Kuantan Singingi Regency

Kuantan Singingi is a regency (kabupaten) of Riau, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency has an area of 7,656 km² and had a population of 292,116 at the 2010 Census and 313,986 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate (as at 1 July 2019) is 320,648.[2] The seat of the regency is the town of Teluk Kuantan.

Kuantan Singingi Regency

(Kabupaten Kuantan Singingi)
Regency
Seal
Coordinates: 0°0′0″N 101°55′0″E
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceRiau
Regency seatTeluk Kuantan
Area
 • Total7,656 km2 (2,956 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2019)[1]
 • Total320,648
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Websitewww.kuansing.go.id

Administrative districts

The regency is divided into twelve districts (kecamatan), listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census:[3]

NamePopulation
Census 2010
Benai32,384
Cerenti14,058
Gunung Toar12,692
Hulu Kuantan8,066
Inuman14,391
Kuantan Hilir26,021
Kuantan Mudik31,799
Kuantan Tengah
(Central Kuantan)		52,708
Logas Tanah Darat18,955
Pangean17,161
Singingi28,939
Singingi Hilir34,942

The most attractive tourist event is the Pacu Jalur which is held in every August annually. Pacu Jalur is a kind of boat race.

gollark: primes = apiophosphobalneometapathopetroform.
gollark: I hope you don't do something like... encode the entire state of the lemonocurrency system into every bill.
gollark: Security through obscurity bad, so you should probably have OTHER things?
gollark: *Whæt* œthær ways, exæctly?
gollark: various apioforms.

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  3. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.