Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Bandung Metropolitan Area

Bandung Metropolitan Area

Bandung Metropolitan Area
Bandung Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area surrounds the city of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is home to roughly 8 million people.
It is located in a mountainous plateau region in the central-west portion of West Java province. It has the 2nd highest population of any metropolitan area in Indonesia after Jakarta, however, Surabaya's Zona Surabaya Pengaruh Raya aka Gerbangkertosusila covers more area and is more populous. West Bandung Regency was carved out of Bandung Regency in 2007.
It is officially defined as covering Bandung Regency, West Bandung Regency, and 3 kecamatan (districts) of Sumedang Regency (Jatinangor, Cimanggung, and Tanjungsari), together with the cities of Bandung and Cimahi. As many in Indonesia still go by one name as in tradition, the country is facing a major overhaul of its identification cards (id:Kartu Tanda Penduduk elektronik), new data is challenging 2010 population census figures, however the accuracy visavis the census remains unknown.

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