Curup

Curup (Rejang: Cu'up) is the regency seat and also an administrative district of Rejang Lebong Regency, part of the Indonesian Province of Bengkulu on Sumatra island. The district (kecamatan) has an area of 5.21 km², consisting of nine administrative villages with 26,971 residents at the 2020 Census, rising to 27,017 in the official estimates as of mid 2021, but dropping slightly to 26,762 as of mid 2024. It is the centre of an urban area ("Greater Curup") which had 135,443 inhabitants as at mid 2024. Curup is largely known as the main producing area of rice, vegetables, and especially coffee in Bengkulu, whose harvests are sent to Palembang, Jambi, Padang, Lampung and Jakarta.