Padang Pariaman Regency Explained

Official Name:Padang Pariaman Regency
Native Name:Kabupaten Padang Pariaman
Native Name Lang:id
Type:Regency
Motto:Saiyo Sakato
(Agree together, one voice together)
Coordinates:-0.6333°N 100.117°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:West Sumatra
Seat Type:Regency seat
Seat:Parit Malintang
Leader Title:Regent
Leader Name:Suhatri Bur
Area Total Km2:1343.56
Population As Of:mid 2023 estimate
Population Total:451388
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone1:IWST
Utc Offset1:+7
Area Code:(+62) 751
Pushpin Map:Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sumatra and Indonesia
Leader Title1:Vice Regent
Leader Name1:Rahmang
Area Code Type:Area code

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.[4] 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 [5] and the 2020 census,[6] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[7] 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 164.3344,01352,84456,755Pasar Usang825586
Lubuak Aluang 124.7642,61446,89549,152Lubuak Aluang925581
Sintuak Toboh Gadang 32.6517,71019,26820,062Sintuak525582
Ulakan Tapakis 23.0118,91020,65221,648Ulakan825572
Nan Sabaris 66.1926,73030,03531,661Pauah Kamba925571
2 x 11 Anam Lingkuang 40.6418,11418,73619,229Sicincin325584
Anam Lingkuang 34.2818,84520,60921,496Pakandangan525583
2 x 11 Kayu Tanam 188.5525,55828,05129,366Kayu Tanam425585
VII Koto Sungai Sariak 64.1433,59535,52436,803Sungai Sariak1225576
VII Koto Patamuan 77.9515,59217,48118,380Tandikek625574
VII Koto Padang Sago 34.937,9408,6749,034Padang Sago625573
V Koto Kampuang Dalam 66.6822,52323,69024,537Kampuang Dalam825552
V Koto Timur 66.7914,18214,45014,802Kudu Gantiang425575
Sungai Limau 90.3627,78129,77431,010Sungai Limau425561
Batang Gasan 76.2610,48310,94911,315Gasan Gadang325563
Sungai Garinggiang 107.7329,00932,02134,299Singai Garinggiang425562
IV Koto Aur Malintang 84.2917,45720,97321,839Batu Basa525564
Totals 1,343.58391,056430,626451,388Parik Malintang103

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.[8]

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.[9]

Notes

-0.6333°N 100.117°W

Notes and References

  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1306)
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1306)
  5. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  6. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1306)
  8. Web site: Sumatran Plate Boundary Project :: Scientific Papers . Tectonics.caltech.edu . 2011-01-08.
  9. http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/sumatra/downloads/papers/Shs.pdf http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/sumatra/downloads/papers/Shs.pdf