South Lampung Regency is a regency of Lampung

Lampung

Lampung is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra and borders the provinces of Bengkulu and South Sumatra. Lampung is the original home of the Lampung people, who speak a distinct language from other people in Sumatra and have their own alphabet. Its...

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Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

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Indonesia

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. It has an area of 2,109.74 km² and a population of 923,002 people as of 2007. The capital lies at Kalianda. Administratively it is divided into 17 districts (kecamatan), 3 kelurahan and 248 desa

Desa

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History

In January 2011, tens of thousands of inhabitants of South Lampung had to be evacuated by the South Lampung Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) in the seven districts of Kalianda, Rajabasa, Katibung, Sidomulyo, Ketapang, Sragi and Palas due to volcanic ash from the Mount Anak Krakatau.There is an observation station at Hargopancuran village in South Lampung used to monitor activity.