Lembang is a town and administrative village of

West Bandung Regency West Bandung Regency () is a landlocked regency of West Java Province of Indonesia. It was established on 2 January 2007, after having been formerly part of Bandung Regency. The capital of this new regency is Ngamprah, an industrial district on ...

in the province of

West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...

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 ...

, Indonesia. The town has about 17,000 inhabitants (at census 2010). The population of the Lembang District was 173,350 at the 2010 Census. Lembang is situated between 1,312 and 2,084 meters above sea level. Its highest point is on top of Tangkuban Perahu Mt. The temperature usually ranges between 17 and 24 degrees Celsius. Lembang means "dent" in Sundanese.

Economy

Besides the tourism industry and agriculture, Lembang also has 69,000

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farmers who supply the Frisian Flag, Diamond, and

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Education and military

Lembang has more than a dozen government centers of education and research and military bases.

Lembang Fault

The

Lembang Fault The Lembang Fault (Indonesian: Sesar Lembang) is an active Fault (geology), fault located 10 km north of the city of Bandung on the Indonesia, Indonesian island of Java. This sinistral slip fault is estimated to measure 29 km in length. While no ...

is an active geological fault with a slip rate of 2 millimeters per year that crosses Lembang city and runs 22 kilometers north of the Bandung basin, ranging from Mount Palasari to

Cisarua Cisarua is a town and an administrative district (''kecamatan'') in the Bogor Regency, located in the province of West Java, Indonesia - not to be confused with districts of the same name in West Bandung Regency and Sumedang Regency. The dist ...

. 700 years ago, earthquakes occurred at several points along the fault line and could potentially trigger up to a magnitude 7 quake. This potential quake could impact 8 million people who are currently living in the Bandung Basin area and its surrounding area.

References

Populated places in West Java West Bandung Regency {{WJava-geo-stub