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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority. [1] It is possible for a candidate to run uncontested , in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an " empty box " option.
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 ...
Pamulang is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) within the city of South Tangerang, in Banten Province on Java, Indonesia.The district covers an area of 28.74 km 2 and had a population of 286,270 at the 2010 Census [2] and 305,563 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 324,059.
The city's population was 298,224 at the Indonesia census of 2010. [9] The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 341,980. [ 1 ] As with other coastal cities in Indonesia, a large population of ethnic Chinese has flocked into the city as a result of long-term Chinese immigration since the 17th century.