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Lahat Regency

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Country
  
Indonesia

Time zone
  
WIB (UTC+7)

Province
  
South Sumatra

Capital
  
Lahat

Area
  
4,076 km²

Population
  
397,094 (2014)

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Lahat Regency is a regency of South Sumatra (or Sumatra Selatan) province, Indonesia. It covers a total area of 4,076.06 km2 and a population of 370,146 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 397,094.

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Map of Lahat Regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia

The capital of Lahat regency is the town of Lahat.

Megalithic sites

In Lahat Regency, near Pagar Alam city, there are 1,027 artifacts which spread over 40 sites in 12 communities. The megalithic sites in Lahat Regency may be the second largest such sites in Indonesia after Sangiran (Central Java) for fossils.

References

Lahat Regency Wikipedia