Karawang Regency is a

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''(kabupaten)'' of

West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...

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. The town of

Karawang Karawang (Kota Karawang or Karawang Kota) is the capital of the Karawang Regency of West Java, Indonesia. It is 32 miles east of Jakarta, and had a population of 307,880 at the 2020 Census, spread over two districts of the regency - West Karawang ...

is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,753.27 km² and had a population of 2,127,791 people at the 2010 Census, which grew to 2,361,019 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate for mid 2021 was 2,406,900 for a density of 1,372.8 people per km². The regency borders

Bekasi Bekasi (, su, ) is a city in West Java, Indonesia, located on the eastern border of Jakarta.the city of planet Bekasi is his nickname.It serves as a commuter city within the Jakarta metropolitan area. According to the 2020 Census by Statistic ...

and

Bogor Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.Subang Regency in the east, Purwakarta Regency in the southeast, and

Cianjur Regency Cianjur Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The area of the regency is 3,614.35 km2 and its population at the 2010 Census was 2,171,281; the 2020 Census produced a total of 2,477,560 and the official estimate as at ...

in the south. The regency lies on the eastern outskirts of Metropolitan

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, just outside the Jabodetabek region, and is the site of industrial activity (like factories). The area continues to grow which marked the establishment of new factories by domestic and multinational companies in industrial areas. However, due to ever expanding Jakarta (primarily from the eastward expansion of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and the Cikampek-Palimanan Toll Road), it has seen a heavy influx of housing developments as well and a surge of people.

Administrative districts

Karawang Regency is divided into thirty

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

(''kecamatan'') comprising 309 administrative villages (''desa'' and ''Kelurahan''). The districts are listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimate for mid 2021. The table includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 297 rural ''desa'' and 12 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal code. The 12 urban villages (''kelurahan'') comprise all 8 villages in Karawang Barat District, plus 4 (out of 8 villages) in Karawang Timur District

History

On 9 December 1947, a massacre was carried out in Rawagede (now located in the village of Balongsari, Rawamerta, Karawang), between Karawang and

, by the

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( nl, Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL, ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. Th ...

. A total of 431 residents became victims of this massacre.

Culture

Topography

Most o
Karawang
Regency consists of a broad coastal plain; it lies on the northern coast of Java, and is the result of the deposition of sedimentary rocks formed by loose materials, especially marine sediments and volcanic alluvium. While in the middle of the regency are hills mostly formed by sedimentary rocks, in the south there is a mountain (Sanggabuana) with a height of about 1,291 metres above sea level. The regency is roughly equidistant from Jakarta and

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

, and the two metropolitan areas have a combined home population of over 40 million people.

Climate

Demography

The estimated population in mid 2020 was 2,370,488 comprising 1,213,004 male and 1,157,484 female. The general population is ethnically Sundanese, with

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the ...

adherents comprising 98.17% of the population according to the 2010 census.

Sport

The football club

Persika Karawang Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Karawang, commonly known as Persika, is an Indonesian football club based in Karawang, Karawang Regency, West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a pro ...

, which plays in Liga 2, is based in Karawang's

Singaperbangsa Stadium Singaperbangsa Stadium, or Stadion Singaperbangsa, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Karawang Regency, Indonesia. Mostly, this stadium is used for football matches. The stadium is currently the home base of Persita Tangerang which is playin ...

. The city had also hosted the Madura United F.C. between 2010 and 2012 when it was known as Pelita Jaya Karawang.

Industrial estates

Currently, according to the data of the Indonesian Industrial Zone Association (HKI), there are at least nine major industrial areas, namely Karawang New Industry City (KNIC), Karawang International Industrial City (KIIC), Bukit Indah City, Surya Cipta Industrial Area, Karawang Jabar Industrial Estate, Podomoro Industrial Park, Kujang Industrial Area, Karawang Mitrakarawang Industry, GT Tech Park Karawang, and Artha Industrial Hill.

New airport

A new main airport for

Greater Jakarta The Jakarta metropolitan area or Greater Jakarta, known locally as Jabodetabek (an acronym of Jakarta–Bogor– Depok– Tangerang–Bekasi), and sometimes extended to Jabodetabekjur (with the acronym extended to include part of Cianjur Rege ...

and the heavily populated surrounding area is planned for bids in 2014; it is located within the regency (in Ciampel and Pangkalan districts), to provide relief to severely congested

Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Soekarno–Hatta International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Soekarno–Hatta) , abbreviated SHIA or Soetta, formerly legally called Jakarta Cengkareng Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Jakarta Cengkareng) (hence the IATA designator "CGK" ...

, the nation's largest gateway, as well as overloaded

Husein Sastranegara International Airport Husein Sastranegara International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Husein Sastranegara, Sundanese: ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮁ ᮅᮓᮛ ᮄᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮁᮔᮞᮤᮇᮔᮜ᮪ ᮠᮥᮞᮨᮄᮔ᮪ ᮞᮞ᮪ᮒᮢᮔᮨᮌᮛ) is an airport in Ba ...

. The new airport is expected to have space for 4 long runways and 2 jumbo terminals. The current airport takes up some 18 square kilometers of land, in all likelihood a similar allocation of land will be required.

Transportation

Trans-Java main rail line runs across the central part of the Regency, with a stop at Karawang Station. Likewise, Jakarta's main airport is also mulled for the regency. The

Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road The Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road or Japek toll road is an expressway that was inaugurated in 1988. The highway links Jakarta with cities to its east in the province of West Java, in Indonesia. History Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road was inaugurat ...

runs through the regency, connecting to Cipularang Toll Road which goes to Purwakarta and

. This district will also be crossed by Jakarta-Bandung a fast train.

Karawang ''adipati'' (regents) during the Mataram and colonial periods

#Prince Singaperbangsa (1633-1677), under the title Adipati Kertabumi III #Raden Anom Wirasuta (1677-1721), son of Singaperbangsa #Raden Jayanegara (1721-1731), son of Wirasuta, under the title Adipati Panatayuda II #Raden Singanegara (1752-1786), son of Jayanegara, under the title Adipati Panatayuda IV #Raden Singasari (1786-1809), son-in-law of Singanegara, under the title Raden Adipati Aria Singasari #Raden Aria Sastradipura (1809-1811), son of Singanegara #Raden Adipati Suryalaga (1811-1813), eldest son of Raden Adipati Suryalaga, ''adipati'' of

Sumedang Sumedang (former spelling: Soemedang) is a town in Western Java, Indonesia, approximately 46 km northeast of Bandung. It is the capital of Sumedang Regency. The town is just south of the volcanic Mount Tampomas, which is 1,684 m (5,52 ...

#Raden Aria Sastradipura (1811-1820), son of Singanegara #Raden Adipati Suryanata (1821-1829), son-in-law of Sastradipura #Raden Adipati Suryawinata (1829-1849), younger brother of Suryanata #Raden Muhammad Enoh (1849-1854), under the title Raden Sastranegara #Raden Adipati Sumadipura (1854-1863), son of Sastradipura, under the title Raden Tumenggung Aria Sastradiningrat I, builds the ''

pendopo A pendhapa or pandhapa ( Javanese: ꦥꦼꦤ꧀ꦝꦥ or ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦥ, Indonesian spelling: pendapa, nonstandard spelling: pendopo) is a fundamental element of Javanese architecture unique in the southern central part of Java; a large pavil ...

'' (regent palace) and the Grand Mosque of Purwakarta #Raden Adikusumah (1883-1886), under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat II #Raden Surya Kusumah (1886-1911), son of Adikusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III #Raden Tumenggung Aria Gandanagara (1911-1925), younger brother of Surya Kusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III #Raden Adipati Aria Suryamiharja (1925-1942) #Raden Panduwinata (1942-1945), under the title Raden Kanjeng Pandu Suriadiningrat, last ''bupati'' to reside in Purwakarta, moves to Subang.

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