16 Mar 2011

PESISIR SELATAN DISTRICT is one of 19 districts/cities in West Sumatra, with an area of ​​5749.89 km2. Regency Pesisir Selatan Region is located in the southern part of West Sumatera Province, stretching from north to south by 234 km long coastline.


Pesisir Selatan District, the north is bordered by the city of Padang, the east by the District of Solok and Jambi Province, south of the Province of Bengkulu and the west by the Indonesian Ocean.


Pesisir Selatan District population in 2008 amounted to 433.181 inhabitants (213.462 souls of men and 219.719 women's lives).
Consists of the number of heads of households 97.978 and 30.649 households are poor (50%). Compared to the year 2007 the number of poor households in the Pesisir Selatan District in 2008 has decreased by 16%.

The rate of population growth in this region reached 1,29% per year.
Administrative region consists of 12 sub-districts and 76 villages (nagari). Most of the Pesisir Selatan District residents depend on agriculture crops, fisheries and trade. While other potential power sources are the mining, plantation and tourism.

Plantation sector, especially oil palm plantations began to grow rapidly since the last ten years, which is located in Pancung Soal Sub-District, Basa Ampek Balai and Lunang Silaut, involving several national investors with the pattern of nucleus plantations and plasma.
A CPO palm oil processing industry has now been established in Pancung Soal Sub-District, with a production capacity of 4.000 tons per day.

Pesisir Selatan District has a panoramic view of nature is quite beautiful and fascinating.
Regions Mandeh for example,
now this tourist area by the central government into The National Tourism Development Master Plan (RIPPNAS) representing the western region of Indonesia.
Other potential tourist area is Jembatan Akar (Root Bridge), Water Fall Bayang Sani, Carocok Beach Painan, Hill Langkisau, Nyiur Melambai, and a number of historical attractions, such as Island Cingkuak (Cengco), Royal Heritage Inderapura and Rumah Gadang Mandeh Rubiah in Lunang Sub-District.


When all the tourism potential of Pesisir Selatan District can be managed in a professional course will be a mainstay of local revenue sources in the future.
To that end, the Government of Pesisir Selatan District wide open wide to investors who are interested to invest in this area. (pesisirselatan.go.id)

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