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Lahat
South Sumatra, Indonesia · Asia
About Lahat
Lahat sits on the route: 25 minutes from Pulaupinang.
Lahat is in South Sumatra, Indonesia, with about 66,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Pulaupinang, about 12 km away.
Lahat Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Lahat; Jawi: كابوڤاتين لاهت; Rejang: ꤰꤷꥈꤶꤳꥉꥐ ꤾꥁꤳ꥓) is a regency of South Sumatra province, Indonesia. It originally included much of the southwestern part of the province, but on 21 June 2001 the town of Pagar Alam was removed from the regency to become an independent city, and onRead more
2 January 2007 the western districts (except Tanjung Sakti Pumi and Tanjung Sakti Pumu) were split off to form the new Empat Lawang Regency. The reduced regency now covers a total area of 4,361.84 km2 and had a population of 369,974 at the 2010 Census and 430,071 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 453,300 (comprising 231,751 males and 221,549 females). The city of Pagar Alam remains an enclave within the regency, but is administratively separate.
The administrative centre of Lahat regency is the town of Lahat.
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Lahat is in South Sumatra, Indonesia, about 12 km from Pulaupinang.
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- Population
- 65,906
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- South Sumatra
- Timezone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Coordinates
- -3.7851, 103.5428
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