Lahat Regency

Lahat Regency is a regency of South Sumatra (or Sumatra Selatan) province, Indonesia. It covers a total area of 4,361.83 km2 and had a population of 369,974 at the 2010 Census and 392,829 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate (as at 2020) is 413,206. The city of Pagar Alam is an enclave within the regency, but is administratively separate.
The administrative centre of Lahat regency is the town of Lahat.
Administrative districts.
This Regency as at 2010 was administratively composed of twenty-one districts ("kecamatan"). Since 2010 three additional districts have been created - Sukamerindu (from part of Pajar Bulan District), Lahat Selatan (from Lahat District) and Mulak Sebingkai (from Mulak Ulu District). Their areas (in km2) and their 2010 Census populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2017, are listed below. The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural "desa" and uban "kelurahan") in each district, and its post codes.
Notes: (a) The districts of Tanjung Sakti Pumu and Tanjung Sakti Pumi form an exclave of the regency, from which they are physically separated by the city ("kota") of Pagar Alam.
<br>(b) The 2010 and 2017 populations of Mulak Sebingkai District are included in the figures for Mulak Ulu District from which it was cut out.
<br>(c) The 2010 population of Sukamerindu District is included in the figure for Pajar Bulan District, from which it was cut out.
<br>(d) The area and populations of Lahat Selatan District are included in the figures for Lahat District, from which it was cut out.
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.