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Garut Regency is a Regency in the West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,065.19 km 2 (1,186.91 mi 2 ). Geographically, it lies between 6°57 ′ 34″ – 7°44 ′ 57″ South latitude and 107°24 ′ 34″ – 108°7 ′ 34″ East longitude.
On 25 October 2013, the People's Representative Council (DPR) began reviewing draft laws on the establishment of 57 prospective new regencies (and eight new provinces), [14] including a further three regencies in West Java – South Garut (Garut Selatan), North Sukabumi (Sukabumi Utara) and West Bogor (Bogor Barat) – but no action has ...
District in Indonesia is the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city (second-level) and province (first-level). According to the Act Number 23 of 2014, district is formed by the government of regency or city in order to improve the coordination of governance, public services, and empowerment of urban/rural villages . [ 18 ]
Garut was of importance even before World War II, being a hill station for the Dutch elite of the region. [3] The Danish writer Johannes V. Jensen accounted his visit to Garut in the short story Paa Java from 1915. [4] The legendary film star Charlie Chaplin is said to have visited Garut twice. He is reported to have visited in 1927 and 1935 ...
1 January – M 4.5 earthquake occurs 23 km (14 mi) north northeast of Lembang, West Java.Four hundred houses are damaged in Sumedang. [1] [2]5 January – Four people are killed and 37 injured in a train head-on collision between Turangga Train operated by Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) and Commuter Line Bandung Raya operated by KAI Commuter near Cicalengka, West Java.
Legislative elections were held across Indonesia's 38 provinces on 14 February 2024 to elect 2,372 members of the Provincial Regional House of Representatives (DPRD I) and 17,510 members of municipal legislatures (DPRD II). Eighteen political parties contested the election nationally, in addition to six regional parties contesting elections in ...
Cianjur Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia.The area of the regency is 3,503.75 km 2 and its population at the 2010 Census was 2,171,281; [3] the 2020 Census produced a total of 2,477,560 [4] and the official estimate published by the regency government as at mid 2023 was 2,535,002 (comprising 1,298,946 males and 1,236,056 females). [2]
After the independence of Indonesia in 1945, the terms bupati and kabupaten were applied throughout the archipelago to the administrative unit below the residency (karesidenan). In the Telaga Batu inscription, which was found in the village near Palembang and contains a worship of the king of Srivijaya, there may be the word bhupati.