Musi Rawas Regency Kabupaten Musi Rawas
Regency
The Trans-Sumatran Highway at Musi Rawas Regency in 2020
Coat of arms
Location in South Sumatra
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Sumatra
Regency seat	Muara Beliti
Government
• Regent	Ratna Machmud [id]
• Vice Regent	Suwarti Burlian [id]
Area
• Total	6,357.17 km2 (2,454.52 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2024 estimate)[1]
• Total	427,723
• Density	67.2820/km2 (174.260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Website	musirawaskab.go.id

Musi Rawas Regency is aregency ofSouth Sumatra Province,Indonesia. Prior to 2013, it covered an area of 12,134.57 km² and had a population of 524,919 at the 2010 Census;^[2] however on 10 June 2013 the northern half of the regency was split off to form a separateNorth Musi Rawas Regency. Previous to 2001, the Regency had also included the city ofLubuklinggau, which was split off to form an independent city outside the regency.

The area of the residual Regency from 2013 is 6,357.17 km² and this had a population of 356,076 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 395,570 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 427,723 (comprising 218,376 males and 209,347 females).^[1] Theregency seat is the town ofMuara Beliti Baru. During the Dutch East Indies area it was known asRawas District. The area is named for theMusi River and its tributary theRawas River.

In February 2010, Musi Rawas was subjected to serious flooding which submerged over 6,000 homes and affected thousands of hectares of land.^[4]

On 29 April 2013 there were a clash between local people from the northern part of Musi Rawas Regency (who blockaded the national road between Jambi and Palembang) and policemen who tried to lift the blockade. After 11 hours of negotiation had failed, four people were killed and six policemen were shot with traditional guns by protesters. People from northern Musi Rawas had called for a new regency to be split from the current Musi Rawas Regency;^[5] this new regency, calledNorth Musi Rawas Regency (abbreviated often to Muratara Regency), was created in July 2013.^[6]

As at 2010, the Musi Rawas Regency was subdivided into twenty-onedistricts (kecamatan), but on 10 July 2013 the northernmost seven districts (Rupit, Rawas Ulu, Nibung, Rawas Ilir, Karang Dapo, Karang Jaya, and Ulu Rawas) were split off to form a newNorth Musi Rawas Regency (Musi Rawas Utara). The remaining fourteen districts are listed below with their areas<^[1] and their populations at the 2010 Census^[2] and 2020 Census,^[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.^[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number ofadministrative villages in each district (comprising 186 ruraldesa and 13 urbankelurahan), and its post codes.

Note: The 13kelurahan in this regency comprise 11 of the district administrative centres (those asterisked above by *), together with Mangun Harjo (in Purwodadi District) and Talang Ubi (in Megang Sakti District).

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  Houseboat on the Rawas River in what was then the Rawas District, Sumatra,Dutch East Indies, circa 1878

• Napal Licin, an area in Rawas

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• Regencies of South Sumatra
• Musi basin

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