| Cianjur | |
| Translit Lang1: | Regional |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Sundanese |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Indonesia_Java#Indonesia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Java and Indonesia |
| Coordinates: | -6.82°N 107.1408°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Indonesia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Java |
| Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cianjur Regency |
| Established Title: | Inception |
| Established Date: | 1677 |
| Leader Title: | Camat |
| Leader Name: | Tomtom Dani Gardiat |
| Leader Title1: | Secretary |
| Leader Name1: | Kuntjara Sobandi Sachri |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 26.15 |
| Elevation M: | 392 |
| Population Total: | 176368 |
| Population As Of: | mid 2022 estimate |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IWT |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 43211 |
| Area Code: | (+62) 263 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Blank Name: | Villages |
| Blank Info: | 11 |
Cianjur (Sundanese: {{Sund|ᮎᮤᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮁ) is a town and district in the West Java province of Indonesia, and is the seat of Cianjur Regency. The district of Cianjur is located along one of the main roads between Jakarta (120 km to the northwest) and Bandung (60 km to the east). The population was 158,125 at the 2010 Census and 173,265 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 176,368.[3] Because of its location, some of Cianjur's residents commute to work in Bandung.
The road on which Cianjur is located used to be the main (extremely busy) road from Jakarta to Bandung but was in effect replaced as the main road link between these two main cities when the Jakarta-Bandung tollroad was fully completed in 2005. However, due to its low traffic, Cianjur returned as one of the alternative routes for travellers from Jakarta and Bandung.[4] [5]
Cianjur was founded in 1677, with the first head of the town being R. A. Wiratanudatar I, entitled Dalem Cikundul, as the descendant from the old Sundanese city of Pajajaran.[6]
By 2007 the city government asked female municipal employees to wear jilbab (hijab). It also placed road signs encouraging women to wear jilbab.[7]
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck offshore West Java on September 2, 2009, killing 21 people in Cianjur alone.[8]
Another 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred on November 21, 2022, killing 331 and injuring 7,729 others.[9] [10]
Cianjur district is divided into 11 administrative villages which are as follows:
The district mainly produces home and micro Industrial products, especially leather, wood, precious metals, woven, pottery, fabrics, and foods.
After being dormant for about 2 years, the train called Siliwangi between Sukabumi and Cianjur was reactivated on 8 February 2014. It is faster than the buses which are usually trapped in traffic jams, but the cost of a train ticket is double that of using buses.[11]
Cianjur has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy rainfall from October to May.