Lebak Regency

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Lebak Regency
Kabupaten Lebak
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Sundaneseᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪
 • Jawiليباك
Tanjung Layar Beach
Tanjung Layar Beach
Coat of arms of Lebak Regency
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Lebak
Motto(s): 
Iman Aman Uman Amin
(Faithful, Safe, All-given by God)
Location within Banten
Location within Banten
Lebak Regency is located in Java
Lebak Regency
Lebak Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
Coordinates: 6°39′00″S 106°13′00″E / 6.65°S 106.21667°E / -6.65; 106.21667Coordinates: 6°39′00″S 106°13′00″E / 6.65°S 106.21667°E / -6.65; 106.21667
Country Indonesia
Province Banten
Regency seatRangkasbitung
Government
 • RegentIti Octavia Jayabaya
 • Vice RegentAde Sumardi
Area
 • Total3,305.07 km2 (1,276.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)
 • Total1,386,790
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 [1]
Demographics
 • Ethnic groupsBantenese, Sundanese
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 252
Websitelebakkab.go.id

Lebak Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency has an area of 3,305.072 km² and an population of 1,204,095 at the 2010 Census[2] and 1,386,790 at the 2020 Census.[3] The town of Rangkasbitung in the north of the regency is the administrative centre. The regency is bordered by Pandeglang Regency to the west, Serang Regency to the north, and Tangerang Regency to the north-east, and by Bogor Regency and Sukabumi Regency of West Java Province to the east.

History[]

The Lebak Regency is the Regency to which the Dutchman Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known by his pseudonym (Multatuli), was appointed in 1856 as Assistant Resident. Douwes Dekker observed that the local regent exploited the local population and requested his removal. He made a few mistakes in this. He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse by the regent. The regent being of local nobility but paid the colonial government was regularly in poor circumstances having to keep up with demands of patronage for his large family, according to the adat, the traditional law. Bad practices were known and condoned to a certain extent by the colonial administration. Governmental research that same year showed however more serious abuse by the lesser local officials. The Governor-General disapproved of Dekker's tactless conduct and ordered his replacement, which Dekker refused. He resigned after three months of duty in Lebak. Home he published four years later 'Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company', a pamphlet-novel, which had great influence on later administrators, less by force of analysis than by the vigour of its language, setting a new standard for Dutch literature.

Administrative districts[]

The Regency is divided into 28 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and populations from the 2010 Census[4] and the 2020 Census.[5] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its postal codes.

Name Area
in km2		 Population
Census
2010[6]		 Population
Census
2020[7]		 Administrative
centre		 Number
of
villages		 Post
codes
Malingping 102.01 61,500 71,080 Malingping Selatan 14 42391
Wanasalam 114.19 51,233 58,130 Bejod 13 42396
Panggarangan 177.16 35,242 38,540 Situregen 11 42390
Cihara 124.70 29,530 33,170 Cihara 9 42392
Bayah (a) 143.77 40,716 45,440 Bayah Barat 11 42393
Cilograng 96.02 31,689 35,220 Gunung Batu 10 42398
Cibeber 400.96 54,228 56,720 Warung Banten 22 42394
Cijaku 114.68 26,876 30,590 Cijaku 11 42397
Cigemblong 153.05 19,527 21,590 Cigemblong 8 42395
Totals of southern sector 1,426.54 360,541 390,480 109
Banjarsari 159.56 57,384 65,450 Cidahu 20 42355
Cileles 153.39 46,684 54,440 Cikareo 12 42393
Gunung Kencana 138.02 32,661 38,330 Gunung Kencana 12 42354
Bojongmanik 95.92 21,206 24,570 Bojongmanik 9 42363
Cirinten 122.55 24,765 29,160 Ciriten 10 42365
Leuwidamar 143.05 50,430 54,460 Lebakparahlang 12 42362
Muncang 86.95 31,615 37,280 Muncang 12 42364
Sobang 111.49 28,361 31,260 Sinar Jaya 10 42315
-42318
Cipanas 65.25 45,388 51,040 Sipayung 14 42372
Lebakgedong 91.60 21,537 21,860 Banjarsari 6 42351
Sajira 104.67 46,366 55,830 Sajira 15 42371
Cimarga 187.53 60,968 71,510 Margajaya 17 42361
Cikulur 61.83 46,627 58,280 Curugpanjang 13 42356
Waranggunung 47.37 52,302 62,000 Selarraja 12 42352
Cibadak 36.33 58,057 70,840 Pasar Keong 15 42357
Rangkasbitung 73.10 116,659 134,950 Muara Ciujung Timur 16 42311
-42319
Kalanganyar 28.59 31,982 38,830 Pasir Kupa 7 42311
-42312
Maja 78.17 50,526 59,710 Maja 14 42382
Curugbitung 93.17 30,036 36,530 Curugbitung 10 42381
Totals 3,305.07 1,204,095 1,386,790 345

Notes: (a) including 5 small offshore islands.

Tourism[]

To the southern coast of the Regency, there are Sawarna Beach and Ciantir Beach which can be accessed from Jakarta by a 6 hours drive. The modest Sawarna village has no available 24 hours electricity and no television broadcast can be accessed. In some areas, terraced rice fields are like in Ubud, Bali. Ciantir Beach is suitable for professional surfers with the high tides of the Indian Ocean.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Bdan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  6. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  7. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  8. ^ "Sawarna, natural splendor in West Java". January 22, 2012.

Rob Nieuwenhuys, Oost-Indische Spiegel, Amsterdam, 1978. Rob Nieuwenhuys, De mythe van Lebak, Amsterdam,1987.

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