Ogan Komering Ilir Regency

Ogan Komering Ilir Regency
Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ilir
OKI Regency
Village of Bangsal on a swamps
Village of Bangsal on a swamps
Coat of arms of Ogan Komering Ilir Regency
Nickname: 
OKI
Motto: 
Bende Seguguk (Gong Satu Kesatuan/The Unity Gong)
Location within South Sumatera
Location within South Sumatera
Coordinates: 2°18′S 104°12′E / 2.30°S 104.20°E / -2.30; 104.20
Sovereign state Indonesia
ProvinceSouth Sumatra
Regency seatKayu Agung
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
 • Total17,071.33 km2 (6,591.28 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total779,893
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Ethnicity
Malay Javanese Balinese
Time zoneUTC+7 (Western Indonesia Time)
Postcode
306xx
Area code+ 62 712 : 0712
Distance from Kayuagung to Palembang65 km
Websitego.kaboki.go.id

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 drain the area. The name Ilir means downstream (there are other regencies in the province named Ogan Komering Ulu, South Ogan Komering Ulu and East Ogan Komering Ulu; Ulu means upstream). The administrative centre is the town of Kayu Agung. The regency borders Banyuasin Regency to the northwest, Bangka Strait, and the Java Sea to the east, Lampung Province to the south, and Palembang city, Ogan Ilir Regency, and East Ogan Komering Ulu Regency to the west.[2]

It has an area of 17,071.33 km2 and a population of 727,376 at the 2010 Census[3] and 769,348 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 779,893 people, consisting of 400,607 males and 379,286 females.[1] The regency contains the Ogan-Komering Ilir, 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]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ilir Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1602)
  2. ^ "Geografi Kabupaten OKI" [Geography of OKI Regency] (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2015-07-10.
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ogan Komering Ilir". Media Informasi Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ilir. 25 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Profile of Regency of Ogan Komering Ilir". Media Informasi Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ilir. 28 May 2022.

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