Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. The current regent is H. Ismet Iskandar. It has an area of 959.6 km² and an official 2010 census count of 2,838,621.[1] Since 2000, it has lost territory as South Tangerang has split off on 29 October 2008. Though commonly misunderstood as being a part of Jakarta, it is actually part of Greater Jakarta called Jabotabek, being the "ta" of the acronym. Tigaraksa is the capital of the regency.
Tangerang Regency is bounded by Java Sea to the north, Jakarta, Tangerang City, South Tangerang to the east, and West Java and Lebak Regency to the south.
Tangerang Regency was subdivided into 36 subdistricts, which was furthermore divided into several villages and administrative villages before the latest split.
Tangerang Regency borders DKI Jakarta to the east, Serang Regency to the West.
[edit] Splitting
In 2008, seven districts in the southern part of Tangerang merged to form the South Tangerang municipality. They were Ciputat, East Ciputat, Pondok Aren, Pamulang, Serpong, North Serpong and Setu.
In October 2011, thirteen districts have expressed their intersest in splitting from the regency and made a new North Tangerang Regency. They are Sindang Jaya, Pasar Kemis, Kronjo, Mekar Baru, Kosambi, Teluknaga, Pakuhaji, Sepatan Timur, Sepatan, Sukadiri, Mauk, Rajeg and Kemiri.[2]
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