Pelalawan is a regency (kabupaten) of Riau Province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency was created on 4 October 1999 as a result of the division of Kampar Regency, of which it was previously the eastern 43%. It now has an area of 13,408.72 km and had a population of 301,829 at the 2010 Census and 390,046 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 415,469 (comprising 214,338 males and 201,131 females). The administrative centre is in the large town of Pangkalan Kerinci.

The regency is divided into twelve districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling rural desa and 14 urban kelurahan), and its post code; of the 14 kelurahan, one is in each district (the district administrative centre as named below in each case), except that the very urbanised Pangkalan Kerinci District has three kelurahan.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (kecamatan)	Area in km	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2023	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
14.05.05	Langgam	1,535.26	21,968	32,997	35,782	Langgam	8	28380
14.05.02	Pangkalan Kerinci	223.45	69,444	94,585	103,882	Pangkalan Kerinci	7	28381
14.05.11	Bandar Sei Kijang	408.23	17,175	21,481	21,780	Sekijang	5	28383
14.05.03	Pangkalan Kuras	1,193.58	45,072	61,123	67,219	Sorek Satu	17	28382
14.05.01	Ukui	1,293.17	32,293	40,298	41,691	Ukui Satu	12	28388
14.05.04	Pangkalan Lesung	509.28	25,251	29,832	29,906	Pangkalan Lesung	10	28387
14.05.08	Bunut	423.00	11,754	15,465	15,825	Pangkalan Bunut	10	28386
14.05.06	Pelalawan (district)	1,368.77	15,388	19,120	20,339	Pelalawan	9	28353
14.05.12	Bandar Petalangan	372.30	12,635	16,447	17,169	Rawang Empat	11	28384
14.05.10	Kuala Kampar	757.21	17,622	17,837	18,129	Teluk Dalam	10	28385
14.05.07	Kerumutan	1,002.78	19,115	24,420	25,319	Kerumutan	10	28352
14.05.09	Teluk Meranti (Meranti Bay)	4,321.64	14,112	16,441	18,428	Teluk Meranti	9	28354
	Totals	13,408.72	301,829	390,046	415,469	Pangkalan Kerinci	118

Note: (a) the three kelurahan in this district (with 2023 populations) are Pangkalan Kerinci Timur (45,756), Pangkalan Kerinci Kota (39,650) and Pangkalan Kerinci Barat (8,176).
(b) seven of the ten villages of this district comprise the offshore island of Pulau Mendol, with 13,232 inhabitants in 2023.

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