Administrative Divisions
West Sumatra Province is subdivided into twelve regencies and seven autonomous cities, which lie outside any regency. The regencies and cities are listed below with their (provisional) populations at the 2010 Census.
| Name | Area (km2) | Population Estimate 2005 |
Population Census 2010 |
Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentawai Islands Regency (Kepulauan Mentawai) |
6,011.35 | 64,540 | 76,421 | Tua Pejat |
| Padang (city) | 694.96 | 799,741 | 833,584 | Padang |
| South Pesisir Regency (Pesisir Selatan) |
5,794.95 | 423,093 | 429,699 | Painan |
| South Solok Regency (Solok Selatan) |
3,209.05 | 126,812 | 144,236 | Padang Aro |
| Dharmasraya Regency | 3,346.20 | 165,194 | 191,277 | Pulau Punjung |
| Solok Regency | 3,875.15 | 342,930 | 348,991 | Arosuka |
| Solok (city) | 57.64 | 54,049 | 59,317 | Solok |
| Sijunjung Regency | 2,745.73 | 188,317 | 201,627 | Muaro Sijunjung |
| Sawahlunto (city) | 273.45 | 53,081 | 56,812 | Sawahlunto |
| Tanah Datar Regency | 1,336.00 | 331,576 | 338,584 | Batusangkar |
| Padang Panjang (city) | 23.00 | 45,439 | 47,008 | Padang Panjang |
| Padang Pariaman Regency | 1,328.79 | 378,208 | 390,204 | Parit Malintang |
| Pariaman (city) | 73.36 | 70,032 | 79,073 | Pariaman |
| Agam Regency | 2,232.30 | 424,789 | 455,484 | Lubuk Basung |
| Bukittinggi (city) | 25.24 | 100,512 | 110,954 | Bukittinggi |
| Limapuluh Koto Regency | 3,354.30 | 324,201 | 348,249 | Sarilamak |
| Payakumbuh (city) | 80.34 | 101,819 | 116,910 | Payakumbuh |
| Pasaman Regency | 3,947.63 | 244,554 | 252,981 | Lubuk Sikaping |
| West Pasaman Regency (Pasaman Barat) |
3,887.77 | 316,923 | 364,587 | Simpang Empat |
As a new regency, Dharmasraya got the highest score (59.43) from a possible 100 among other new regencies.
Before the reforms of 1999 and the implementation of regional autonomy in 2001, the lowest local government unit under the district administrations was the Javanese model of the village, the desa. Under regional autonomy, the traditional Minangkabau nagari, which are larger than villages elsewhere in Indonesia, have been reintroduced in place of the desa.
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