Ogan Komering Ulu Regency


Ogan Komering Ulu Regency is a regency of South Sumatra, Indonesia. It formerly covered an area of 10,408 km² with a population of around 1,000,000 people; however by 2010 parts of this area had been split off to form separate regencies of East Ogan Komering Ulu and South Ogan Komering Ulu; the residual regency area covers just 4,797.06 and had a population of 324,045 at the 2010 Census and 349,787 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate is 363,004. The administrative centre is the town of Baturaja.

Administrative districts

This Regency is administratively composed of twelve districts. Their areas and their 2010 and 2015 Census populations are listed below:
NameArea
Population
Census 2010		Population
Census 2015
Lengkiti512.9325,36926,988
Sosoh Buay Rayap385.3011,87112,685
Pengandonan543.619,0719,577
Semidang Aji707.5624,71926,335
Ulu Ogan597.378,7059,344
Muara Jaya26.326,6177,051
Peninjauan725.9239,86143,369
Lubuk Batang724.8127,10729,400
Sinar Peninjauan84.9420,60222,455
Bataraja Timur
110.2290,55798,569
Lubuk Raja69.4227,49829,511
Bataraja Barat
125.0532,06834,203

A thirteenth district - Kedaton Peninjauan Raya, with an area of 183.31 km2 - has since been created. Its population for 2010 and 2015 is included in the figures of the districts from which it was removed.

Harimau Cave and Putri Cave

Both caves lay in the same Padangbindu village 35 kilometers from Baturaja. Harimau Cave entrance is 40 to 50 meters wide and 20 to 35 meters height. Since 2008 to mid-2013 archaeologists have found 72 skeletons of mongoloid race with prediction 3,000 years of age and the excavation is still running. Some of the skeletons are displayed in Si Pahit Lidah Museum near Putri Cave. Putri Cave has 20x160 meter square pond.
Harimau Cave is located 30 meters above Air Kaman Basa River and 1.5 kilometers from Ogan River. Archeologists predicted that the cave has been used since 15 centuries ago and at least there are 3 different cultures have founded with the last culture is 3,500 years ago with metal apparatus similar with has been found in Dong son sites, Vietnam. There are also 34 geometric pictures in Harimau Cave which the picture is never found at any other caves in Sumatra. On March 14, 2015 after midnight, a big flood which never occurred before appeared ruins tourist facilities inside the cave and also the facilities in the ground in front of the cave; tourism facilities are predicted 70 percent damaged, but the condition of the pictures are not yet announced.