West Bandung Regency

West Bandung Regency
Kabupaten Bandung Barat
Regional transcription(s)
 • Sundaneseᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪
View of Kawah Ratu at Tangkuban Perahu
View of Kawah Ratu at Tangkuban Perahu
Coat of arms of West Bandung Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Wibawa Mukti Kerta Raharja
ᮝᮤᮘᮝ ᮙᮥᮊ᮪ᮒᮤ ᮊᮨᮁᮒ ᮛᮠᮁᮏ
Prestigious, joyous, fruitful, affluent
Location within West Java
Location within West Java
West Bandung Regency is located in Java
West Bandung Regency
West Bandung Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
West Bandung Regency is located in Indonesia
West Bandung Regency
West Bandung Regency
West Bandung Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°50′21″S 107°30′43″E / 6.8393°S 107.5119°E / -6.8393; 107.5119
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Java
Regency seatNgamprah
Government
 • RegentAde Zakir Hasim (acting)
 • Vice RegentVacant
Area
 • Total
1,287.41 km2 (497.07 sq mi)
Elevation
680 m (2,520 ft)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
 • Total
1,846,969
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 22
Websitebandungbaratkab.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. The entire regency is all part of the Bandung Metropolitan Area.

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 2023 was 1,859,636 - comprising 948,045 males and 911,591 females.[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 2023 (the latter rounded to the nearest 100 persons).[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 2023
Estimate		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
32.17.13 Rongga 112.64 51,521 60,666 63,000 8 40566
32.17.15 Gununghalu 155.47 68,442 79,175 81,800 9 40565
32.17.14 Sidangkerta 106.30 61,296 73,458 76,600 11 40563
32.17.11 Cililin 77.83 80,235 95,470 99,400 11 40567
32.17.10 Cihampelas 47.04 102,518 132,659 141,500 10 40562
32.17.12 Cipongkor 80.16 81,813 99,991 104,900 14 40564
Southern sector 579.44 445,825 541,419 567,200 63
32.17.09 Batujajar 31.11 114,254 107,835 113,600 7 40561
32.17.16 Saguling 51.58 (a) 33,820 35,600 6 40560
32.17.07 Cipatat 125.98 119,376 140,301 145,600 12 40554
32.17.08 Padalarang 51.63 155,534 181,359 187,700 10 40553
32.17.06 Ngamprah 35.65 154,166 177,690 183,300 11 40552
32.17.02 Parongpong 45.02 97,724 113,005 116,700 7 40559
32.17.01 Lembang 98.22 173,350 197,640 203,200 16 40391
32.17.03 Cisarua 55.63 66,826 79,154 82,300 8 40551
32.17.04 Cikalong Wetan 110.94 108,480 128,106 133,100 13 40556
32.17.05 Cipeundeuy 102.19 74,749 88,007 91,400 12 40558
Totals for Regency 1,287.41 1,506,448 1,788,336 1,859,636 165

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:

  • Lembang, northeasternmost district of this regency, is well known for fresh air.
  • Maribaya, east of Lembang, an area with fresh air and a waterfall.
  • Curug Cimahi, beautiful 85 metres waterfall located near Parongpong District, near Cihideung Village and Vila Istana Bunga, with 687 stairs to the waterfall. A location for the 10th leg of eco-tourism destination of US TV series, The Amazing Race 23.[5]
  • Ciwangun Indah Camp, a 22 hectares outbound area mainly for children is located in Colonel Masturi street, Ciwangun, Cihanjuang Rahayu, Parongpong. The location consists of a waterfall, a man-made pond, pines forest, tea plantation and strawberry field.[6]
  • Curug Kebul, the tallest waterfall among 7 waterfalls in Curug Malela area.
  • Curug Malela, a 70-meter wide and 50-meter tall waterfall at Manglid village, Cicadas desa, Rongga District, West Bandung Regency near Cianjur Regency consists of 5 waterfalls side by side and looked like a silky whitish curtain from afar,[7] 87 kilometres from Bandung, 4 hours using a motorcycle. The waterfall is known also as 'Mini Niagara' can be seen since 1 kilometre away from a musholla and the neareast waterfall can be reached from a parking area.
  • Karanghawu Vertical Cave, at Cidadap village, Padalarang District, near Ciburuy lake and 125 cliff, a 90 metres vertical cave with a natural bridge over it.
  • Orchid Forest Cikole, a beautiful orchid forest in the slope of Mount Tangkubanparahu.
  • Pawon Cave, at Cipatat, a pre-historic cave was used when Old Bandung Lake still existed.
  • Situ Lembang, a remote small man-made lake, located between 2 mountains, Mount Tangkubanparahu and Mount Burangrang, it has a tremendous natural scenery and unpolluted remote fresh air. The location is a training camp for the Army, so not everyone is able to access it every time.
  • Stone Garden, a hill near Padalarang which needs a lot of energy to climb. It is full of big stones or boulders, sometimes cloud through it and below the top of the hill, so the situation is like at Zhangjiajie Mountain in China.[8]
  • Waduk Saguling, a man-made lake formed by the Saguling Dam located in the centre of West Bandung Regency, also location of fishing activities. Located in the upper reaches of the Tarum River.
  • Waduk Cirata, a man-made lake and dam of Citarum River, located in Cipeundeuy District. Located between Waduk Saguling and Waduk Jatiluhur.
  • Situ Ciburuy, a small lake, located on the side of the state road connecting Cianjur and Bandung.
  • Situ Lembang, a small remote lake between Mount Burangrang and Mount Tangkubanparahu, special permission to enter needed because the location were under Indonesian Army.

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

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 :

  • Indofood (Food)
  • Otto (Medicine)
  • Ultrajaya (Beverage)

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Bandung Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3217)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Profil Hengky Kurniawan, Resmi Dilantik Jadi Bupati Bandung Barat" (in Indonesian). kompas. 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  5. ^ Brata Kusuma (March 17, 2014). "Chasing waterfalls: An easy weekend getaway to Curug Cimahi".
  6. ^ Ciwangun Indah Camp
  7. ^ "The Enchanting Miniature of Niagara". July 15, 2014.
  8. ^ Muhammad Haitami (September 10, 2014). "Ini Bukan Gunung Avatar di China, Tapi di Padalarang!".
  9. ^ Tourism Leading Sites
  10. ^ "Subhanallah...Inilah Masjid Yang Berdinding 2 Kalimat Syahadat". Retrieved August 11, 2013.