Karawang Regency

Karawang Regency Kabupaten Karawang
Regency
Other transcription(s)
• Sundanese	ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮊᮛᮝᮀ
Batujaya Temple
Coat of arms
Motto:  Interasih (Indah Tertib Aman Bersih)
Location within West Java
Karawang Regency Location in Java and Indonesia Karawang Regency Karawang Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°18′07″S 107°18′17″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Java
Government
• Regent	Aep Syaepuloh
• Vice Regent	Vacant
Area
• Total	1,911.09 km2 (737.88 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 official estimate)
• Total	2,526,002
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Area code(s)	(+62)267, (+62)264
Website	karawangkab.go.id

Karawang Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia. The town of Karawang is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,911.09 km² and had a population of 2,127,791 people at the 2010 Census, which grew to 2,361,019 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate for mid-2023 was 2,526,002 - comprising 1,277,610 males and 1,248,392 females. The regency borders Bekasi and Bogor Regencies in the west, the Java Sea in the north, Subang Regency in the east, Purwakarta Regency in the southeast, and Cianjur Regency in the south. The regency lies on the eastern outskirts of Metropolitan Jakarta, just outside the Jabodetabek region, and is the site of considerable industrial activity (like factories).

The area continues to grow which marked the establishment of new factories by domestic and multinational companies in industrial areas. However, due to ever-expanding Jakarta (primarily from the eastward expansion of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and the Cikopo-Palimanan Toll Road), it has seen a heavy influx of housing developments as well as a surge of people.

Administrative districts

Karawang Regency is divided into thirty districts (kecamatan) comprising 309 administrative villages (desa and Kelurahan). The districts are listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimate for mid-2023. The table includes the locations of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 297 rural desa and 12 urban kelurahan - for which latter please see West Karawang and East Karawang), and its postal code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (kecamatan)	Area in km2	Pop'n 2010 Census	Pop'n 2020 Census	Pop'n mid 2023 Estimate	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
32.15.02	Pangkalan	97.38	35,245	38,408	42,261	Ciptasari	8	41362
32.15.28	Tegalwaru	109.45	34,154	37,626	40,295	Cintalaksana	9	41364
32.15.04	Ciampel	117.63	39,340	44,104	45,394	Kutapohaci	7	41363
32.15.03	Telukjambe Timur East Telukjambe)	45.86	126,616	135,914	135,361	Telukjambe	9	41360
32.15.27	Telukjambe Barat (West Telukjambe)	66.63	48,803	54,957	57,278	Karangmulya	10	41361
32.15.05	Klari	72.76	155,336	181,111	208,293	Duren	13	41371
32.15.13	Cikampek	38.71	107,020	115,369	122,873	Dawuan Tengah	10	41373
32.15.29	Purwasari	31.58	63,274	75,934	85,212	Sukasari	8	41377
32.15.16	Tirtamulya	46.60	44,274	49,599	51,620	Citarik	10	41372
32.15.14	Jatisari	54.85	72,003	78,565	82,937	Mekarsari	14	41375
32.15.24	Banyusari	55.30	51,012	55,425	57,628	Gembongan	12	41374
32.15.25	Kotabaru	33.56	119,710	131,136	142,390	Wancimekar	9	41376
32.15.15	Cilamaya Wetan	77.95	75,318	78,279	81,667	Mekarmaya	12	41386
32.15.23	Cilamaya Kulon	66.74	59,780	64,566	67,709	Sukamulya	12	41384
32.15.19	Lemahabang	54.22	60,758	64,711	67,645	Karangtanjung	11	41383
32.15.17	Telagasari	53.47	60,163	68,183	71,256	Talagasari	14	41381
32.15.21	Majalaya	33.04	44,016	64,557	84,001	Majalaya	7	41370
32.15.26	Karawang Timur (East Karawang)	31.22	118,001	146,326	162,884	Adiarsa Timur (East Adiarsa)	8	41313 & 41314
32.15.01	Karawang Barat (West Karawang)	38.76	155,471	161,554	166,906	Tanjungmekar	8	41311 & 41312 42315 & 41316
32.15.18	Rawamerta	51.56	48,657	53,608	55,618	Sukamerta	13	41382
32.15.20	Tempuran	93.15	58,608	64,976	66,790	Pancakarya	14	41385
32.15.07	Kutawaluya	55.60	53,741	59,086	62,551	Waluya	12	41358
32.15.06	Rengasdengklok	36.59	104,494	109,718	119,195	Rengasdengklok Selatan (South Rengasdengklok)	9	41352
32.15.22	Jayakerta	41.24	59,929	65,557	69,343	Jayamakmur	8	41351
32.15.10	Pedes	69.63	70,168	78,187	81,334	Payungsari	12	41353
32.15.30	Cilebar	69.28	39,421	43,494	46,438	Kertamukti	10	41350
32.15.11	Cibuaya	112.35	48,660	52,050	54,630	Pejaten	11	41356
32.15.09	Tirtajaya	110.63	61,919	70,166	72,229	Sabajaya	11	41357
32.15.08	Batujaya	78.38	75,336	77,966	82,369	Batujaya	10	41354
32.15.12	Pakisjaya	65.81	36,564	39,887	41,895	Tanjungbungin	8	41355
	Totals	1,911.09	2,127,791	2,361,019	2,526,002	Karawang	309

The 12 urban villages (kelurahan) comprise all 8 villages in Karawang Barat District (Adiarsa Barat, Karangpawitan, Karawang Kulon, Mekarjati, Nagasari, Tanjungmekar, Tanjungpura and Tunggakjati), plus 4 (out of 8 villages) in Karawang Timur District (Adiarsa Timur, Karawang Wetan, Palumbonsari and Plawad).

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History

On 9 December 1947, a massacre was carried out in Rawagede (now located in the village of Balongsari, Rawamerta, Karawang), between Karawang and Bekasi, by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. A total of 431 residents became victims of this massacre.

Culture

Karawang dancers on stilts

Topography

Most of Karawang Regency consists of a broad coastal plain; it lies on the northern coast of Java and is the result of the deposition of sedimentary rocks formed by loose materials, especially marine sediments and volcanic alluvium. While in the middle of the regency are hills mostly formed by sedimentary rocks, in the south there is a mountain (Sanggabuana) with a height of about 1,291 metres above sea level. The regency is roughly equidistant from Jakarta and Bandung, and the two metropolitan areas have a combined home population of over 40 million people.

Demography

The estimated population in mid-2023 was 2,526,002 comprising 1,277,610 males and 1,248,392 females. The general population is ethnically Sundanese, with Islam adherents comprising 98.17% of the population according to the 2010 census.

Sport

The football club Persika Karawang, which plays in Liga 2, is based in Karawang's Singaperbangsa Stadium. The city had also hosted the Madura United F.C. between 2010 and 2012 when it was known as Pelita Jaya Karawang.

Industrial estates

Currently, according to the data of the Indonesian Industrial Zone Association (HKI), there are at least nine major industrial areas, namely Karawang New Industry City (KNIC), Karawang International Industrial City (KIIC), Bukit Indah City, Surya Cipta Industrial Area, Karawang Jabar Industrial Estate, Podomoro Industrial Park, Kujang Industrial Area, Karawang Mitrakarawang Industry, GT Tech Park Karawang, and Artha Industrial Hill.

New airport

A new main airport for Greater Jakarta and the heavily populated surrounding area was planned for bids in 2014; the site is located within the regency (in Ciampel and Pangkalan districts), to provide relief to severely congested Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the nation's largest gateway, as well as overloaded Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung. The new airport is expected to have space for 4 long runways 2,136 by 19 metres (7,008 ft × 62 ft) and 2 jumbo terminals. The current airport takes up some 18 square kilometers of land, in all likelihood a similar allocation of land will be required.

Transportation

Trans-Java main rail line runs across the central part of the Regency, with a stop at Karawang Station. Likewise, Jakarta's main airport is also mulled for the regency. The Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road runs through the regency, connecting to the Cipularang Toll Road which goes to Purwakarta and Bandung. This district is also crossed by the fast Jakarta-Bandung train line.

Karawang adipati (regents) during the Mataram and colonial periods

1. Prince Singaperbangsa (1633-1677), under the title Adipati Kertabumi III
2. Raden Anom Wirasuta (1677-1721), son of Singaperbangsa
3. Raden Jayanegara (1721-1731), son of Wirasuta, under the title Adipati Panatayuda II
4. Raden Singanegara (1752-1786), son of Jayanegara, under the title Adipati Panatayuda IV
5. Raden Singasari (1786-1809), son-in-law of Singanegara, under the title Raden Adipati Aria Singasari
6. Raden Aria Sastradipura (1809-1811), son of Singanegara
7. Raden Adipati Suryalaga (1811-1813), eldest son of Raden Adipati Suryalaga, adipati of Sumedang
8. Raden Aria Sastradipura (1811-1820), son of Singanegara
9. Raden Adipati Suryanata (1821-1829), son-in-law of Sastradipura
10. Raden Adipati Suryawinata (1829-1849), younger brother of Suryanata
11. Raden Muhammad Enoh (1849-1854), under the title Raden Sastranegara
12. Raden Adipati Sumadipura (1854-1863), son of Sastradipura, under the title Raden Tumenggung Aria Sastradiningrat I, builds the pendopo (regent palace) and the Grand Mosque of Purwakarta
13. Raden Adikusumah (1883-1886), under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat II
14. Raden Surya Kusumah (1886-1911), son of Adikusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III
15. Raden Tumenggung Aria Gandanagara (1911-1925), younger brother of Surya Kusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III
16. Raden Adipati Aria Suryamiharja (1925-1942)
17. Raden Panduwinata (1942-1945), under the title Raden Kanjeng Pandu Suriadiningrat, last bupati to reside in Purwakarta, moves to Subang.

External links

Media related to Karawang Regency at Wikimedia Commons