Kuningan () is a town and district located in eastern

West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...

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, between

Cirebon Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central J ...

and

Tasikmalaya Tasikmalaya (also known as Tasik) is a landlocked city in West Java, Indonesia. The city is sometimes dubbed ''kota santri'' (city of religious learners) or "the City of a Thousand Pesantrens" for its abundance of Islamic boarding schools. Locat ...

, about 200 km east of

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

. It is the administrative center of

Kuningan Regency Kuningan Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of the West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,194.09 km2, and it had a population of 1,035,589 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,167,686 at the 2020 c ...

. The district is located east of

Mount Cereme Mount Ciremai/Cereme (or ''Ciremay'') is a dominating symmetrical stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia. It is located to the southwest of the major town of Cirebon. Mt Ciremai is strikingly visible towards the south from the main west–east ...

/Ciremai (3.078 m), the highest mountain in West Java. The eastern part of the district is a valley. The district's landmark is a statue of a horse, called ''Kuda Kuningan'' and its motto is Kuningan ''Aman'' (Safe) ''Sehat'' (Healthy) ''Rindang'' (Leafy) ''Indah'' (Beautiful), abbreviated as Kuningan ASRI.

Administrative divisions

Kuningan District is divided into 16 villages which are as follows:Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. *Ancaran *Awirarangan *Cibinuang *Cigintung *Cijoho *Ciporang *Cirendang *Citangtu *Karangtawang *Kasturi *Kedungarum *Kuningan *Padarek *Purwawinangun *Winduhaji *Windusengkahan

Climate

Kuningan has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...

(Am) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to May.

References

Kuningan Regency Populated places in West Java Regency seats of West Java {{WJava-geo-stub