Padang Pariaman Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,343.58 km2, and it had a population of 390,204 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 430,626 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 467,040 (comprising 234,860 males and 232,180 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1306) The regency seat is at the town of Parit Malintang. West Sumatra's capital and biggest city, Padang, is surrounded on the landward side by this regency, which includes suburbs of the city.
Administrative districts The regency is divided into seventeen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as of mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1306) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (nagari) in each district, and its post code.
Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Areain km2 Pop'ncensus2010 Pop'ncensus2020 Pop'nestimatemid 2025AdmincentreNo.ofvillagesPostcode Batang Anai 164.3344,01352,84459,680Pasar Usang825586 Lubuak Aluang 124.7642,61446,89550,850Lubuak Aluang925581 Sintuak Toboh Gadang 32.6517,71019,26820,660Sintuak525582 Ulakan Tapakis 23.0118,91020,65222,400Ulakan825572 Nan Sabaris 66.1926,73030,03532,880Pauah Kamba925571 2 x 11 Anam Lingkuang 40.6418,11418,73619,620Sicincin325584 Anam Lingkuang 34.2818,84520,60922,170Pakandangan525583 2 x 11 Kayu Tanam 188.5525,55828,05130,360Kayu Tanam425585 VII Koto (Sungai Sariak) 64.1433,59535,52437,780Sungai Sariak1225576 VII Koto Patamuan 77.9515,59217,48119,050Tandikek625574 VII Koto Padang Sago 34.937,9408,6749,310Padang Sago625573 V Koto (Kampuang Dalam) 66.6822,52323,69025,180Kampuang Dalam825552 V Koto Timur 66.7914,18214,45015,080Kudu Gantiang425575 Sungai Limau 90.3627,78129,77431,940Sungai Limau425561 Batang Gasan 76.2610,48310,94911,600Gasan Gadang325563 Sungai Garinggiang 107.7329,00932,02136,000Singai Garinggiang425562 IV Koto Aur Malintang 84.2917,45720,97322,490Batu Basa525564 Totals 1,343.58391,056430,626467,040 Parik Malintang103
Geography Padang Pariaman Regency lies between 0 ° 11 '- 0 ° 49' south latitude and 98 ° 36 '- 100 ° 28' east longitude, with a total area of about 1,343.09 km2 and a coastline length of 60.50 km. The regency's land area is equivalent to 3.15 percent of the total land area of West Sumatra Province.
Temperatures ranged between 24.4 °C - 25.7 °C, so for the average maximum temperature of 31.08 °C and average minimum temperature of 21.34 °C, with 86.75% relative humidity. Average rainfall for the district overall Pariaman in 2007 amounted to 368.4 mm, with an average days of rain as much as 19 days per month and the average wind speed is 2:14 knots / hour.
West Sumatra Province is a mountainous district nearly 3,000 metres in elevation made of Paleozoic sedimentary rock and Igneous rock that extends from the active row of volcanoes to the east. The Great Sumatran Fault divides the center of the province—the fault topography clearly visible—in a North-northwest to South-southeast direction. The stretch of land between the central mountain range and the shore is made of volcanic uplands and pyroclastic flow uplands with a narrow coastal plain distributed along the seacoast.
Towering above the eastern side (i.e. the mountain side) of Padang Pariaman are two large volcanoes; Gunung Tandikat stands at 2,347m and Gunung Singalang at 2,877m, together forming twin volcanoes. Lake Maninjau, located at the north end of Padang Pariaman, is a caldera lake measuring 20 kilometres north–south and 8 kilometres east–west which formed after a large volcanic burst 52,000 years ago. The volcanic products from this giant eruption are scattered over a wide area in the north-central area of Padang Pariaman. Today these volcanic products are seen as pyroclastic flow uplands and low relief hills.
Earthquakes Recent earthquakes that occurred along the Great Sumatran Fault that cuts across Sumatra are the series of quakes of 6 March 2007 measuring Mw6.4 and the Mw6.3 earthquake in the vicinity of Singkarak lake, which occurred in eastern Kabupaten Padang Pariaman.http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/sumatra/downloads/papers/Shs.pdf
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