Brebes District is an administrative

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('' Indonesian: Kecamatan'') containing the capital of

Brebes Regency Brebes (, , ) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency () in the northwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,769.62 km2, and it had a population of 1,733,869 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, ...

, in

Central Java Central Java (, ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogya ...

Province of

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. It is bordered by the Java Sea to the north (the coastal ''desa'' of Randusanga Kulon including the lower reaches and mouth of the Pemali River), by

Tegal Tegal is a city in the northwest part of Central Java of Indonesia. It is situated on the north coast (or ''pesisir'') of the province of Central Java, about from Semarang, the capital of the province. It had a population of 239,599 at the 2010 ...

City ( West Tegal District and Margadana District) and

Tegal Regency Tegal Regency ( Javanese:ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒꦭ꧀) is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the northwest corner of Central Java province of Indonesia, with an area of . The regency's administrative center used to be in Tegal C ...

(Dukuhturi District and Adiwerna District) to the east, by Jatibarang District to the south and by Wanasari District to the west. It covers 92.23 km² and had a population of 157,149 at the 2010 Census and 182,421 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at end 2023 was 189,721.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Brebes Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3329170).

History

In early January 1950, ADI/TII forces led by Amir Fatah briefly occupied Brebes. Later, they retreated from the town after facing a battle from the

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(TNI).

Administrative Villages

Brebes District is divided into the following twenty-three

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(five which have the status of urban ''kelurahan'' and are indicated by asterisks below, and eighteen rural ''desa''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations according to the end-2023 official estimates,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Brebes Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3329170). together with their postcodes.

References

Brebes Regency Districts of Central Java {{CJava-geo-stub Pemali basin