West Bandung Regency

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West Bandung Regency
Kabupaten Bandung Barat
Regional transcription(s)
 •  Sundanese ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪
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Malela Falls
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Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Wibawa Mukti Kerta Raharja
ᮝᮤᮘᮝ ᮙᮥᮊ᮪ᮒᮤ ᮊᮨᮁᮒ ᮛᮠᮁᮏ
Prestigious, joyous, fruitful, affluent
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Location within West Java
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West Bandung Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
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West Bandung Regency
West Bandung Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°50′21″S107°30′43″E / 6.8393°S 107.5119°E / -6.8393; 107.5119
Country Indonesia
Province West Java
Government
 • RegentHengky Kurniawan
Area
 • Total1,287.41 km2 (497.07 sq mi)
Elevation
680 m (2,520 ft)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)
 • Total1,846,969
  [1]
Time zone UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code (+62) 22
Website bandungbaratkab.go.id

West Bandung Regency (Kabupaten Bandung Barat) is a landlocked regency of West Java. It was established on 2 January 2007, having been formerly part of Bandung Regency. The capital of this new regency is Ngamprah, an industrial district on the west side of Bandung. It is all part of the Bandung Metropolitan Area.

Contents

The area of the regency is 1,287.41 km2 and the population was 1,506,448 at the 2010 Census [2] and 1,788,336 at the 2020 Census. [3] The official estimate as at mid 2022 was 1,846,969. [1]

History

The idea of dividing Bandung Regency into two separate regencies originated in 1999, based on a proposal from the current regent (H.U. Hatta Djati Permana) for the parliament to consider and approve the idea of splitting off the western part of the existing Bandung Regency. Before the split-off was successfully completed, the Bandung suburb of Cimahi (an area consisting of three districts, which used to be part of Bandung Regency) had been promoted in 2001 to become an autonomous city. After Cimahi became an autonomous administration, the request to split off the western portion of Bandung Regency as a separate regency grew.

Finally in 2006, the government of Indonesia approved the proposal to separate the western part of Bandung Regency to become a separate regency, the West Bandung Regency. On its birth on 2 January 2007, this new regency in West Java were headed by an appointed acting regent H. Tjatja Kuswara (an officer from West Java provincial government) until April 2008, when the first direct election of West Bandung Regency Regent was held, with H. Abubakar and H. Agus Yasmin as the contestants; H. Abubakar with his running mate Ernawan Natasaputra won the election and became the Regent and Vice-Regent of West Bandung Regency.

Administration

West Bandung Regent currently is Hengky Kurniawan. [4]

Administrative Districts

At the time of the 2010 Census, West Bandung Regency was divided into fifteen districts (kecamatan), but in October 2011 a sixteenth district (Saguling) was created by the division of the existing Batujajar District. Parongpong and Lembang Districts lie immediately north of Bandung city, and contain many suburbs of the city. The districts (which each bears the name of the town which is its administrative centre) are all listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and the 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. [1] The districts each have the same name as the town that is its administrative centre. The table also includes the number of administrative villages in each district (all 165 classed as rural desa), and its post code(s).

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
(kecamatan		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
2010
Census		Pop'n
2020
Census		Pop'n
mid 2022
Estimate		No.
of
villages		Post
code
32.17.13Rongga112.6451,52160,66662,579840566
32.17.15Gununghalu155.4768,44279,17581,392940565
32.17.14Sidangkerta106.3061,29673,45876,0331140563
32.17.11Cililin77.8380,23595,47098,6801140567
32.17.10Cihampelas47.04102,518132,659139,3641040562
32.17.12Cipongkor80.1681,81399,991103,8911440564
Southern sector579.44445,825541,419561,93963
32.17.09Batujajar31.11114,254107,835112,352740561
32.17.16Saguling51.58(a)33,82035,237640560
32.17.07Cipatat125.98119,376140,301144,6731240554
32.17.08 Padalarang 51.63155,534181,359186,7241040553
32.17.06Ngamprah35.65154,166177,690182,5361140552
32.17.02Parongpong45.0297,724113,005116,161740559
32.17.01 Lembang 98.22173,350197,640202,6031640391
32.17.03Cisarua55.6366,82679,15481,744840551
32.17.04 Cikalong Wetan 110.94108,480128,106132,2201340556
32.17.05Cipeundeuy102.1974,74988,00790,7801240558
Totals for Regency1,287.411,506,4481,788,3361,845,969165

Note: (a) the 2010 population figure for the new Saguling District is included in the figure given for the Batujajar District, from which it was split off in 2011.

Tourism

Tourist destinations are:

Bandung Regency Administration will build information centres at their leading sites, Maribaya, Situ Ciburuy and Pawon Cave. [9]

Floating Market Lembang - including selfie alays (27126485005).jpg
Floating market in Lembang where local foods, snacks and items like clothing are carried by sellers on boats.

Al Irsyad Mosque

The unique Al Irsyad Mosque received the fifth place award in the Building Of The Year 2010, and is located in Kota Baru Parahyangan with a capacity of 1,500 people. The mosque is box-shaped like the Ka'bah with grey colour, but it has many holes on its walls for ventilation and makes 2 sentences of shahada. [10]

Industry

Several industries are located in this area :

Transport

West Bandung Regency position is between Jakarta and Bandung city. It is the place where 2 main state road (Jakarta-Puncak/Sukabumi-Bandung) and (Jakarta-Purwakarta-Bandung) and 2 railroad route (Jakarta-Bandung) and (Cianjur-Bandung) were merged. It also has a connection to other cities using the Jakarta-Bandung intercity highway, with its Padalarang Toll Gate.

It also has a major train station, the Padalarang railway station, where several economy-class intercity and domestic trains stop.

See also

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