[4] One of the largest rivers in the province, it is primarily utilized by locals as a source of irrigation with little use as a waterway.

[5] Around the 1750s, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) competed with the British Empire and the more local Palembangese for influence in Lampung, particularly in the pepper trade.

[6] It was not until the mid-1800s when the Dutch East Indies managed to subjugate the locals and established formal administration over the banks.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the banks of Tulang Bawang and its tributaries were settled by about 30,000 people, in comparison to the relatively unpopulated regions further away from the rivers.

The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.