West Java Province

West Java Jawa Barat ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪
Province
Clockwise, from top left : Kawah Putih, Scenery of Garut, Mount Ciremai, Jatiluhur Dam, Bandung Skyline, Pangandaran Beach
Seal
Motto: ᮌᮨᮙᮂ ᮛᮤᮕᮂ ᮛᮨᮕᮨᮂ ᮛᮕᮤᮂ Gemah Ripah Repeh Rapih (Sundanese) (meaning: Serene, Prosperous, Peaceful, United)
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	Bandung
Government
• Body	West Java Regional Government
• Governor	Ahmad Heryawan (PKS)
• Vice-governor	Deddy Mizwar
Area
• Total	37,173.97 km2 (14,352.95 sq mi)
Area rank	21st
Highest elevation	3,078 m (10,098 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	46,709,600
• Estimate (2016)	47,379,389
• Rank	1st
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/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) Cirebonese (minority) Betawi (minority)
Time zone	Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7)
Postcodes	1xxxx, 4xxxx
Area codes	(62)2x, (62)2xx
ISO 3166 code	ID-JB
Vehicle sign	D, E, F, T, Z
GRP nominal	US$ 144,370,800,000
GRP per capita	US$ 3,136
GRP rank	22nd
HDI	0.700 (High)
HDI rank	11th (2016)
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	Regional Government site

West Java (Indonesian: Jawa Barat, abbreviated as "Jabar", Sundanese: ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪ 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 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.