Pringsewu Regency


Pringsewu Regency is a regency of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 617.20 km² and had a population of 364,825 people at the 2010 Census and 405,466 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 444,834. The regency seat is the town of Pringsewu, located 37 kilometres from the provincial capital of Bandar Lampung. The regency was created on 29 October 2008 from the former eastern part of Tanggamus Regency.
The name of the regency, and of its chief town, came from the Javanese language terms "thousand bamboo ", as the location of the town was once a bamboo forest.

Administrative districts

Administratively at 2010 the regency was divided into eight districts. However, since 2010 a ninth district has been created from part of the existing Pangelaran District, bringing the total to nine districts. Each district has the same name as the district's administrative centre. These are 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 number of administrative villages in each district, and its post code.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		No.
of
villages		Post
code
18.10.04Pardasuka87.3132,13135,17438,5941335381
18.10.03Ambarawa33.1132,28336,38740,517935376
18.10.05Pangelaran48.4258,94552,04256,8392235375
18.10.09Pangelaran Utara
158.1915,30116,8521035370
18.10.01Pringsewu 45.2876,08281,77688,75815 35371
18.10.02Gading Rejo67.7969,30777,72785,4472335372
18.10.08Sukoharjo65.5944,69649,70454,7601635673
18.10.06Banyumas42.7118,99621,29223,6101135373
18.10.07Adiluwih68.8032,92936,06339,4571435674
Totals617.20364,825405,466444,834133

Note: the 2010 population for the new Pangelaran Utara District is included with the figure for Pangelaran District, from which it was separated.
comprises 5 kelurahan and 10 desa.