Cilegon (

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

: ''Kota Cilegon'', ; Sundanese: ) is a major coastal industrial

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Banten Banten (, , Pegon alphabet, Pegon: بنتن) is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang and its largest city is Tangerang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capi ...

province,

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, covering . It is located on the island of

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

. The city had a population of 374,464 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 434,896 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 470,378.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kota Cilegon Dalam Angka 2024'' (sum of the returns in the district Katalogs referenced below) Among the factories located in Cilegon are the

Krakatau Steel PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (''Krakatau Steel Company Limited'') is the largest steel maker in Indonesia, headquartered in Cilegon, Banten. The factory is set on a plot in the western end of Banten and adjacent to the Sunda Strait, and wh ...

Company, a vital company in Indonesia, which produces steel for industrial (domestic and foreign) needs, and the Asahimas Chemical Company. The nickname for Cilegon is "Steel City" since the city is the largest steel producer in Southeast Asia, about 6 million tons of steel produced each year in the Industrial Area Krakatau Steel, Cilegon. Additionally Cilegon is one of the vital assets of the state, because in this town there is a wide range of important objects such as the Merak Harbour, the Krakatau Steel Industrial Zone (including the PT. Krakatau Steel Tbk, Asahimas, Siemens, KS - POSCO joint venture, Chandra Asri, and Pertamina), PLTU Suralaya, Power plant Krakatau, Krakatau Tirta Industrial Water Treatment Plant, the Sunda Strait Bridge Construction (Lot Plan) & Sunda Strait Industrial Zones. COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Groepsportret van leerlingen van de H

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Geography

Cilegon is located on the most northwest coast of

island, at the mouth of the

Cilegon River Cilegon (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Kota Cilegon'', ; Sundanese script, Sundanese: ) is a major coastal industrial city in Banten province, Indonesia, covering . It is located on the island of Java. The city had a population of 374,464 at ...

on Ciwandan Bay, which is an inlet of the

Sunda Strait The Sunda Strait () is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java island, Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean. Etymology The strait takes its name from the Sunda Kingdom, which ruled the western portion of Ja ...

. It is administratively a

semi-enclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is some ...

within

Serang Regency Serang Regency (Sundanese language, Sundanese: ) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located in the northwest corner of the island of Java. The administrative center of the regency is at Ciruas, while the capi ...

, as it borders with Serang Regency in the east and south, while it borders with

in the north and west.

Administrative districts

The City of Cilegon is divided into eight

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''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kota Cilegon Dalam Angka 2024'' (sum of the returns in the district Katalogs referenced below) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

administrative village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

s (all classed as urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal codes. Notes: (a) including 5 small offshore islands.

Climate

Cilegon has a hot and humid climate near the boundary between

tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28° latitudes (in the torrid zo ...

(''Af'') and

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'') according to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

system. Despite being located relatively close to the equator, the city has distinct wet and dry seasons. The wet season in Cilegon covers the majority of the year, running from October through May. The remaining four months forms the city's dry season. Located in the most western part of Java, Cilegon's wet season rainfall peak is January with average monthly rainfall of , and its dry season low point is August with a monthly average of .

Demographics

From 1991 to 2005 the population of Cilegon grew 47.18%, an average of 2.66% per year. Cilegon is the fourth largest city in Banten. The high population growth rate of Cilegon is primarily caused by migrants entering the city.

Religious discrimination

In 2019 there are 382

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s and 287

musalla A musalla () is a space apart from a mosque, mainly used for prayer in Islam. The word is derived from the verb (''ṣallā''), meaning "to pray". It is traditionally used for twice-yearly Eid prayers (''Eid al-Fitr, ʿĪd al-Fiṭr'' and '' ...

s in Cilegon, without any

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...

es, Hindu temples, or Buddhist viharas, even though there are 6,740 Protestants, 1,743 Catholics, 215

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

s, 215

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

s, and 7 Confucians in the city. A proposal to build a Batak Protestant Christian Church in Cilegon was rejected by local residents, which forces religious services to be conducted in

Serang Serang (, , Sundanese: ) is a city and the capital of Banten province and was formerly also the administrative center of Serang Regency in Indonesia (the Regency's capital is now at Ciruas). The city is located towards the north of Banten pro ...

Media

Newspaper

* Radar Banten (Jawa Pos)

Radio

* 91.8 Top FM Cilegon * 95.3 FM Banten Radio * 96.9 FM Sam Radio * 102.0 Cilegon Mandiri FM (Siaran Pemda) * 105.2 Cilegon Pass FM * 107.7 Gema Suara Tercinta * 107.9 Flash Radio FM

Education

* SMP Negeri 1 * SMPIT Raudhatul Jannah Cilegon *

SMK Negeri 1 Cilegon The SMK was an armored vehicle prototype developed by the Soviet Union prior to the Second World War. It was named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov, a Communist Party official assassinated in 1934. The SMK was discovered and classified by German in ...

References

External links

Cilegon Government Site
{{Authority control Populated places in Banten 1987 establishments in Indonesia States and territories established in 1987 States and territories established in 1999 Populated coastal places in Indonesia