Kampar is a regency (kabupaten) of Riau Province of Indonesia. The regency formerly included a much larger part of Riau Province, but on 4 October 1999 the western districts were split off to form a separate Rokan Hulu Regency, and the eastern districts were split off to form a new Pelalawan Regency. It now has an area of 11,289.28 km2 (about 40% of its former area) and had a population of 688,204 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 841,332 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 922,846 (comprising 470,879 males and 451,967 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Kampar Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406) The administrative centre of the regency is located at the town of Bangkinang.
The regency is bordered by: Heading Border North Bengkalis Regency, Siak Regency and Rokan Hulu Regency South Kuantan Singingi Regency West Lima Puluh Kota Regency (West Sumatra) and Rokan Hulu Regency East Pelalawan Regency and Pekanbaru city
The Kabun and Tandun Districts of Rokan Hulu Regency form a salient into the west side of the Kampar Regency.
Geography
The Kampar Regency covers an area of 11,289.28 km2, lying between 1 ° 00'40 "north latitude to 0 ° 27'00" south latitude and 100 ° 28'30 "- 101 ° 14'30" east longitude. The Kampar Regency is traversed by two major rivers and several small rivers. These include the Kampar River about 413.5 km long with an average depth of 7.7 metres and an average width of 143 metres. All parts of the river are included in Kampar Regency, which includes the districts of XIII Koto Kampar, Bangkinang, Kuok (formerly Bangkinang West), Kampar, Siak Hulu, and Kampar Kiri. The other major river is the Siak River's upstream part with a length of about 90 km and an average depth of 8–12 metres across Tapung District. The major rivers located in Kampar Regency are partly still functioning well as a means of transportation, clean water sources, fish farms, as well as a source of electrical energy (hydropower Koto Panjang). Kampar Regency has a generally tropical climate, the minimum temperature occurring in November and December amounting to 21 °C. The maximum temperature occurs in July with a temperature of 35 °C. The number of rainy days in 2009, the vast majority were around Bangkinang Seberang and Kampar Kiri.
Government
Kampar was originally located in the province of Central Sumatra, established pursuant to Law No. 12 of 1956 with the capital Bangkinang. Then it was moved into Riau province, based on the Law on Emergency Number 19 Year 1957 and confirmed by Law No. 61 1958. Subsequently, for the development of the city of Pekanbaru, Kampar local government agreed to give up some of its territory for the purposes of expansion of the city of Pekanbaru, which was then confirmed by the Indonesian Government Regulation Number 19 of 1987.
In accordance with the Decree of the Governor of the province of Riau Number: KPTS. 318VII1987 dated July 17, 1987, Kampar District consisted of 19 districts with two Vice Regent. The Vice Regent of Region I was based in Pasir Pangarayan and the Vice Regent of Region II in Pangkalan Kerinci. The Vice Regent in Region I coordinated the Districts of Rambah, Tandun, Rokan IV Koto, Kunto Darussalam, Fullness, and Tambusai, and the Vice Regent in Region 2 coordinated the Districts of Langgam, Pangkalan Kuras, Bunut and Kuala Kampar, while the other districts are not included in Regions I & II were directly under the Regent. On 4 October 1999 the Regency was officially split into three, with the former Region I becoming established as the new Rokan Hulu Regency, and the former Region II being established as the new Pelalawan Regency. Formerly consisting of 12 and then of 19 districts (kecamatan), a 20th and a 21st district have since been created.
Administrative districts Kampar Regency is divided into twenty-one districts (kecamatan), as a result of the reorganisation of the previous twelve districts. The districts (with their administrative centres) are tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 and 2020 Census populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Kampar Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 242 rural desa and 8 urban kelurahan), and its post code. +Kode Wilayah Name of District(kecamatan)Areainkm2Pop'n2010CensusPop'n2020CensusPop'nmid 2025EstimateAdminCentreNo.ofvillagesPostcode 14.01.07Kampar Kiri Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406010) 915.3326,19332,58339,663Lipat Kain 20 (a)28472 14.01.09Kampar Kiri Hulu Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri Hulu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406011) 1,301.2510,54210,97212,100Gema 2428474 14.01.08Kampar Kiri Hilir Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri Hilir Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406012) 759.7410,08912,59315,861Sungai Pagar 8 (a)28473 14.01.20 Gunung Sahilan Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Gunung Sahilan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406013) 597.9717,14520,38423,429Gunung Sahilan 928471 14.06.19Kampar Kiri Tengah Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406014) 330.5923,59027,47030,873Simalinyang 1128475 14.01.04XIII Koto Kampar Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan XIII Koto Kampar Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406020) 732.4037,81123,53526,003Batu Bersurat 13 (a)28454 14.01.21Koto Kampar Hulu Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Koto Kampar Hulu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406021) 674.00(b)19,71721,355Tanjung 628453 14.01.05Kuok (c) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kuok Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406030) 151.4122,12825,89728,400Kuok 928467 14.01.13Salo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Salo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406031) 207.8322,77525,80228,930Salo 628451 14.01.10TapungBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tapung Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406040) 1,365.9782,249101,524115,506Petapahan 2528464 14.01.12Tapung Hulu Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tapung Hulu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406041) 1,169.1569,47380,10887,091Sinama Nenek 1428466 14.01.11Tapung Hilir Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tapung Hilir Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406042) 1,013.5652,12357,76962,302Kota Garo 1628465 14.01.01Bangkinang Kota Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Bangkinang Kota Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406050) 177.1834,89937,24741,214Bangkinang (town) 4 (d)28411 - 28412 14.01.15Bangkinang (e) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Bangkinang Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406051) 253.5029,08733,80237,652Muara Uwai 9 (f)28463 14.01.02 Kampar Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kampar Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406060) 136.2844,54651,20656,858Air Tiris 18 (a)28461 14.01.17Kampa (g) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kampa Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406061) 173.0821,30323,95926,513Kampar (town) 928460 14.01.14Rumbio Jaya Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rumbio Jaya Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406062) 76.9215,17618,13820,301Teratak 728458 14.01.18Kampar Utara Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kampar Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406063) 79.8415,15718,05720,527Sawah 828469 14.01.03TambangBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tambang Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406070) 371.9452,63498,939102,252Sungai Pinang 1728468 14.01.06Siak Hulu (h) Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Siak Hulu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406080) 689.8085,881102,886103,970Pangkalan Baru 1228452 14.01.16Perhentian Raja Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Perhentian Raja Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1406081) 111.5415,40418,74422,046Pantai Raja 528462 Totals11,289.28688,204841,332922,846Pantai Raja 250
Notes: (a) including one kelurahan (the district administrative centre as named). (b) 2010 population included in that for XIII Koto Kampar, from which it was split.(c) formerly named Bangkinang Barat. (d) including 2 kelurahan - Bangkinang and Langgini. (e) also called Bangkinang Seberang. (f) including 2 kelurahan - Pasir Sialang and Pulau. (g) formerly named Kampar Timur. (h) including the south suburban desa of Pekanbaru city - Kubang Jaya (with 23,163 inhabitants as at mid 2024), Pandau Jaya (25,285), Tanah Merah (13,640) and Desa Baru (13,466).
Demography
The Census of Kampar Regency in 2010 recorded 688,204 persons, which consisted of 354,836 males and 333,368 females. The Census in 2020 recorded 841,332 persons, which consisted of 431,295 males and 410,037 females. Sex ratio (the ratio of the male population to the female population) thus was 105.2 in 2020. The official estimate in mid 2024 was 898,973 persons, comprising 459,172 males and 439,801 females. The Kampar population are Austronesian who often refer to themselves as Ughang Ocu, spread over most of Kampar region with Tribal Domo, Malay, Piliong / Piliang, Mandailiong, Putopang, Caniago, Kampai, Bendang, etc. In history, ethnicity, customs, and their culture is close to the Minangkabau society, particularly with the Limopuluah Luhak region. This happens because the new Kampar region apart from Minang since the Japanese colonial period in 1942.
According to his H.Takahashi in Japan and Eastern Asia, 1953, the Military Government Kaigun Kampar in Sumatra entered into Shio Riau region as part of a strategy of territorial defense military on the East coast of Sumatra. Furthermore, there are also little ethnic Malays who generally live in the border areas bordering East with Siak and Pelalawan. Followed by ethnic Javanese majority have settled in Kampar since the colonial period and independence through transmigration programs scattered centers of transmigration settlements. Similarly the Batak ethnic population was found in large enough quantities to work as laborers in the plantation sector and other services. Besides the significant number of migrants of other tribes from West Sumatra Minangkabau who made their living as traders and businessmen. The most densely populated district in mid 2024 was Kampar District with 408.75 inhabitants per km2, followed by Tambang District with 262.95 inhabitants per km2 and Rumbio Jaya District with 258.31 inhabitants per km2. The three most sparsely populated districts were Kampar Kiri Hulu with a density of only 9.09 inhabitants per km2, Kampar Kiri Hilir with 20.15 inhabitants per km2 and Koto Kampar Hulu with 31.25 inhabitants per km2.
Religion
Kampar Regency has a resident Muslim majority, with minorities of Protestants, Catholics, Buddhists, and Hindus. Islam accounts for nearly 90% of total religious adherents throughout the regency. Subsequent Christian religions are the second largest, accounting for 8.6%. Moslems were the highest in Siak Hulu District with as many as 63,511 people in 2010, although in general, all districts in Kampar have a Muslim majority. Jami Mosque of Air Tiris is one of the oldest mosques in Kampar Regency.
Economy