Bekasi Regency

Bekasi Regency is a regency of West Java Province, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the district of Central Cikarang. It is bordered by Jakarta Special Region and by Bekasi City to the west, by Bogor Regency to the south, by Karawang Regency to the east and by the Java Sea to the north.
This highly urbanised area has a land area of and contained 2,630,401 people at the 2010 Census and 3,113,017 at the 2020 Census, with an average density of. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 3,387,601, making it the fourth most populous regency in Indonesia after Bogor Regency, Bandung Regency and Tangerang Regency. The figures for Bekasi Regency exclude the area and population of the separate City of Bekasi, which lies between the Regency and Jakarta, and has been independent of the Regency since 16 December 1996.
The earliest evidence of the existence of Bekasi dates from the 5th century according to the Tugu inscription, which describes the name of two rivers that run through the city, i.e. Candrabhaga and Gomati and one of those rivers, i.e. Candrabhaga is the origin of the name Bekasi where the name Candrabhaga evolved into Bhagasasi due to the Sanskrit word candra which means moon evolved into Old Javanese word ‘sasi’ which also means moon and then the name Bhagasasi was misspelled as Bhagasi and then Dutch colonial government also misspelled the name Bhagasi as Bacassie and finally it became Bekasi.

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History

During the colonial era, Bekasi was dominated by particuliere landerijen which came under the rule of Landheeren. The landlords could impose taxation, tribute and force labor on the inhabitants of their private estates.
Among the most powerful gentry families in Bekasi was the Khouw family of Tamboen. They ruled their extensive landholdings from their country house, landhuis Tamboen.

Administrative districts

Bekasi Regency is divided into 23 districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2024. They are grouped in the table below to indicate the approximate position of the districts. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and their post codes.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District	Area in km²	Pop'n 2010 Census	Pop'n 2020 Census	Pop'n mid 2024 Estimate	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
32.16.18	Setu	54.57	111,670	173,656	180,705	Lubangbuaya	11	17320
32.16.21	Serang Baru	51.42	103,587	149,527	167,864	Sukasari	8	17330
32.16.22	Cibarusah	37.00	74,587	94,802	108,600	Cibarusakota	7	17340
32.16.23	Bojongmangu	50.18	25,033	27,821	31,383	Bojongmangu	6	17350 - 17356
	Southern sector	193.17	314,877	445,806	488,552		32
32.16.20	Cikarang Pusat	44.00	56,756	67,336	71,473	Sukamahi	6	17531
32.16.19	Cikarang Selatan	49.57	143,030	161,534	182,072	Sukadami	7	17532
32.16.11	Cikarang Timur	40.10	91,326	106,478	114,625	Jatibaru	8	17533
32.16.09	Cikarang Utara	36.43	230,563	228,937	249,228	Cikarangkota	11	17534
32.16.08	Cikarang Barat	53.94	211,578	205,333	229,951	Telaga Asih	11	17530
	Cikarang sector	223.14	733,253	769,618	837,469		43
32.16.07	Cibitung	35.79	195,566	242,557	276,183	Wanasari	7	17520
32.16.06	Tambun Selatan	37.12	417,008	431,038	450,469	Tambun	10	17510
32.16.05	Tambun Utara	29.67	137,099	194,405	209,212	Sriamur	8	17511
	Tambun sector	102.58	749,673	868,000	935,864		25
32.16.02	Babelan	59.41	209,564	270,050	277,112	Babelan Kota	9	17610
32.16.01	Tarumajaya	44.12	109,296	132,756	133,039	Pantai Makmur	8	17211 - 17218
32.16.17	Muaragembong	160.54	35,503	40,321	45,290	Pantaimekar	6	17730
32.16.03	Sukawangi	67.19	43,119	49,649	56,699	Sukawangi	7	17620
	Northern sector	331.26	397,482	492,776	512,140		30
32.16.16	Cabangbungin	47.79	47,844	55,488	62,664	Lenggahjaya	8	17720
32.16.13	Pebayuran	83.04	92,821	102,285	114,442	Kertasari	13	17710
32.16.14	Sukakarya	43.14	42,468	52,016	59,407	Sukakarya	7	17630
32.16.04	Tambelang	32.40	35,376	40,862	45,430	Sukarapih	7	17621
32.16.15	Sukatani	34.38	70,299	93,491	109,028	Sukamulya	7	17631
32.16.10	Karangbahagia	38.55	90,654	123,238	141,677	Karangbahagia	8	17535
32.16.12	Kedungwaringin	28.28	55,654	69,437	80,928	Kedungwaringin	7	17540
	Eastern sector	307.58	435,116	536,817	613,576		64
	Total Regency	1,157.73	2,630,401	3,113,017	3,387,601		187

Notes: includes the kelurahan of Sertajaya. includes the kelurahan of Telaga Asih. includes the kelurahan of Wanasari.
includes the kelurahan of Jatimulya. includes the two kelurahan of Bahagia and Kebalen. includes the kelurahan of Setia Asih.

List of companies

Cikarang Pusat (Central Cikarang) District

PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor

Cibitung District

Jababeka

EJIP

Omron
MEI
Haier
Musashi
AISIN

BIIE

LG Innotek Indonesia
Enkei
Sanoh

Newton Techno Park

Guna Era
Fata Metal
Matahari Alka
PPA
Takita