Karawang (Kota Karawang or Karawang Kota) is the capital of the

Karawang Regency Karawang Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The town of West Karawang, Karawang is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,911.09 km2 and had a population of 2,127,791 people ...

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. It is 32 miles east of

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, and had a population of 307,880 at the 2020 Census, spread over two districts of the regency -

West Karawang West Karawang (, ) is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') of Karawang Regency which serves as the regency's administrative centre. It covers a land area of 39.51 km2, and had a population of 155,471 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statist ...

and

East Karawang East Karawang (, ) is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') of Karawang Regency. It covers a land area of 29.77 km2, and had a population of 118,001 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 146,326 at the 2020 Census;Ba ...

. Karawang is known as a major rice production source in West Java. Karawang is also known for automobile manufacturing facilities, including Honda Prospect Motor and

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. Mitsubishi Motors Indonesia also operated a plant here from 1988 until 2015.

History

In March 2010 Karawang suffered severe flooding with 10,747 houses flooded; 11,540 families and 44,071 people were affected.

Heinrich Christian Macklot Heinrich Christian Macklot (20 October 1799, Frankfurt am Main – 12 May 1832) was a German naturalist. He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, earning his doctorate in 1822. Later that year, he found employment at the Rijksmus ...

, a German naturalist, was killed on 12 May 1832 during an insurrection that took place on the island.

Toll road access

References

Karawang latitude and longitude

karawangportal.com

External links

''The Jakarta Post'' Populated places in West Java Regency seats of West Java {{WJava-geo-stub no:Karawang pl:Karawang

History

Toll road access

See also

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