Cibinong () is a large town and an administrative district (''kecamatan'') in Bogor Regency,

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Province,

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which serves as the Regency's administrative seat - not to be confused with the district of the same name in

Cianjur Regency Cianjur Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The area of the regency is 3,503.75 km2 and its population at the 2010 Census was 2,171,281;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. the 2020 Census produ ...

. The town is located immediately due south of the city of

Depok Depok ( Sundanese: ᮓᮨᮕᮧᮊ᮪) is a landlocked city in West Java province. It is located directly south of Jakarta, it is the third largest urban centre in the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area after Jakarta and Bekasi and it has an area ...

, which itself lies just south 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 ...

, with both Depok and Cibinong being part of the

Jakarta Metropolitan Area The Jakarta metropolitan area or Greater Jakarta, known locally as ''Jabodetabekpunjur'' (an acronym of Jakarta– Bogor– Depok– Tangerang– Bekasi further extended to include Puncak region of Bogor Regency and portions of Cianjur Regenc ...

. The town and district are named after the Binong River (the prefix "ci" means "river"). Cibinong District covers a land area of 44.27 km², and had 326,519 inhabitants at the 2010 Census and 363,424 inhabitants at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 365,387 - comprising 183,718 males and 181,669 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Cibinong Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3201210) The administrative headquarters are in the town of Cirimekar. The Science Center of the

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(Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia) is located in the district. Cibinong contains a swamp forest, which was already mentioned by van Steenis in 1933, called Rawa (Swamp) Siradayah, and it is still preserved until the present time.Whitten et al. (1996): The ecology of Java and Bali.

Food and culture

Cuisine specialities of Cibinong include ''laksa cibinong'' and ''Mie ayam'' (Chicken noodles) due to the strong influence of Chinese community.

Laksa Laksa ( Jawi: ; Chinese: 叻沙) is a spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia. Laksa consists of various types of noodles, most commonly thick rice noodles, with toppings such as chicken, prawns or fish. Most variations of laksa are prepar ...

is a spicy noodle soup from the

Peranakan The Peranakan Chinese () are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (region), Nanyang (), namely the British Empire, British, Portugu ...

culture. Laksa Cibinong is a kind of thick yellowish coconut milk based soup, produced by a mixture of some spices, and it is served with bean sprout, rice vermicelli (bihun), hard-boiled eggs, cooked shredded chicken, fried shallots and Indonesian lemon-basil leaves. Sometime they are also served with rice cake (lontong). Mie ayam is easily found everywhere, as a cheap food for factory workers and school students. There are basically two preparation styles, one is more Indonesian in style (with Indonesian spices, sweet soy sauce, saos sambel), and the other one is more Chinese (using for example star anise, sesame oil or soy sauce). Most of the places offers, in addition to noddle, kwetiau or

bihun Rice vermicelli is a thin form of rice noodle. It is sometimes referred to as "rice noodles" or "rice sticks", but should not be confused with cellophane noodles, a different Asian type of vermicelli made from mung bean starch or rice starch r ...

. Chinese Peranakan culture can be seen at the Chinese Temple Ho Tek Bio near Cibinong market, during Imlek or Chinese New Year. Near the market, in front of the lake, there is a Chinese cemetery compound (''Sentiong'').

Administrative divisions

Cibinong District is divided into thirteen administrative urban subdistricts (''kelurahan''), listed below with their areas and their populations as at mid 2023,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Cibinong Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3201210) together with their postcodes.

Climate

Cibinong has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

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Pictures of Rawa Siradayah
Districts of Bogor Regency Populated places in West Java Regency seats of West Java {{WJava-geo-stub Bekasi basin

Food and culture

Administrative divisions

Climate

See also

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