Purwakarta Regency (Sundanese: ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ) is a district area located in the Province of West Java,

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. The administrative capital is the large town of Purwakarta, which is approximately 80 km southeast of

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and 44 km northwest of

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. This district borders

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in the west and

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in the east, while to the south it borders West Bandung Regency and

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. The land area of the Regency is 971.72 km2, and it had a population of 852,521 in the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 997,869 in the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. while the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,050,344 - comprising 532,509 males and 517,835 femalesBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Purwakarta Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3214) - for a density of 1,067.2 people per km². The west of the regency includes the huge reservoir of the Waduk Jatiluhur (which forms a freshwater lake with a surface area of 83 km²), west of Purwakarta town and 70 km from Jakarta, created by the Jatiluhur Dam on the Tarum River.

Administrative districts

The Purwakarta Regency is divided into seventeen districts (''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Purwakarta Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3214) The table also gives the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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s in each district (totaling 183 rural ''desa'' and 9 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter are 9 of the 10 villages in Purwakarta (town) District), and its post code. Note: (a) Sukasari District lies to the west and north of the vast Waduk Jatiluhur Reservoir, which largely separates it from the rest of the regency.
(b) comprising the 9 ''kelurahan'' (Cipaisan, Ciseureuh, Purwamekar, Munjuljaya, Nagrikaler, Nagrikidul, Nagritengah, Sindangkasih and Tegalmunjul), plus one ''desa''.

Toll Road Access

Harmoni Award 2016

The Ministry of Religion has awarded a Harmoni Award in 2016 to Purwakarta Regency for religion tolerance in this area. It is one of the only ten such awards across Indonesia. West Java Province is categorized by the Setara Institute as the best for tolerance in Indonesia, although West Java Province itself has not received an award.

References

External links

* Citarum basin {{WJava-geo-stub