Majalengka () is a town and
district
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in
West Java
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, Indonesia. The district is the
regency seat
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of
Majalengka Regency
Majalengka Regency is the landlocked regencies ''(kabupaten)'' in West Java, Indonesia. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,166,473 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,305,476 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat S ...
. At the 2010 Census, the district had a population of 68,871, of which the town (comprising the two ''
kelurahan
In Indonesia, village or subdistrict is the fourth-level subdivision and the smallest administrative division of Indonesia below a district, regency/city, and province. Similar administrative divisions outside of Indonesia include barangays in t ...
'' of Majalengka Wetan and Majalengka Kulon) had a population of 20,906. At the 2020 Census, the town population had decreased to 20,549, while the district had 73,948 inhabitants in mid-2022.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.]
In Rajaguluh, one of the villages in Majalengka, from the town of Majalengka, there is a traditional food called "pedesan bebek", which is considered a little bit spicy.
Administrative divisions
Majalengka consists of 14
villages
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(''kelurahan'' or ''desa'') which are as follows:
* Babakan Jawa
* Cibodas
* Cicurug
* Cijati
* Cikasarung
* Kawunggirang
* Kulur
* Majalengka Kulon
* Majalengka Wetan
* Munjul
* Sidamukti
* Sindangkasi
* Tarikolot
* Tonjong
Toll Road Access
Education
Public institutions:
Universitas MajalengkaPrivate institutions:
SEAPIN / STT STAPIN Majalengka
Climate
Majalengka has a
tropical monsoon climate
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(Am) with moderate rainfall from June to October and heavy to very heavy rainfall from November to May.
References
External links
Kabupaten Majalengka*
Blogger MajalengkaLSM RESMISEAPIN / STT STAPIN Majalengka
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Majalengka Regency
Populated places in West Java
Regency seats of West Java
Cimanuk basin