Cibinong


Cibinong is a large town and an administrative district in Bogor Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia which serves as the Regency's administrative seat - not to be confused with the district of the same name in Cianjur Regency. The town is located immediately due south of the city of Depok, which itself lies just south of Jakarta, with both Depok and Cibinong being part of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area. The town and district are named after the Binong River. Cibinong District covers a land area of 44.27 km2, and had 326,519 inhabitants at the 2010 Census and 363,424 inhabitants at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 379,786 (comprising 190,790 males and 188,996 females

Food and culture

Cuisine specialities of Cibinong include laksa cibinong and Mie ayam due to the strong influence of Chinese community. Laksa is a spicy noodle soup from the Peranakan culture. Laksa Cibinong is a kind of thick yellowish coconut milk based soup, produced by a mixture of some spices, and it is served with bean sprout, rice vermicelli, hard-boiled eggs, cooked shredded chicken, fried shallots and Indonesian lemon-basil leaves. Sometime they are also served with rice cake. Mie ayam is easily found everywhere, as a cheap food for factory workers and school students. There are basically two preparation styles, one is more Indonesian in style, and the other one is more Chinese. Most of the places offers, in addition to noddle, kwetiau or bihun.
Chinese Peranakan culture can be seen at the Chinese Temple Ho Tek Bio near Cibinong market, during Imlek or Chinese New Year. Near the market, in front of the lake, there is a Chinese cemetery compound.

Administrative divisions

Cibinong District is divided into thirteen administrative urban communities, listed below with their areas and their populations as at mid 2024, together with their postcodes.
Kode
Wilayah
Name of
kelurahan
Area
in
km2
Population
mid 2024
estimate
Post
code
32.01.01.1002Karadenan4.0437,51616913
32.01.01.1004Nanggewer3.9136,881316912
32.01.01.1005Nanggewer Mekar2.5316,72716912
32.01.01.1006Cibinong 4.7129,12116911
32.01.01.1007Pakansari5.0237,83916915
32.01.01.1008Tengah3.2631,94516914
32.01.01.1009Sukahati4.6916,33816913
32.01.01.1001Pondok Rajeg2.7618,98216914
32.01.01.1003Harapan Jaya2.830,22416914
32.01.01.1012Pabuaran3.1851,56916916
32.01.01.1011Cirimekar1.7213,96716917
32.01.01.1010Ciriung3.7232,90816918
32.01.01.1013Pabuaran Mekar1.9225,76916916
32.01.01Totals44.27379,786-

Climate

Cibinong has a tropical rainforest climate with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.