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Cikampek | |
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| Coordinates: 6°25′2″S107°25′58″E / 6.41722°S 107.43278°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Java |
| Regency | Karawang Regency |
| Time zone | +7 |
Cikampek is a subdistrict of Karawang Regency, West Java, Indonesia and is divided into 10 administrative villages (kelurahan). The distance from Cikampek to Karawang city is 21 miles (34 km).
Cikampek is situated in an area where many routes pass through from Jakarta to Central Java and East Java, including railway stations linking the cities of Jakarta, Bandung and Cirebon by rail, and is a main intersection of routes between the three cities.
Cikampek has two railway stations:
Public transport routes:
Cikampek is also the name of a toll road that links the subdistrict to Jakarta and two other toll roads connect Cikampek to other cities in Java:
The distance from Cikampek to the North Coast of West Java is 19 miles (30 km).
Cikampek's main sources of income are industry, agriculture and trade and the city is known as the center of trade and industry in the Karawang Regency. The people of Cikampek are predominantly merchants, factory workers and civil servants, or work in the private sector. There are at least 4 major industrial areas in the subdistrict:
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