Pangandaran Regency


Pangandaran Regency is a Regency in West Java province, Indonesia, formed on 25 October 2012 out of the former southern portion of Ciamis Regency. The population of this area as of the 2010 Census was 383,848, and was 423,670 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2024 was 434,104. The administrative capital is the town of Parigi.
Pangandaran Regency contains a beach called Pantai Pangandaran and Cukang Taneuh Canyon.
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Etymology

The name "Pangandaran" has three meanings: andar, andar-andar, and pangan + daharan. Andar-andar, in Sundanese, means "traveler" or "newcomer." This is because the area was once a place explored by Sundanese fishermen. Furthermore, pangan + daharan means "place to earn a living," as they earned their living by fishing.

Administration

The regency is divided into ten districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2024. The administrative centre of each district is in the town of the same name. The table also includes the numbers of administrative villages in each district, and its postcode.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		No.
of
villages		Post
code
32.18.03Cimerak187.7843,50049,19051,4201146395
32.18.02Cijulang93.4226,27827,75028,404746394
32.18.04Cigugur105.6620,91522,80024,093746392
32.18.05Langkaplancar183.1746,75650,99053,8611546391
32.18.01Parigi100.1541,96746,23048,9831046393
32.18.10Sidamulih90.0226,69429,81031,470746365
32.18.09Pangandaran82.6552,16358,30062,937846396
32.18.08Kalipucang107.4235,43238,29040,329946397
32.18.07Padaherang118.7261,36668,12071,6901446384
32.18.06Mangunjaya30.1128,77732,20034,185546371
Totals1,010.92383,848423,670447,37293

Note: except the villages of Ciganjeng and Sukanagara.

Tourism

In 2011 Ciamis Regency was boosting the tourist destinations with the idea of making a new Regency on the south of the ' isthmus' where there is also a tourist destination as a cash cow. The tourist destinations are Situ Lengkong Panjalu, Kingdom of Sunda Astana Gede Kawali site and the most potential destination is Curug Tujuh, Cibolang, Panjalu. Curug Tujuh is located 2 kilometres from Cibolang main road. Curug Tujuh means "seven waterfalls", due to there being 7 waterfalls along a 5 kilometres track. The tallest waterfall is more than one hundred metres high.
Situ Lengkong Panjalu, 76.2 hectares has a small island in the centre of the lake called Nusa Gede where many East Javanese people come to visit King of Panjalu's son's cemetery.
In June 2011 the Tourism and Culture Ministry agreed to make the Pangandaran area into a National Tourism Site like Bali. It covers Karapyak Beach in Kalipucang District through Pangandaran Beach in Pangandaran District and Batu Karas Beach in Cijulang District.
In 2010, Green Canyon was visited by 125,000 visitors, and in 2011 by 150,000 visitors. On holiday there were more than 2,000 visitors per day increased boat waiting time due to narrow access to Green Canyon and the boat had to wait for those who swam.
Several artistic and tourist attractions attract visitors.