Tabanan Regency

Tabanan
—  Regency  —
Location of Tabanan
Coordinates: 8°33′4.13″S 115°7′17.81″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Bali
Capital	Denpasar
Government
• Regent
Area
• Total	839.33 km2 (324.07 sq mi)
Population (2000)
• Total	386,850
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Website	www.tabanankab.go.id

Pacung mountain resort

Dutch cavalry in front of the Royal Palace at Tabanan during the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906).

Tabanan is a regency (kabupaten) of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 839.33 km² and population of 386,850 (2000). Its regency seat is Tabanan.

Subdistricts (Kecamatan)

• Kediri
• Marga
• Baturiti
• Kerambitan
• Selemadeg
• West Selemadeg
• East Selemadeg
• Pupuan
• Penebel

Jatiluwih

Jatiluwih village in Penebel, north of Tabanan has paddy fields following the contours of terraced land against the background of spellbinding Mount Batukaru and Mount Agung use traditional Balinese irrigation known as subak, Bali's community-based water control management system. Lies at an altitude of 700 meters, the cool atmosphere of more original beautiful Jatiluwih is better than the most well known Tegallalang which has plenty of cafes and souvenir shops. Two routes to Jatiluwih are Denpasar>Kediri>Tabanan>Penebel>Jatiluwih or Denpasar>Mengwi>Baturiti>Jatiluwih.

External links

Tabanan travel guide from Wikitravel

• (Indonesian) Official site