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| BRIEF INFORMATION |
Logo of the Province of Bengkulu
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| Capital |
Bengkulu City |
| Governor |
Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin, ST |
| Area |
19.788,70 |
| Population |
2.000.000 |
| Ethnic groups |
Bengkulu , Javanese etc |
| Religion |
Islam |
| Languages |
Bengkulu language, Bahasa Indonesia |
| Time zone |
UTC+7 |
| Web site |
http://www.bengkulu.go.id/ |
Although this province is smaller than the others, the potential of its natural resources is, at least, equal to that of other provinces.
The strongest resources are primarily the agricultural sector, namely food crops, plantation, animal husbandry, forestry and fishery, besides mining sector. The soil of this province is quite productive both for various types of food crops as well as for plantation crops. Aside from coffee, rubber, oil palms and cocoa, one of the most frequently grown commodities is ginger.
The province of Bengkulu is very suitable for growing ginger and is the best known producer of ginger in Indonesia. The area plant for coffee plantation, palms and coconut covers 308.9 thousands Ha, whereas no area could be utilized for rubber and palm plantation. In 2000, the available area was 85.3 thousands Ha. The importance of the agricultural sector in the economy of the province is reflected in its contribution to the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), which accounted for 40.89 % in 2000.
Other outstanding sectors are trading, hotel, restaurant, transportation, communication and services. Since olden times, especially during Dutch and British occupations, Bengkulu has been known as Indonesia’s major producer of gold, amounted to 4,078,000 tons.
The other mineral which has not been optimally benefited is 97,657,981.43 ton estimated deposit of coal in which 72,287,410.49 ton indicated, and 62,248,970.27 ton accounted. There is about 46,302,580.29 ton coal deposit available to be explored with approximately 4,140-8,61 kcl/kg calorie value.
Bengkulu province lies between 101°,01‘ and 103°,41’ Eastern Longitude and between 2°,16’ and 3°,31’ Southern Latitude. The entire land area covers 1,978,870 ha. The governmental administration is divided into 3 regencies and 1 city as follows :
- North Bengkulu Regency (9,585.24 km2), Rejang Lebong Regency (4,109.80 Km2)
- South Bengkulu Regency (5,494.14 km2)
- Bengkulu municipality (144.52 Km2).
Rainfall measured is between 292.92 mm and 330 mm, and the temperature varied from 20°C to 32°C.
GROSS REGIONAL DOMESTIC PRODUCTS
In 2000, the total GRDP of Bengkulu is Rp. 4.53 billion. The agricultural sector contributed 40.89% to this, followed by trading/hotel/restaurant sectors (17.48%), services (13.85%), transportation and telecommunication sector (11.88%).
EXPORT-IMPORT
In 2001, the exports value were US$ 30.84 million. They were primarily in the form of plantation and processed wood products. In 1999, exports reached US$ 39.17 million, and in 2000 they recorded US$ 37.32 million. Meanwhile, there were no imports in 2000.
MINIMUM WAGE RATES
In 2001, the lowest minimum wages were paid in the service sector ( 173,000 rupiahs/month). Meanwhile, the highest regional minimum rate was provided in mining and electricity sector (295,000 rupiahs/month).
AGRICULTURE
In 2001, 69.37 thousand hectares were utilized for the main commodities, namely food crops (non-rice), secondary crops, horticultural crops, especially cassava, sweet potatoes, corn and soybean. In the same period, the area used for plantation, mainly rubber, coffee, palm oil and coconut was approximately 224.57 thousand hectares.
FISHERIES
About 2,660.3 ton fish were produced by 3,993 ha freshwater fisheries area, and 25,186.6 ton mareine fisheries were produced from the potency of 126,217 ton/year.
FORESTRY
In 1999, the forest area of Bengkulu totaled 1,976,960 ha, consisted of limited production forest (182,210 ha), continuous production forest (41,831 ha), protected forest (696,92 ha), cultivation forest (1,82,946 ha), production forest (70,360 ha) and conversion forest (70,000 ha). The main commodities were logs, sawn wood, and rattan.
MINING
Bengkulu is known to be rich for gold and its accompanying minerals (silver, copper, zinc, and lead) in South Bengkulu, Rejang Lebong and North Bengkulu. In addition to these, the deposit of coal, quartz sand, lime stone, lead, marble, kaolin, bentonite, sulphur, and granite can also be found in South Bengkulu, North Bengkulu and Rejang Lebong. Besides all mentioned deposits, there were zeolite, oku, perlit, trass, tosehi, trakhit, obsidian and potential natural stone/jewel as well as energy sources from biogus, sun energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, waterfall energy and biomass energy.
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
Agriculture, Food crops and horticulture businesses; palm oil, rubber and cocoa plantation; fisheries with the large territory of the sea, 48,075 km that has potential resources as many as 126,217 ton/year and cattle stock.
MINING
There are gold and other minerals mining in the North Bengkulu regency which has measured deposit of 310,000 ton with ore-grading of 0,111 gr. /ton and in Rejang Lebong regency which has measured deposit of 3,768.000 ton with ore – grading of 0, 3 – 36 gr. /ton. In addition, coal mining resources with the measured deposit of 21,448,500 ton are ready to be explored in the North Bengkulu regency.
INDUSTRY
There are processing industry of forestry products such as rattan and wood to produce furniture, processing of fisheries products, processing industry of plantation products such as cooking oil and cement industry located in the North Bengkulu regency.
TOURISM
Tourism potencies that can be developed are management of eco-tourism and cultural tourism potencies such as Coast of Pantai Panjang, Lake of Dendam Tak Sudah, and Hot Spring, mountain tourism of Mt. Kabah, castle of Marlborough and supporting services of tourism such as hotel, tourist transportation and restaurant.
(this information is taken from Wikipedia and BKPM).
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