Bandung Regency ( Kabupaten Bandung ) is an administrative landlocked regency located to the south, southeast, east and northeast of the city of Bandung . The northern parts of the Bandung Regency are effectively part of Greater Bandung (technically the whole of the Regency is within the Bandung Metropolitan Area ), with the southern third being less urbanized and jutting upwards from the Valley, though not as sharply as the mountain range to the immediate north of Bandung. The Regency is part of the Indonesian province of West Java , and is situated about 75 miles southeast of Jakarta . The town of Soreang is the regency seat .
7-425: The Regency was reduced in size as first Cimahi City (which became an independent city on 21 June 2001) and then West Bandung Regency (on 2 January 2007) were split off from the regency, resulting in a land area of 1,762.40 km. In the 2010 Census, the population of this residual area reached 3,178,543 after final adjustments, while the 2020 Census increased the total to 3,623,790; the official estimate as at mid 2023
14-589: The 2 kelurahan of Cibeunying and Padasuka. Bandung Regency is bordered by: Because of the mountainous nature of parts of the Bandung District, major landslides are a significant natural hazard for the people of the District. In February 2010, for example, over 15 people were killed in a large landslide in the Ciwidey area. Various local manufacturing activities take place in the District including
21-490: The 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 270 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan ), and its post code. Cimenyan, Cilrengkrang and Cileunyi Districts (which lie immediately to the north and east of the city) and Bojongsoang, Dayeuhkolot, Margahayu and Margaasih Districts (which lie immediately to
28-617: The Bandung Regency mainly is from Bandung. No major bus terminals, train stations or airports are located in the region. Traditional transport arrangements such as the delman horse passenger carriages are found in such places as the Banjaran Sub- district. To ease traffic jams in the Nagreg hill area close to Bandung, in 2011 the government completed part of the Nagreg ring road (5.4 km in length, 10 degrees in steepness, with
35-772: The following. Bandung regency has an impressive stadium, the best and well known in West Java Province, it is the Si Jalak Harupat stadium, the home base stadium for Persikab Bandung and Persib Bandung the two football teams from this region. A representative athletic track located in the town of Pangalengan. This area has a unique cuisine, such as Milk Caramels ( in Pangalengan ), Fresh Milk ( in Pangalengan ), Milk Snack ( in Pangalengan ), Bandrek ( in Ciwidey ), Borondong ( in Majalaya ) Transport to
42-415: The south of the city) are virtually extensions to the built-up area of Bandung. Notes: (a) including the urban kelurahan of Rancaekek Kencana. (b) comprising 5 kelurahan (Andir, Baleendah, Jelekong, Manggahang and Wargamekar) and 3 desa . (c) except Malakasari desa , which has a post code of 40258. (d) including the kelurahan of Sulaeman. (e) including the kelurahan of Pasawahan. (f) including
49-530: Was 3,721,111 - comprising 1,894,101 males and 1,827,010 females, for an average density of roughly 2,111.4 per square kilometre. It is the second most populous (after Bogor Regency ) of all the regencies of Indonesia . Bandung Regency's current regent is Dadang Supriatna, while Sahrul Gunawan is the vice regent. Bandung Regency is divided into thirty-one districts ( kecamatan ), encompassing 280 administrative villages ( desa and kelurahan ). The districts are listed below with their areas and their populations at
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