Rabu, 30 Oktober 2013
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| Central point of Lampung |
The name of Lampung province was taken from origin Lampungnese.
Before Indonesia became independent country, a resident led Lampung
region and the status was as residency area (Residentie lampungche
districten) with many afdeling (afdeling Teloek betoeng, afdeling
metroand afdeling kotabumi). The villages/old town with traditional
living characteristic could be found like sukadana, menggala, kenali,
liwa, blambangan umpu etc. A part of these town bacame the capital of
district. In the first of 2000 was 7 millions the population of Lampung
Province. Among 10 district / town, the most population was in central
Lampung with 1.901.630 and the density population was in Bandar Lampung
city, 3.763 soul/km2.
Geographically
Lampung province is located between 3o 45' and 6o 45' South
Latitude and between 103o 40' and 105o 50' East Longitude. This province
is bordered by:
North side: South Sumatra Province
West side: Bengkulu Province
South side: Sunda Strait
East side: Java Sea
Administratively
Lampung Province is divided among 4 regencies, 1 municipality
and 1 administrative town with Bandar Lampung as its capital city.
Temperature
The humidity of this province is various between 50% and 86%,
and the rainfall is ranges between 2,000 and 4,000 mm per year. The
temperature ranges between 20o C and 34o C.
Demography
The migration flow to Lampung province is supported by the
existence of heavy plantation, fishery and industry. In 1994, the total
population of this province was 6,200,306 people, with its average
density of 196.8 people per Km2. Compared to the average national
population growth amounted to 2.144% per year, this province was on the
lower level with 2.12% per year during the 1990-1994 period. The
projection and composition in 1997 can be seen on the following table.
Wide Area
The wide area of Lampung province is 33,307 sq km,
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