Tangerang Regency
| Kabupaten Tangerang | ||
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| Motto: Satya Karya Kerta Raharja | ||
 Tangerang Regency bordering Tangerang City, South Tangerang City and DKI Jakarta. |
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| Country | Indonesia | |
| Province | Banten | |
| Capital | Tigaraksa | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 959.61 km2 (370.51 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 3,154,790 | |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | WIB (UTC+7) | |
| Website | http://www.tangerangkab.go.id/ | |
Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. The current regent is H. Ismet Iskandar. Though commonly misunderstood as being a part of Jakarta, Tangerang is actually outside Jakarta City but is part of Greater Jakarta (which is called Jabotabek, Tangerang being the "ta" of the acronym). Since 1993, the Regency has lost territory as first Tangerang city was split off on 27 February 1993 and subsequently South Tangerang city was split off on 29 October 2008. The residual Regency now has an area of 959.61 km² and an official 2010 census count of 2,838,621; the latest estimate (as at 2014) is 3,154,790. Tigaraksa is the capital of the regency.
Tangerang Regency is bounded by the Java Sea to the north, by Jakarta city, Tangerang city and South Tangerang city to the east, by Bogor Regency (in West Java) to the south, by a small section of Lebak Regency to the southwest, and by Serang Regency to the west.
Until 2008, Tangerang Regency was subdivided into 36 Districts, which were further divided into several villages and administrative villages, before the latest split when South Tangerang municipality was created; it now comprises 29 districts.
Following the creation of the cities of Tangerang and South Tangerang from parts of the Regency, Tangerang Regency now comprises the following 29 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census populations:
Tangerang city was formed as an autonomous city on 27 February 1993 out of the Tangerang Regency. The city was previously an administrative city within that Regency.
On 27 February 2008, seven districts in the southern part of Tangerang Regency were cut out to form the South Tangerang autonomous city/municipality. They were Ciputat, Ciputat Timur (East Ciputat), Pamulang, Pondok Aren, Serpong, Serpong Utara (North Serpong) and Setu.
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