pahit Lidah Museum near Putri Cave. Putri Cave has 20x160 meter square pond.
Harimau Cave is located 30 meters above Air Kaman Basa River and 1.5 kilometers from Ogan River. Archeologists estimate that the cave has been used for 15 millenia, with traces of three different cultures, the latest being 3,500 years ago with metal tools similar to those found in Dong son sites. There are also 34 geometric pictures in Harimau Cave which the picture is never found at any other caves in Sumatra. On March 14, 2015 after midnight, a big flood which never occurred before appeared ruins tourist facilities inside the cave and also the facilities in the ground in front of the cave; tourism facilities are predicted 70 percent damaged, but the condition of the pictures are not yet announced.