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Jawa Barat

West Java
Jawa Barat
Jawa Kulon
Province
Other transcription(s)
 • Sundanese ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪
Panoramic view of the Kawah Putih crater wall, 2014-08-21.jpg
Pangandaran - boat on beach.JPG Garut-westjava-indonesia-daytime.jpg
Pantai Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi, Jawa Barat.jpg Mount Ciremai, West Java, Indonesia.jpg
Jatiluhur lake.jpg
Clockwise, from top left : Kawah Putih, Scenery of Garut, Mount Ciremai, Jatiluhur Dam, Pelabuhan Ratu Beach, Pangandaran Beach
Provincial flag
Flag
Provincial emblem
Seal
Motto: Gemah Ripah Repeh Rapih (Sundanese)
(Serene, Prosperous, Peaceful, United)
Location of West Java in Indonesia
Location of West Java in Indonesia
Coordinates: 6°45′S 107°30′E / 6.750°S 107.500°E / -6.750; 107.500Coordinates: 6°45′S 107°30′E / 6.750°S 107.500°E / -6.750; 107.500
Country Indonesia
Established August 19, 1945
Re-established July 14, 1950
Capital Lambang Kota Bandung.svg Bandung
Government
 • Body West Java Regional Government
 • Governor Ahmad Heryawan (PKS)
 • Vice-governor Deddy Mizwar
Area
 • Total 35,377.76 km2 (13,659.43 sq mi)
Area rank 21st
Highest elevation 3,078 m (10,098 ft)
Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 46,029,668
 • Estimate (2015) 46,709,600
 • Rank 1st
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
 • Density rank 2nd
Demonym(s) West Javan
Warga Jabar (id)
Urang Jabar (su)
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups Sundanese (79%), Javanese (10%), Cirebonese (7%), Betawi (4%)
 • Religion Islam (97%), Christian (1.81%), Buddhist (0.58%), Confucianism (0.22%), Hinduism (0.05%), Sunda Wiwitan
 • Languages Indonesian (official)
Sundanese (regional)
Time zone Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7)
Postcodes 1xxxx, 4xxxx
Area codes (62)2x, (62)2xx
ISO 3166 code ID-JB
Vehicle sign B, D, E, F, T, Z
GRP per capita US$ 3,136
GRP rank 22nd
HDI Increase 0.695 (Medium)
HDI rank 11th (2015)
Largest city by area Bekasi - 206.61 square kilometres (79.77 sq mi)
Largest city by population Bandung - (2,575,478 - 2014)
Largest regency by area Sukabumi Regency - 4,145.7 square kilometres (1,600.7 sq mi)
Largest regency by population Bogor Regency - (5,331,149 - 2014)
Website Government official site

West Java (Indonesian: Jawa Barat, abbreviated as "Jabar", Sundanese: Jawa Kulon) is a province of Indonesia. It is located in the western part of the island of Java and its capital and largest urban center is Bandung, although much of its population in the northwest corner of the province live in areas suburban to the even larger urban area of Jakarta, even though that city itself lies outside the administrative province. The province's population is 46.3 million (in 2014) and it is the most populous and most densely populated of Indonesia's provinces.

The central areas of Bogor, a city in West Java, has one of the highest population density worldwide, while Bekasi and Depok are respectively the 7th and 10th most populated suburbs in the world (Tangerang in adjacent Banten province is the 9th); in 2014 Bekasi had 2,510,951 and Depok 1,869,681 inhabitants. All these cities are suburban to Jakarta.

The oldest human inhabitant archaeological findings in the region were unearthed in Anyer (the western coast of Java) with evidence of bronze and iron metallurgical culture dating to the first millennium AD. The prehistoric Buni culture (near present-day Bekasi) clay pottery were later developed with evidence found in Anyer to Cirebon. Artefacts (dated from 400 BC — AD 100), such as food and drink containers, were found mostly as burial gifts. There is also archaeological evidence in Batujaya Archaeological Site dating from the 2nd century and, according to Dr Tony Djubiantono, the head of Bandung Archaeology Agency, Jiwa Temple in Batujaya, Karawang, West Java was also built around this time.


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