Padang Pariaman Regency

Padang Pariaman Regency
Kabupaten Padang Pariaman
Regency
Coat of arms of Padang Pariaman Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Saiyo Sakato
(Agree together, one voice together)
Location within West Sumatra
Location within West Sumatra
Padang Pariaman Regency is located in Sumatra
Padang Pariaman Regency
Padang Pariaman Regency
Location in Sumatra and Indonesia
Padang Pariaman Regency is located in Indonesia
Padang Pariaman Regency
Padang Pariaman Regency
Padang Pariaman Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°38′00″S 100°07′01″E / 0.633333°S 100.117°E / -0.633333; 100.117
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Sumatra
Regency seatParit Malintang
Government
 • RegentSuhatri Bur
 • Vice RegentRahmang
Area
 • Total
1,343.56 km2 (518.75 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
451,388
 • Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 751
Websitepadangpariamankab.go.id

Padang Pariaman Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,343.58 km2, and it had a population of 390,204 at the 2010 census[2] and 430,626 at the 2020 census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 451,388 - comprising 226,435 males and 224,953 females.[1] The regency seat is at the town of Parit Malintang. West Sumatra's capital and biggest city, Padang, is surrounded on the landward side by this regency, which includes suburbs of the city.

Administrative districts

The regency is divided into seventeen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census [2] and the 2020 census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (nagari) in each district, and its post code.

Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
census
2010		 Pop'n
census
2020		 Pop'n
estimate
mid 2023		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
Batang Anai 164.33 44,013 52,844 56,755 Pasar Usang 8 25586
Lubuak Aluang 124.76 42,614 46,895 49,152 Lubuak Aluang 9 25581
Sintuak Toboh Gadang 32.65 17,710 19,268 20,062 Sintuak 5 25582
Ulakan Tapakis 23.01 18,910 20,652 21,648 Ulakan 8 25572
Nan Sabaris 66.19 26,730 30,035 31,661 Pauah Kamba 9 25571
2 x 11 Anam Lingkuang 40.64 18,114 18,736 19,229 Sicincin 3 25584
Anam Lingkuang 34.28 18,845 20,609 21,496 Pakandangan 5 25583
2 x 11 Kayu Tanam 188.55 25,558 28,051 29,366 Kayu Tanam 4 25585
VII Koto Sungai Sariak 64.14 33,595 35,524 36,803 Sungai Sariak 12 25576
VII Koto Patamuan 77.95 15,592 17,481 18,380 Tandikek 6 25574
VII Koto Padang Sago 34.93 7,940 8,674 9,034 Padang Sago 6 25573
V Koto Kampuang Dalam 66.68 22,523 23,690 24,537 Kampuang Dalam 8 25552
V Koto Timur 66.79 14,182 14,450 14,802 Kudu Gantiang 4 25575
Sungai Limau 90.36 27,781 29,774 31,010 Sungai Limau 4 25561
Batang Gasan 76.26 10,483 10,949 11,315 Gasan Gadang 3 25563
Sungai Garinggiang 107.73 29,009 32,021 34,299 Singai Garinggiang 4 25562
IV Koto Aur Malintang 84.29 17,457 20,973 21,839 Batu Basa 5 25564
Totals 1,343.58 391,056 430,626 451,388 Parik Malintang 103

Geography

Astronomical position Padang Pariaman which lies between 0 ° 11 '- 0 ° 49' south latitude and 98 ° 36 '- 100 ° 28' east longitude, with a total area of about 1,343.09 km ² and a coastline length of 60.50 km ². The regency's land area is equivalent to 3.15 percent of the total land area of West Sumatra Province.

Temperatures ranged between 24.4 °C - 25.7 °C, so for the average maximum temperature of 31.08 °C and average minimum temperature of 21.34 °C, with 86.75% relative humidity. Average rainfall for the district overall Pariaman in 2007 amounted to 368.4 mm, with an average days of rain as much as 19 days per month and the average wind speed is 2:14 knots / hour.

West Sumatra Province is a mountainous district nearly 3,000 metres in elevation made of Paleozoic sedimentary rock and Igneous rock that extends from the active row of volcanoes to the east. The Great Sumatran Fault divides the center of the province—the fault topography clearly visible—in a North-northwest to South-southeast direction. The stretch of land between the central mountain range and the shore is made of volcanic uplands and pyroclastic flow uplands with a narrow coastal plain distributed along the seacoast.

Towering above the eastern side (i.e. the mountain side) of Padang Pariaman are two large volcanoes; Gunung Tandikat stands at 2,347m and Gunung Singalang at 2,877m, together forming twin volcanoes. Lake Maninjau, located at the north end of Padang Pariaman, is a caldera lake measuring 20 kilometres north–south and 8 kilometres east–west which formed after a large volcanic burst 52,000 years ago. The volcanic products from this giant eruption are scattered over a wide area in the north-central area of Padang Pariaman. Today these volcanic products are seen as pyroclastic flow uplands and low relief hills.[4]

Earthquakes

Recent earthquakes that occurred along the Great Sumatran Fault that cuts across Sumatra are the series of quakes of 6 March 2007 measuring Mw6.4 and the Mw6.3 earthquake in the vicinity of Singkarak lake, which occurred in eastern Kabupaten Padang Pariaman.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1306)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Sumatran Plate Boundary Project :: Scientific Papers". Tectonics.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  5. ^ http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/sumatra/downloads/papers/Shs.pdf[dead link‍]

0°38′00″S 100°07′01″E / 0.633333°S 100.117°E / -0.633333; 100.117