Pesisir Selatan Regency


Pesisir Selatan Regency is a regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 5,749.89 km² and a population of 457,285 people in 2017. The regency seat is Painan.
Pesisir Selatan is located on the coast of West Sumatra and is bordered on the north by the city of Padang, in the east by the regencies of Solok Regency, South Solok Regency and by Kerinci Regency and in the south by the regency of Muko-Muko.
Pesisir Selatan is known for its traditional music, the Rabab Pesisir. The music includes the playing of a rebab, accompanied by one or more musicians singing.

Administrative districts

As at 2010 South Pesisir Regency consisted of twelve districts, but subsequently three additional districts have been created by the splitting of existing districts. All these are tabulated below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census, and the latest official estimates as at mid 2017:
DistrictArea
in km2		Population
2010 Census		Population
2017 Estimate
Silaut365.50115,093
Lunang564.00121,530
Basa Ampek Balai Tapan365.28213,793
Ranah Ampek Hulu Tapan312.22215,159
Pancung Soal426.10326,495
Airpura319.71316,019
Linggo Sari Baganti315.4142,31945,180
Ranah Pesisir564.3930,08930,313
Lengayang590.6051,62352,592
Sutera445.6547,01950,516
Batang Kapas359.0730,82931,480
IV Jurai373.8043,30246,502
Bayang77.5036,69736,781
IV Nagari Bayang Utara250.747,2767,277
Koto XI Tarusan425.6347,89848,555

Notes:
Marak Island is 7.37 kilometres from Nagari Sungai Pinang land which 500 hectares area has used as Siamang and Owa ungko rehabilitation center complete with quarantine, medical, social and rehabilitation cages since 2003. The plan is to release some Siamang which have could use upper room with sufficient activities, not depend on human anymore and match with his/her spouse to Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park. The island is now home for 30 butterfly species and 50 kinds of birds, and is suitable for a conservation area.