Pringsewu Regency

{{Short description|Regency in Lampung, Indonesia}} {{Infobox settlement  | official_name = Pringsewu Regency | native_name = ''Kabupaten Pringsewu'' | native_name_lang = id | image_skyline = File:Kantor Bupati Pringsewu.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Regent office of Pringsewu | type = Regency | image_shield = Lambang Kabupaten Pringsewu.png | shield_alt = | motto = {{force singular}} ''Jejama Secancanan'' (Together on mutual cooperation) | image_map = Lokasi Lampung Kabupaten Pringsewu.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Lampung | coordinates = {{coord|5.4221|S|104.9345|E|source:wikidata}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Indonesia | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Lampung | seat_type = Regency seat | seat = Pringsewu | leader_title = Regent | leader_name = {{Ill|Riyanto Pamungkas|lt=Riyanto Pamungkas|id}} | leader_title1 = Vice Regent | leader_name1 = {{Ill|Umi Laila|lt=Umi Laila|id}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 617.2 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate | population_total = 444834 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_footnotes = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Pringsewu Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1810)</ref> | timezone1 = IWST | utc_offset1 = +7 | website = {{URL|pringsewukab.go.id}} | footnotes = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+62) 729 | pushpin_map = Indonesia_Sumatra South#Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Southern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia | pushpin_label_position = top }} '''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<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and 405,466 at the 2020 Census;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 444,834 (comprising 227,681 males and 217,153 females).<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Pringsewu Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1810)</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visittolampung.blogspot.com/2009/12/regency-pringsewu.html|title=Regency Pringsewu|publisher=Visit to Lampung|accessdate=22 February 2011}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Benoit | first = D. | authorlink = |author2=Marc Pain | title = Transmigration et migrations spontanées en Indonésie: Transmigration and spontaneous migrations in Indonesia | publisher = IRD Editions | date = 1989 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zl4YIr1aFSsC | isbn = 9782709909709 }}</ref>

==Administrative districts== Administratively at 2010 the regency was divided into eight districts (''kecamatan''). However, since 2010 a ninth district (Pangelaran Utara) has been created from part of the existing Pangelaran District, bringing the total to nine districts. Each district has the same name as the district's administrative centre. These are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011"/> and the 2020 Census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021"/> together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Pringsewu Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1810)</ref> The table also includes the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 128 rural ''desa'' and 5 urban ''kelurahan'', the latter all in Pringsewu District), and its post code.

{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Kode Wilayah || Name of District (''kecamatan'') || Area in km2 || Pop'n Census 2010 || Pop'n Census 2020 || Pop'n Estimate mid 2024 || No. of villages ||Post code |- | 18.10.04 || Pardasuka||align="right"|87.31||align="right"| 32,131||align="right"| 35,174||align="right"| 38,594||align="center"| 13||35381 |- | 18.10.03 || Ambarawa ||align="right"|33.11||align="right"| 32,283||align="right"| 36,387||align="right"| 40,517||align="center"| 9||35376 |- | 18.10.05 || Pangelaran ||align="right"|48.42||align="right"| 58,945||align="right"| 52,042||align="right"| 56,839||align="center"| 22||35375 |- | 18.10.09 || Pangelaran Utara (North Pangelaran) ||align="right"|158.19||align="right"| (a)||align="right"| 15,301||align="right"| 16,852||align="center"| 10||35370 |- | 18.10.01 || Pringsewu (district) ||align="right"|45.28||align="right"| 76,082||align="right"| 81,776||align="right"| 88,758||align="center"| 15 (b) ||35371 |- | 18.10.02 || Gading Rejo ||align="right"|67.79||align="right"| 69,307||align="right"| 77,727||align="right"| 85,447||align="center"| 23||35372 |- | 18.10.08 || Sukoharjo ||align="right"|65.59||align="right"| 44,696||align="right"| 49,704||align="right"|54,760||align="center"| 16||35673 |- | 18.10.06 || Banyumas ||align="right"|42.71||align="right"| 18,996||align="right"| 21,292||align="right"| 23,610||align="center"| 11||35373 |- | 18.10.07 || Adiluwih ||align="right"|68.80||align="right"| 32,929||align="right"| 36,063||align="right"| 39,457||align="center"| 14||35674 |- | || '''''Totals''''' ||align="right"|''617.20''||align="right"|''364,825''||align="right"|''405,466''||align="right"| ''444,834''||align="center"|''133''|| |}

Note: (a) the 2010 population for the new Pangelaran Utara District is included with the figure for Pangelaran District, from which it was separated. (b) comprises 5 ''kelurahan'' (Fajaresuk, Pringsewu Barat, Pringsewu Selatan, Pringsewu Timur and Pringsewu Utara) and 10 ''desa''.

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Category:Regencies of Lampung Category:Sekampung basin