Bandung Regency

Kabupaten Bandung
Kabupaten Bandung
	— Regency —
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	Motto: Repeh rapih kerta raharja
	Bandung Regency next to Bandung City in West Java
	Coordinates: 7°01′S 107°31′E / 7.017°S 107.517°ECoordinates: 7°01′S 107°31′E / 7.017°S 107.517°E
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Java
	Government
• Regent	Dadang Naser
	Area
• Total	3,041 km2 (1,174 sq mi)
Elevation	800 m (2,520 ft)
	Population
• Total	3,000,000
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Website	www.bandungkab.go.id

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Bandung Regency (Kabupaten Bandung, often referred to as the Bandung District) is an administrative district located to the south, southeast and east of the city of Bandung. Parts of the Bandung Regency are effectively part of the Bandung Metropolitan Area. The Regency is part of the Indonesian province of West Java, about 75 miles south of Jakarta. Soreang is the capital of the regency.

It occupied an area of 2,000 km² and 4,134,500 people in 2005, with a density of 2,066 people/km².^[1] before it split off West Bandung Regency. For the Hasil Survei Sosial Ekonomi Daerah 2007 after the split, 3,038,038 was the population.

[edit] Administration

Bandung Regency current regent is H. Obar Subarna.

Lists of sub-districts (Kecamatan) of Bandung regency :

Arjasari
Bale Endah
Banjaran
Bojongsoang
Cicalengka
Cikancung
Cileunyi
Cimaung
Cimenyan
Ciparay
Ciwidey
Dayeuhkolot
Ibun
Katapang
Kertasari
Majalaya
Margahayu
Nagreg
Pacet
Pangalengan
Paseh
Pasir Jambu
Rancabali
Rancaekek
Solokan Jeruk
Soreang

Borders

North = Bandung Barat Regency, Cimahi city, Bandung city, Subang Regency, Sumedang Regency.
East = Sumedang Regency, Garut Regency.
South = Garut Regency, Cianjur Regency.
West = Cianjur Regency, West Bandung Regency.

[edit] Nature Reserves in Bandung Regency

Mount Tilu (Nature Reserve) in Pangalengan and Pasirjambu.
Patengan (Nature Reserve) in Rancabali.
Malabar (Nature Reserve) in Pangalengan.
Mount Patuha (Nature Reserve) in Rancabali and Pasirjambu with the Kawah Putih tourist site.

[edit] Mountains and Volcanoes in the Bandung Regency

Mount Tilu in Pangalengan.
Mount Waringin in Pasirjambu and Pangalengan.
Malabar Mountain, Besar Peak in Pangalengan, Puntang Peak in Cimaung, Haruman Peak in Pangalengan and Cimaung, Malabar Peak in Pacet, and also several peaks in Pangalengan, Cimaung, Banjaran, and Pacet.
Mount Riung Gunung in Pangalengan.
Mount Maud in Pasirjambu.
Mount Kendang in Kertasari.
Mount Bedil in Pangalengan.
Mount Kencana in Pangalengan.
Mount Mandalawangi in Rancabali and Ciwidey.
Mount Patuha volcano in Rancabali and Pasirjambu with Kawah Putih crater nearby.
Wayang volcano in Pangalengan and Kertasari.
Windu volcano in Pangalengan.
Manglayang volcano in Cimenyan and Cikacung.
Kawah Ciwidey volcano in Pasirjambu.
Papandayan volcano in Kertasari.
Kamojang volcano in Ibun.

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 Ciwedey area.^[2]

[edit] Industry

Various local manufacturing activities take place in the District including the following.

KPBS, Koperasi Peternakan Bandung Selatan (milk producer) (Pangalengan)
Asia Sport (Apparel) (Katapang)
Ceres (Chocolate) (Dayeuhkolot)
PanAsia Indosyntec (Textiles) (Dayeuhkolot)
Polyfin (Cileunyi)
PT Mitra Rajawali Banjaran (Condoms) (Banjaran) received the 2010 ASEAN Business Development Award for best quality. The factory produces around 18.7 million condoms a year, 65 percent of which are for export^[3]

[edit] Sport

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 and Pelita Jaya Jawa Barat the two football team from this region. A representative athletic track located in the town of Pangalengan.

[edit] Cuisine

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)

[edit] Transport

Transport to 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.

[edit] Nagreg Ring Road

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 a 400 meters semi-tunnel) at a cost of Rp.90 billion (around $US 10.6 million). The ring road will serve vehicles from travelling from south to north and can be used during Eid ul-Fitr 2011. Traffice from north to south will still use the old road.^[4]