Bandung metropolitan area explained

Bandung Basin
Native Name:Cekungan Bandung
Native Name Lang:ID
Translit Lang1:Other
Translit Lang1 Type1:Sundanese
Settlement Type:Metropolitan area
Pushpin Map Caption:Bandung Basin in West Java shown in verdigris
Coordinates:-6.9239°N 107.6064°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Seat Type:Core city
Seat:Bandung
Seat1 Type:Satellite city
Seat1:Cimahi
Parts Type:Regencies
Parts:Bandung Regency
West Bandung Regency
part of Sumedang Regency
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Metro Km2:3484.08
Population Urban:7203000
Population Metro:9054175
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Metro Km2:auto
Population As Of:mid 2023 estimate
Timezone1:Indonesia Western Time
Utc Offset1:+7
Postal Code Type:Postcodes
Postal Code:40xxx
Area Code:(62)22
Area Code Type:Area codes
Registration Plate Type:Vehicle sign
Registration Plate:D
Blank Name:GDP (nominal)
Blank Info:2023[2]
Blank1 Name: - Total
Blank1 Info:Rp 646.006 trillion
US$ 42.383 billion
US$ 135.736 billion (PPP)
Blank2 Name: - Per capita
Blank2 Info:Rp 74.441 million
US$ 4,883
US$ 15,641 (PPP)
Footnotes:Highest elevation 2,608 m/8,556 ft (Mount Kendang, in Bandung Regency)

The Bandung Metropolitan Area, officially called the Bandung Basin (Sundanese: {{Sund|ᮎᮨᮊᮥᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ); [3] or Greater Bandung (Bandung Raya), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.[4] It was home to over nine million people in mid 2023 and is composed of regencies and cities previously part of the Dutch East Indies era "Central Priangan Residency" administration.

Due to ongoing development in urban areas between Bandung, Kertajati International Airport, Aerotropolis and Patimban International Seaport,[5] the West Java provincial government and the Regional Planning Board (BAPPEDA) has prepared and publicized a blueprint for a newly defined (extended) Bandung Metropolitan area with a total area more than 5,500 km2 and a population greater than 11 million people.

Location

Bandung is located in a mountainous plateau region in the central portion of West Java province and has the third highest population of any metropolitan area in Indonesia.

Western Java urban corridor

The Bandung metropolitan area begins less than 20 km from the eastern edge of the metropolitan area of Greater Jakarta ("Jabodetabek") near Cianjur city, and is adjacent (contiguous) with the Jabodetabekjur-Cirangkarta definition for Jakarta's extended metropolitan area (250 km or so long) at its northern border with Purwakarta Regency. Stretching from Serang Regency in Banten Province to include Greater Bandung, this relatively narrow urban corridor hemmed in by volcanoes is home to estimated 50 million people as of 2020, or a third of the islands population and a bit less than a fifth of the entire nation.

Definition

The Bandung Metropolitan area was officially defined as covering Bandung Regency and West Bandung Regency (which until 2007 was part of Bandung Regency), plus part (5 districts[6]) of Sumedang Regency, together with the cities of Bandung and Cimahi.[4]

Administrative divisionArea
in km2[7]
Population
2010
Census[8]
Population
2020
Census[9]
Population
mid 2023
Estimate[10]
Population
density
(per km2
mid 2023)
Bandung City167.312,394,8732,444,1602,506,60314,982
Cimahi City42.43541,177568,400590,78213,924
Bandung City (de facto)209.742,936,0503,012,5603,097,38514,767
Bandung Regency1,762.403,178,5433,623,7903,721,1112,111
West Bandung Regency1,287.41 1,506,4481,788,3361,859,6361,444
Sumedang Regency (part)224.53 349,750365,622376,0431,675
align=left style="border-top:3px solid grey;"Metropolitan area3,484.087,970,7918,790,3089,054,1752,599

As subsequently extended, the new metropolitan region includes the entire Sumedang Regency with parts of Subang Regency and Majalengka Regency; and it borders the Cirebon metropolitan area. Together, the two metro areas comprise over 14 million people[11] Sources: (Budan Pusat Statistik 2023 and earlier, Indonesia)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.
  2. Web site: Provinsi Jawa Barat Dalam Angka 2024. Badan Pusat Statistik Jawa Barat. Badan Pusat Statistik. 2024. Bandung. jabar.bps.go.id.
  3. Web site: SIFATARU - Cekungan Bandung .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-03-19 . 2013-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123140111/http://werdhapura.penataanruang.net/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/isu_strategis/bab_2_profil_wilayah_metropolitan_bandung.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Pelabuhan Patimban Siap Gantikan Cilamaya . Yoesoef Adji . April 26, 2016.
  6. The five districts (kecamatan) in the southwest corner of Sumedang Regency are Jatinangor, Cimanggung, Tanjungsari, Sukasari and Pamulihan.
  7. Web site: Portal Nasional RI - Target Kunjungan Wisman 2009 Diyakini Tercapai . 2016-02-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234603/http://www.indonesia.go.id/id/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2566&Itemid=1347 . 2013-12-30 . Indonesia.go.id: for area and http://www.jabarprov.go.id/jabar/public/85701/menu.htm?id=85701 Javabarat.go.id for population
  8. http://www.bps.go.id/aboutus.php?hasilSP2010=1 Publikasi Provinsi dan Kabupaten Hasil Sementara SP2010
  9. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  10. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.
  11. Web site: Jabar Kembangkan Tiga Kawasan Metropolitan. 6 April 2015.