Parung ( Sundanese:ᮕᮛᮥᮀ) is a town and administrative

district 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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

(''kecamatan'') in

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located near the southwestern suburb of

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, but officially still within the area of the

Bogor Regency Bogor Regency ( Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Bogor'') is a landlocked regency (''kabupaten'') of West Java province in Indonesia, situated south of DKI Jakarta. Covering an area of 2,991.78 km2, it is considered largely a bedroom community for J ...

. Parung District covers 25.86 km², and had a population of 112,529 at the 2010 Census and 123,078 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid-2023 was 128,905, comprising 65,568 males and 63,337 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Parung Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3201240) Those who travel from

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 ...

Bogor Bogor City (), or Bogor (, ), is a landlocked city in the West Java, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.

through the western alternative road have to pass through Parung. Parung has a traditional market, ''Pasar Parung'', as its commercial centre. It is situated on both sides of the main road, which causes daily traffic congestion. Pasar Parung features a very large tree called ''Pohon Jubleg'' by locals, according to whom ''Jubleg'' means 'idle' and 'not going anywhere'. Locals often attributed mystical elements to the tree because of its old age.

Administrative divisions

The administrative centre of the district is at the town of Warujaya, and the district is sub-divided into nine villages (''desa''), all sharing the postcode of 16330, as listed below with their areas and populations as at mid 2023.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Parung Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3201240)

Economy

Parung is famous locally for producing

durian The durian () is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus ''Durio''. There are 30 recognized species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. ''Durio zibethinus'', native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the only species ...

called ''durian parung''. It is however becomes particularly rare to find such durian in Parung itself. Parung is also famous for its fish cultivation, particularly ornamental fish. ''Pasar Parung'', which serve as Parung's commercial center, is widely acknowledged as the biggest ornamental fish market in Indonesia, and maybe even in

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Cultures

Parung District is close to the border with the cities of

South Tangerang South Tangerang () is a city in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the southwestern border of Jakarta, the city forms part of the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area. It was administratively separated from Tangerang Regency on 26 Novemb ...

and

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 are the centres of Betawi culture, so that there is a mix of Betawi culture with local

Sundanese culture The Sundanese (; ) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to Java in Indonesia, primarily West Java. They number approximately 42 million and form Indonesia's second most populous ethnic group. They speak the Sundanese language, which is part ...

in the Parung area. The mixing of cultures in the Parung District causes the typical arts of the district to also vary. There are religious arts such as

marawis The ''mirwās'' or ''marwas'' (), plural ''marāwīs'' () is a small double-sided, high-pitched hand drum originally from the Middle East. It is a popular instrument in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, used in '' sawt'' and '' fijiri'' music ...

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

s, then kelaran parade arts and cucurak which have existed in Parung District since ancient times and are still inherent in Parung. The

Sundanese language Sundanese ( ; , Sundanese script: , ) is an Austronesian language spoken in Java, primarily by the Sundanese. It has approximately 32 million native speakers in the western third of Java; they represent about 15% of Indonesia's total pop ...

is also still used by the community in several villages in the Parung District which borders Ciseeng District and Kemang district, but some still use

Betawi language Betawi, also known as Batavian, Jakartanese, is a creole language spoken by the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the native language of perhaps 5 million people; a precise number is difficult to determine due to the vague use of the nam ...

in the area bordering

and

. The language used in Parung is also a mixture of cultures between the nine villages in Parung District.

References

External links

* Districts of Bogor Regency {{WJava-geo-stub