
Pagaralam is a city in South Sumatra, Indonesia. Before established as a definitive city, Pagaralam was an administrative city in Lahat Regency. It has an area of 633.66 km² and a population of 146,973 . Pagaralam is located on Bukit Barisan Mountains, on the feet of Mount Dempo, a volcano and the highest mountain in South Sumatra, 298 km southwest from the province capital city of Palembang and 60 km southwest of Lahat. The city is bounded by Bengkulu Province to the south, Jarai District to the north, Kota Agung District to the east and Tanjung Sakti District to the west. Pagaralam is the one of main supplier of vegetables in Palembang. Its location in the highland make the city is slightly cooler than much of the rest of South Sumatra cities, together with astounding landscape make the city as one of main tourist destination in South Sumatra and often visited by local tourists, especially from Palembang. Currently, the city is led by Ida Fitriati and Novirzah Djazuli as the mayor and vice-mayor of the city respectively.