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Banyuasin (Musi: Ayomasen) is a regency of South Sumatra Province in Indonesia. The Regency was formed on 10 April 2002 from the coastal and eastern areas formerly part of the Musi Banyuasin Regency. It takes its name from the main river which drains that area, the Banyuasin River. Pangkalan Balai is the regency seat.
Musi Banyuasin Regency is a regency of South Sumatra province, in Indonesia. Originally much larger, it was reduced by about 45% of its former area on 10 April 2002 by the splitting off of most of its eastern and northeastern districts to form the new Banyuasin Regency .
Sekayu is a town and district which serves as the administrative centre of Musi Banyuasin Regency within South Sumatra Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The district's population was 78,637 at the 2010 Census and 91,120 at the 2020 Census; [ 1 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 99,589. [ 2 ]
This is a list of some of the regions of Indonesia. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the central government. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the central government. At different times of Indonesia 's history, the nation has been designated as having regions that do not necessarily correlate to the current ...
The Banyuasin River (Indonesian: Sungai Banyuasin, lit. ' Salty Water River ' ) is a river in southern Sumatra , Indonesia , about 500 km northwest of the capital Jakarta . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency (often abbreviated to PALI Regency) is a regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia.It takes its name from the three main rivers which flow through that area - the Penukal River, Abab River and Lematang River - while the name Ilir means "downstream" (denoting the downstream part of the Lematang River).
In Indonesia, South Sumatra is the largest producer of rubber, estimated at over 940,000 tons of production in 2016, [88] and over 850,000 tons of rubber were exported from Palembang in the same year. [84] In 2014, there were 14 rubber processing factories in the city employing 4,000 people with a capacity of close to a million tons annually. [89]
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to establish a colonial presence in the Indonesian Archipelago.Their quest to dominate the source of the spices that sustained the lucrative spice trade in the early 16th century, along with missionary efforts by Catholic orders, saw the establishment of trading posts and forts, and left behind a Portuguese cultural element that remains in modern-day ...