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Balaraja is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) within Tangerang Regency in the province of Banten, on Java, Indonesia. [ 2 ] It covers a land area of 32.30 km 2 , and had a population of 111,475 at the 2010 Census [ 3 ] and 119,409 at the 2020 Census; [ 4 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 124,129 - comprising 63,238 ...
Regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts.Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1]
This article is part of a series on: Subdivisions of Indonesia; Level 1; Provinces (provinsi or daerah istimewa) (GDP; GDP per capita; HDI; poverty rate); Island population)Level 2
Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten Province, Indonesia. It is located in the northwest of the island of Java.The current regent is Ahmed Zaki Iskandar. Though commonly misunderstood as being a part of Jakarta, Tangerang is actually outside Jakarta City but is part of Greater Jakarta (which is called Jabodetabek, Tangerang being the "ta" of the acronym).
The term kota (city) has been implemented to substitute kotamadya since the post-Suharto era in Indonesia. [10] Kota is headed by a mayor (walikota), who is directly elected via elections to serve for a five-year term, which can be renewed for one further five-year term. Each kota is divided further into districts, more commonly known as kecamatan.
The local district term kecamatan is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, with camat being the head. During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term district referred to kewedanan, a subdivision of a regency. Kewedanan itself was divided into kecamatan, which was translated as subdistrict (Dutch: onderdistrict). [7]
The kelurahan office of Gelora, Central Jakarta, Jakarta. Kelurahan is an urban village term primarily used in cities, but also tiny parts of regencies.It is commonly translated to English as subdistrict.
The planned extension of the toll road, Serpong–Balaraja Toll Road will also cross West BSD and link the city to Balaraja in Tangerang Regency and is set to open in June 2022. The Kunciran–Serpong Toll Road , part of the Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2 , also links the township to Tangerang , Depok and other metropolitan areas in Greater Jakarta.