| Native Name: | Kabupaten Bangli (Indonesian) (Balinese) |
| Official Name: | Bangli Regency |
| Translit Lang1: | Regional |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Balinese Balinese |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Balinese Balinese |
| Translit Lang1 Type2: | Jawi Melayu |
| Translit Lang1 Type3: | Balinese Script |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | ᬓᬩᬸᬧᬢᬾᬦ᭄ᬩᬂᬮᬶ |
| Settlement Type: | Regency |
| Motto: | Bhukti Mukti Bhakti |
| Coordinates: | -8.2833°N 115.3333°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Bangli |
| Leader Title: | Regent |
| Leader Name: | I Made Gianyar |
| Leader Title1: | Vice Regent |
| Area Total Km2: | 520.81 |
| Population Total: | 267133 |
| Population As Of: | mid 2022 estimate |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | (+62) 366 |
| Timezone: | ICST |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnic groups |
| Timezone1: | Indonesia Central Time |
| Elevation Max Point: | Mount Batur |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Balinese Bali Aga |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Religion |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Hinduism (Balinese Hinduism • folk Hinduism) |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Info3: |
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Bangli Regency is the one and only landlocked regency (kabupaten) of Bali, Indonesia.
Up until 1907, Bangli was one of the nine kingdoms of Bali.[2] The capital has a famous Hindu temple, the Pura Kehen, which dates from the 11th century. Bangli also has one village which surrounds a hill, Demulih.
Pura Dalem Galiran is 1.4 km north-west of Bangli.[3] Pura Dalem Penunggekan, 1.3 km south of the town center,[4] shows on its outside walls sculpted reliefs of sinners in hell.
Bangli is the only regency in Bali which is landlocked. Its northern part includes the crater in which Gunung Batur sits, and the main road from Ubud in the south to the north coast through Kintamani and around Gunung Batur's crater.[5] [6]
It covers an area of 520.81 km2.
From the Demulih hill some 3 km west of Bangli,[7] much of southern part of the island can be seen: Kuta, Nusa Dua, Gianyar and a part of Klungkung.
See main article: List of districts and sub-districts in Bangli Regency. The Regency is divided into four districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[8] and the 2020 Census,[9] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.[10] The most northern district - Kintamani, which is the primary highland region for the cultivation of arabica coffee - occupies over 70% of the regency's area and has 43.5% of its population. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 68 rural desa and 4 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Bangli District), and its postal codes.
| Kode Wilayah | Name of District (kecamatan) ! | Area in km2 | Pop'n 2010 Census | Pop'n 2020 Census | Pop'n mid 2022 Estimate | Admin centre | No. of villages | Post code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.06.01 | Susut | Susut | 9 | 80661 | ||||
| 51.06.02 | Bangli | 9 | 80611 - 80614 | |||||
| 51.06.03 | Tembuku | Tembuku | 6 | 80671 | ||||
| 51.06.04 | Kintamani | 48 | 80652 | |||||
| Totals | 72 | |||||||
Bangli has a tropical monsoon climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from April to October and heavy rainfall from November to March.
It had a population of 215,353 at the 2010 Census[11] and 258,721 at the 2020 Census;[12] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 267,133 - comprising 134,500 males and 132,600 females.[13] Its regency seat is the town of Bangli.
The drum is very similar to the Pejeng type,[15] the latter referring to the Moon of Pejeng, largest single-cast bronze kettle drum known in the world, found in Pejeng (village east of Ubud, Gianyar Regency). A. Calo suggests that such kettle drums were associated with early rice cults - and cultivation - in Bali: most of them are found near sources of irrigation water (lakes, springs or weirs in rivers); their shape and decoration are reminded in modern representations of female deities associated with rice and irrigation water, the latter originating in a pre-Hindu culture and later integrated into the Hindu-Balinese panel of gods. Ritual ceremonies honouring these deities are still held to this day at places where irrigation water first enters fields (bedugul) and at crater lakes, the highest sources.[16]