Bandung Regency


Bandung Regency is an administrative landlocked regency located to the south, southeast, east and northeast of the city of Bandung. The northern parts of the Bandung Regency are effectively part of Greater Bandung, with the southern third being less urbanized and jutting upwards from the Valley, though not as sharply as the mountain range to the immediate north of Bandung. The Regency is part of the Indonesian province of West Java, and is situated about 75 miles southeast of Jakarta. The town of Soreang is the regency seat.
The Regency was reduced in size as first Cimahi City and then West Bandung Regency were split off from the regency, resulting in a land area of 1,734.59 km2. In the 2010 Census, the population of this residual area reached 3,178,543 after final adjustments, while the 2020 Census increased the total to 3,623,790; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 3,873,653, for an average density of roughly 2,233 per square kilometre. It is the second most populous of all the regencies of Indonesia.

Administration

Bandung Regency's current regent is Dadang Supriatna, while Sahrul Gunawan is the vice regent.

Administrative districts

Bandung Regency is divided into thirty-one districts, encompassing 280 administrative villages. The districts are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. For ease of reference, they are grouped below into five geographical sectors. The districts each have the same name as the town that is its administrative centre. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its post code.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District

Neighbouring administrations

Bandung Regency is bordered by:
  • North = West Bandung Regency, Cimahi city, Bandung city, Subang Regency, Sumedang Regency.
  • East = Sumedang Regency, Garut Regency.
  • South = Garut Regency, Cianjur Regency.
  • West = Cianjur Regency, West Bandung Regency.

    Nature reserves

  • Mount Tilu in Pangalengan and Pasirjambu.
  • Patengan in Rancabali.
  • Malabar in Pangalengan.
  • Mount Patuha in Rancabali and Pasirjambu with the Kawah Putih tourist site.
  • Situ Cisanti in Kertasari

    Mountains and volcanoes

  • Mount Tilu in Pangalengan.
  • Mount Waringin in Pasirjambu and Pangalengan.
  • Malabar Mountain, Besar Peak in Pangalengan, Puntang Peak in Cimaung, Haruman Peak in Pangalengan and Cimaung, Malabar Peak in Pacet, and also several peaks in Pangalengan, Cimaung, Banjaran, and Pacet.
  • Mount Riung Gunung in Pangalengan.
  • Mount Maud in Pasirjambu.
  • Mount Kendang in Kertasari.
  • Mount Bedil in Pangalengan.
  • Mount Kencana in Pangalengan.
  • Mount Mandalawangi in Rancabali and Ciwidey.
  • Mount Kendeng, stratovolcano west of Rancabali and east of Sukanagara :id:Sukanagara, Cianjur| in Cianjur Regency
  • Mount Patuha volcano in Rancabali and Pasirjambu with Kawah Putih crater nearby.
  • Wayang volcano in Pangalengan and Kertasari.
  • Windu volcano in Pangalengan.
  • Manglayang volcano in Cimenyan and Cikacung.
  • Kawah Ciwidey volcano in Pasirjambu.
  • Papandayan volcano in Kertasari.
  • Kamojang volcano in Ibun.
Because of the mountainous nature of parts of the Bandung Regency, major landslides are a significant natural hazard for the people of the area. In February 2010, for example, over 15 people were killed in a large landslide in the Ciwidey area.

Industry

Various local manufacturing activities take place in the Regency including the following.
  • KPBS, Koperasi Peternakan Bandung Selatan
  • Asia Sport
  • Ceres
  • PanAsia Indosyntec
  • Polyfin
  • PT Mitra Rajawali Banjaran received the 2010 ASEAN Business Development Award for best quality. The factory produces around 18.7 million condoms a year, 65 percent of which are for export

    Sport

Bandung Regency has an impressive stadium, the best and well known in West Java Province, it is the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, the home base stadium for Persikab Bandung and Persib Bandung - the two football teams from this region. A representative athletic track located in the town of Pangalengan.

Cuisine

This area has a unique cuisine, such as Milk Caramels, Fresh Milk, Milk Snack, Bandrek, Borondong

Transport

Transport to the Bandung Regency mainly is from Bandung. No major bus terminals, train stations or airports are located in the region. Traditional transport arrangements such as the Delman horse passenger carriages are found in such places as the Banjaran District.

Nagreg Ring Road

To ease traffic jams in the Nagreg hill area close to Bandung, in 2011 the government completed part of the Nagreg ring road at a cost of Rp.90 billion. The ring road will serve vehicles from travelling from south to north and can be used during Eid ul-Fitr 2011. Traffic from north to south will still use the old road.