Pringsewu Regency

Pringsewu Regency
(Kabupaten Pringsewu)
Regency
Regent office of Pringsewu
Regent office of Pringsewu
Coat of arms of Pringsewu Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Jejama Secancanan
(Together on mutual cooperation)
Location within Lampung
Location within Lampung
Pringsewu Regency is located in Southern Sumatra
Pringsewu Regency
Pringsewu Regency
Location in Southern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Pringsewu Regency is located in Sumatra
Pringsewu Regency
Pringsewu Regency
Pringsewu Regency (Sumatra)
Pringsewu Regency is located in Indonesia
Pringsewu Regency
Pringsewu Regency
Pringsewu Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 5°25′20″S 104°56′04″E / 5.4221°S 104.9345°E / -5.4221; 104.9345
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceLampung
Regency seatPringsewu
Government
 • RegentSujadi
 • Vice RegentFauzi
Area
 • Total617.2 km2 (238.3 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total437,222
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 729
Websitepringsewukab.go.id

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[2] and 405,466 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 437,222 (comprising 223,750 males and 213,472 females).[1] 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.[4]

The name of the regency, and of its chief town, came from the Javanese language terms "thousand (sewu) bamboo (pring)", as the location of the town was once a bamboo forest.[5]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Pringsewu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1810)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Regency Pringsewu". Visit to Lampung. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  5. ^ Benoit, D.; Marc Pain (1989). Transmigration et migrations spontanées en Indonésie: Transmigration and spontaneous migrations in Indonesia. IRD Editions. ISBN 9782709909709.