Subang, Subang Explained

Subang
Settlement Type:District
Translit Lang1:Regional
Translit Lang1 Type1:Sundanese
Pushpin Map:Indonesia_Java#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Java and Indonesia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Coordinates:-6.5714°N 107.7614°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:West Java
Subdivision Type2:Regency
Subdivision Name2:Subang Regency
Leader Title:Camat
Leader Name:Deni Setiawan
Leader Title1:Secretary
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:60.22
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:88
Population Total:141038
Population As Of:mid 2022 estimate
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IWT
Utc Offset:+7
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:4121x
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+62) 260
Blank Name:Villages
Blank Info:12

Subang is a town and the capital of the Subang Regency in West Java, Indonesia. It lies approximately southeast of Jakarta and northeast of Bandung by road. The district had a population of 120,346 in 2010 which grew to 137,284 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 141,038.[5]

History

In April 1952 the Harian Rakjat stated that the Communist Party of Indonesia had organized a course in Subang along with Karawang.[6]

Landmarks

The government office Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Subang, the House of Representatives of Subang District, the park Alun Alun Kabupaten Subang, and Al-Musabaqoh Grand Mosque are in the town centre. The University of Subang is in the southeast and the football pitch Stadion Persikas lies in the south of the town. P. T. Taekwung Industrial Estate lies on the northeastern outskirts of the town as does a Class II prison in the north. The principal hospital is Rumah Sakit PTPN VIII Hospital.

Museum Wisma Karya is a colonial period building and museum in Subang. It contains a range of items from ancient fossils to a bronze statue of P.W. Hofland, which was made in 1878.[7]

Climate

Subang has a borderline tropical rainforest climate (Af) and tropical monsoon climate (Am) with exactly in the driest month, August. It has moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to May.

Notes and References

  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  6. Web site: Hindley, Donald. The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1963. University of California Press. 73. 1964.
  7. Web site: Museum Wisma Karya. Kotasubang.com . 15 February 2020. Indonesian.