Ogan Komering Ilir Regency

Ogan Komering Ilir Regency (abbreviation OKI) is a regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. It takes its name from the Ogan River and the Komering River, which are the two main rivers that in the area. The name Ilir means downstream (there is another regency in the province named Ogan Komering Ulu; Ulu means upstream). The administrative centre is the town of Kayu Agung. The regency borders Palembang, Ogan Ilir Regency and Banyuasin Regency to the north, Bangka Strait, and Java Sea to the east, Lampung Province to the south, and Ogan Ilir Regency, and East Ogan Komering Ulu Regency to the west.[2]

Ogan Komering Ilir Regency

Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ilir

OKI Regency
Regency
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
OKI
Motto(s): 
Bende Seguguk (Gong Satu Kesatuan/The Unity Gong)
Location within South Sumatera
Coordinates: 2.30°S 104.20°E / -2.30; 104.20
Sovereign state Indonesia
ProvinceSouth Sumatra
Regency seatKayuagung
Onder Afdeeling (Dutch rule)as Ogan Ilir and Komering Ilir ca.1900
Karesidenanas Palembang ca.1945
Kabupaten (Regency)since 1956
Government
 • TypeRegency
 • Regent / BupatiIskandar (PAN)
 • Vice Regent / Wakil BupatiMuhammad Djafar Shodiq
Area
 • Total19,023.47 km2 (7,345.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total787,513
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Ethnicity
Malay Javanese Balinese
Time zoneUTC+7 (Western Indonesia Time)
Postcode
306xx
Area code(s)+ 62 712 : 0712
Distance from Kayuagung to Palembang65 km
Websitego.kaboki.go.id

It has an area of 19,023.47 km² and a population of 727,376 at the 2010 Census[3] and 787,513 at the 2015 Intermediate Census.[4] The regency contains the Ogan-Komering lebaks, or floodplain lakes, an area of wetland covering about 200,000 hectares.[5] Major crops include coffee, sugar cane, oil palm, rubber, cocoa bean, pineapple, tea and fish.[6]

Administrative districts

This Regency is administratively composed of eighteen districts (kecamatan), comprising 327 villages(13 kelurahan and 314 desa). Their areas (in km2) and their 2010[7] Census populations are listed below:

NameArea
(in km2)		Population
Census 2010
Lempuing525.6170,642
Lempuing Jaya503.8059,786
Sungai Menang2,876.1746,567
Mesuji55.8638,870
Mesuji Raya128.8534,334
Mesuji Makmur1,513.1451,456
Tulung Selapan4,853.4040,683
Cengal2,226.4142,683
Tanjung Lubuk222.9732,296
Teluk Gelam168.2921,268
Pedamaran1,059.6840,114
Pedamaran Timur464.7920,110
(Kota) Kayu Agung145.4562,694
Pampangan177.4227,758
Pangkalan Lapam525.6126,033
Sirah Pulau Padang149.0841,709
Jejawi218.9838,098
Air Sugihan2,593.8232,180

History

In the Dutch colonial period, the region included in the territory of South Sumatra and Sub Residency (Afdeeling) Palembang and Tanah Datar with capital of Palembang. Afdeeling is divided into several onder afdeeling, and Ogan Komering Ilir region covers an area onder afdeeling Komering Ilir and onder afdeeling Ogan Ilir.

After the Republic of Indonesia's independence, the territory of Ogan Komering Ilir was included in the residency of Palembang, which included 26 marga. Then, based on the Emergency Act No.4/1956 on the Establishment of the Autonomous Region Regencies in South Sumatra Province, Ogan Komering Ilir became one of the regencies in the province of South Sumatra. After the dissolution of the marga, Ogan Komering Ilir regency was divided into 12 districts and 4 districts definitive representation.

Before 1996 Ogan Komering Ilir Regency had 14 districts and 4 districts definitive representation. Fourth districts such representation is the Pematang Panggang District (now Sungai Menang District) with the District Parent Mesuji, District Cengal with the District Parent Tulung Selapan, District Rantau Alai with the District Parent Tanjung Raja and District Jejawi with the District Parent Sirah Pulau Padang. Furthermore, in 2001 the authorized representatives of the four districts into definitive districts, so Ogan Komering Ilir had 18 districts.

Based on Presidential Decree No.37/2003 on the Establishment of East Ogan Komering Ulu, Ogan Komering Ilir and Ogan Ilir in South Sumatra Province, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency was divided into two regencies, namely Ogan Komering Ilir Regency and Ogan Ilir Regency. Ogan Ilir Regency included the 6 districts of Inderalaya (as the capital), Tanjung Raja, Tanjung Batu, Muara Kuang, Pemulutan and Rantau Alai. After this expansion, Ogan Komering Ilir regency consists of 12 districts.

Then, in accordance with Regencies Act No.5/2005, five of the existing Ogan Komering Ilir regencies were divided to form six new districts, namely Lempuing Jaya (from part of Lempuing), Mesuji Makmur and Masuji Raya (from part of Mesuji), East Pedamaran (from part of Pedamaran), Teluk Gelam (from part of Tanjung Lubuk), and Pangkalan Lampam (from part of Pampangan). After this expansion Ogan Komering Ilir Regency has 18 administrative districts.[8]

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2018.
  2. http://go.kaboki.go.id/profil/geografi-kabupaten-oki
  3. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2018.
  5. "Ogan Komering Lebaks Kab. Oki". Indonesia Traveling. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  6. "Profile of Regency of Ogan Komering Ilir". Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  8. http://go.kaboki.go.id/profil/sejarah-kabupaten-oki
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