Jonggol


Jonggol is a town and an administrative district in the Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia. The town is located 50 km to the southeast of Jakarta. The district is part of the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area, and is situated within the Bekasi river basin. It covers a land area of 118.86 km2, and had a population of 122,697 at the 2010 Census and 143,512 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 155,396. The district centre is at the town of Jonggol, and the district is sub-divided into 14 villages, all sharing the postcode of 16830, as listed below with their areas and populations as at mid 2024. Besides being a district, Jonggol is now the centre of a vast tourist area in the southeast of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area which includes several neighbouring districts - Sukamakmur, Cariu, Tanjungsari, Cileungsi, and Klapanunggal.
Kode
Wilayah
Name of
kelurahan
or desa
Area
in
km2
Population
mid 2023
estimate
32.01.06.2013Sukajaya11.827,753
32.01.06.2005Sukanegara6.406,674
32.01.06.2008Cibodas14.164,746
32.01.06.2011Singasari16.2511,613
32.01.06.2003Singajaya11.5323,637
32.01.06.2004Sukasirna11.4515,979
32.01.06.2012Balekambang9.268,514
32.01.06.2010Bendungan6.546,500
32.01.06.2002Sirnagalih4.774,652
32.01.06.2009Jonggol 6.4715,718
32.01.06.2001Sukamaju6.4125,925
32.01.06.2006Sukamanah4.2214,003
32.01.06.2007Weninggalih4.815,269
32.01.06.2014Sukagalih4.774,413
32.01.06Totals118.86155,396

History

Under Dutch administration, Jonggol was the centre of a wider administrative area, and after the proclamation of Independence it was stated that the kawedanan would be re-established as part of the proposed State of Pasundan. This was not done, but Jonggol was one of the areas subsequently considered in 2010 for new central administration of the Republic of Indonesia.

Geography

Jonggol town is located about southeast of Jakarta. The average elevation in the district is 295 metres, maximum 732 m, and minimum 150 metres above sea level.

Toll Road Access

Climate

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