Lembang is a town and administrative village of West Bandung Regency in the province of West Java in Java , Indonesia. The town has about 17,000 inhabitants (at census 2010). The population of the Lembang District was 173,350 at the 2010 Census.
20-606: Lembang is situated between 1,312 and 2,084 meters above sea level. Its highest point is on top of Tangkuban Perahu Mt . The temperature usually ranges between 17 and 24 degrees Celsius. Lembang means "dent" in Sundanese. Besides the tourism industry and agriculture, Lembang also has 69,000 dairy cow farmers who supply the Frisian Flag , Diamond, and Danone . Lembang has more than a dozen government centers of education and research and military bases. The Lembang Fault
40-447: A dam on the river Citarum and to build a large boat to cross the river, both before sunrise. Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical ogre-like creatures -buta hejo or green giant(s)- to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost completed and called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon believing that he had failed, kicked
60-568: A surface area of 83 km . The river makes up around 80 percent of the surface water available to the people who use it. Pollution has affected agriculture so much that farmers have sold their rice paddies for half their normal price. The river is heavily polluted by human activity ; about five million people live in its basin (the drainage area covers 6,929 km ). Textile factories in Bandung and Cimahi were major toxic waste contributors. More than 2,000 industries contaminate 5,020 sq miles of
80-532: Is 24 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2646 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 668 mm of rainfall, and the driest month is September, with 14 mm of rainfall. Three hydroelectric powerplant dams are installed along the Citarum: Saguling , Cirata , and Ir. H. Djuanda ( Jatiluhur ), all supplying
100-585: Is a popular tourist attraction where tourists hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs and boiling mud up close, and buy eggs cooked on the hot surface. Together with Mount Burangrang and Bukit Tunggul, it is a remnant of the ancient Mount Sunda after the plinian eruption caused the Caldera to collapse. In April 2005, the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised an alert, forbidding visitors from going up
120-634: Is also mentioned that the textile factory effluents are only tested on a very select number of parameters. It was thus also proposed in the documentary that a revisal of the textile industry guidelines could include more parameters such as sulphites and heavy metals . On December 5, 2008, the Asian Development Bank approved a $ 500 million loan for cleaning up the river, calling it the world's dirtiest. Environmentalists have observed that over 20,000 tons of waste and 340,000 tons of wastewater from those textile factories are disposed of into
140-404: Is an active geological fault with a slip rate of 2 millimeters per year that crosses Lembang city and runs 22 kilometers north of the Bandung basin, ranging from Mount Palasari to Cisarua . 700 years ago, earthquakes occurred at several points along the fault line and could potentially trigger up to a magnitude 7 quake. This potential quake could impact 8 million people who are currently living in
160-478: Is occurring from Mount Wayang through eight regencies and three cities for a distance of 180 kilometers. The target for the first three years is to collect 10.5 million cubic meters of sedimentation. In February 2018, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo launched a seven-year plan to clean up the whole river to achieve clean drinking-water status, ordering 7,000 regular soldiers to clean up allocated sections of
180-630: The Bandung Basin area and its surrounding area. 6°49′01″S 107°37′01″E / 6.817°S 107.617°E / -6.817; 107.617 This West Java location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tangkuban Perahu Tangkuban Perahu ( Tangkuban Parahu ) is a stratovolcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung , the provincial capital of West Java , Indonesia . It erupted in 1826, 1829, 1842, 1846, 1896, 1910, 1926, 1929, 1952, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1983, 2013 and 2019. It
200-626: The dam and the unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat. Citarum River The Citarum River (more correctly called the Tarum River, as the prefix "Ci" simply means "river") ( Sundanese : Walungan Citarum ) is the longest and largest river in West Java , Indonesia . It is the third longest river in Java , after Bengawan Solo and Brantas . It plays an important role in
220-566: The electricity for the Bandung and Greater Jakarta areas. The waters from these dams are also used to irrigate vast rice paddies in Karawang and Bekasi areas, making northern West Java lowlands one of the most productive rice farming areas. The Jatiluhur Dam with a 3 billion cubic metres storage capacity provides the largest reservoir in Indonesia. It forms a fresh-water lake with
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#1732771961034240-484: The life of the people of West Java. It has been noted for being considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world. In Indonesian history , the Citarum is linked with the 4th-century Tarumanagara kingdom, as the kingdom and the river shared the same etymology, derived from the word "tarum" ( Sundanese for indigo plant ). The earlier 4th-century BCE prehistoric Buni clay pottery-making culture flourished near
260-416: The previous 40,750 years. Studies of the tephra layers within three kilometres of the crater revealed that 21 were minor eruptions and the remaining were significant eruptions. The eruptions that occurred before approximately 10,000 years ago were magmatic / phreatomagmatic , and the ones that occurred after 10,000 years ago were phreatic . The volcano erupted as recently as 26 July 2019. On 2 August 2019,
280-491: The river daily. A result of this pollution has been the elimination of a significant part of the river's fish population estimated at 60% since 2008. In 2011, the Indonesian government began a river revitalization project, aiming to return the whole river to clean drinking water status. In November 2011, the river revitalization began, with an expected cost of Rp35 trillion ($ 4 billion) over 15 years. The revitalization
300-400: The river regularly. They have the power to block up outlets conveying polluted wastewater from factories into the river and are installing rubbish treatment and water treatment facilities. Problems include lack of money for continuing action, lack of coordination at the local level, bribes paid by factories to avoid change, and upstream soil erosion from deforestation that enhances the silting of
320-511: The river with lead , mercury , arsenic , and other toxins . According to the documentary Green Warriors Indonesia by Martin Boudot , some of the other toxins include sulphites , nonylphenol , Phthalates , PCB 180 , paranitrophenol , tributylphosphate . The documentary also mentions that the most dangerous pollution comes from the Indonesian textile industry (with many textile factories being part of Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia ). It
340-407: The river's mouth. Stone inscriptions, Chinese sources, and archaeological sites such as Batujaya and Cibuaya suggest that human habitation and civilization flourished in and around the river estuaries and river valleys as early as the 4th century and even earlier. The river flows in the northwest area of Java with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate . The annual average temperature in the area
360-516: The volcano experienced eight minor eruptions, and as a result, the place was closed down for visitors, but is open again. The name translates roughly to "upturning of (a) boat" or "upturned boat" in Sundanese , referring to the local legend of its creation. The story tells of "Dayang Sumbi", a beauty who lived in West Java. She cast away her son "Sangkuriang" for disobedience, and in her sadness
380-528: The volcano. "Sensors on the slopes of the two mountains - Anak Krakatoa on the southern tip of Sumatra Island and Tangkuban Perahu in Java - picked up an increase in volcanic activity and a build-up of gases, said government volcanologist Syamsul Rizal." On the mountain's northern flank is Death Valley, which derives its name from a frequent accumulation of poisonous gases. A study conducted in 2001 determined that Tangkuban Perahu had erupted at least 30 times in
400-450: Was granted the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two had forgotten and failed to recognise each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi, his mother, and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognise his birthmark just as he was about to go hunting wild boar. To prevent the marriage from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build
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