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BekasiKotaBekasi

City

Seal

Motto:Cerdas,SehatdanIhsan(Smart,HealthyandCharity)

LocationofBekasiinWestJava

LocationofBekasiinWestJava

Coordinates:6140S10700E

Country IndonesiaProvince WestJava

GovernmentMayor RahmatEffendi

AreaTotal 210.49km2(81.27sqmi)

Elevation 1181m(36265ft)

Population(2014estimate)Total 2,510,951Density 12,000/km2(31,000/sqmi)

Timezone

WIB(UTC+7)

Area +6221

BekasiFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

Bekasi(Indonesian:KotaBekasi)isacityinWestJava,Indonesia,locatedontheeasternborderofJakartawithintheJabodetabekmetropolitanregion,assuchitservesasabedroomandfactorytownforJakarta.ThebordersforthiscityareBekasiRegencyatthenorth,BogorRegencyandDepokCityatthesouth,atthewestisEastJakarta,attheeastisBekasiRegency.ItisIndonesia'smostpopulatedsuburb,andoneofthemostpopulatedworldwide,butstilltrailsthelikesofIncheonandYokohama.

Ithasanareaof210.49squarekilometres(81.27sqmi)andhad2,334,142peoplein2011[1]

The2010populationwas2,378,211,[2]makingitIndonesia'sfourthlargestcity,andsecondinWestJavaonlytoBandung.Thelatestofficialestimate(for2014)is2,510,951,givingapopulationdensityof11,900/km2(31,000/sqmi).

Substantialurbanareassurroundthecity.ItservesasacommutercityforJakarta,althoughithasnotabletrade,businessandprocessingindustries.TheseareprimarilyclusteredintheareaofKarawang.

Contents

1Administration2Commerce3Transportation4Industry5LocalMedia6References7Externallinks

Administration

BekasiCityisdividedinto12districts('kecamatan'):

Bekasi

Coordinates:6140S10700E

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code(s)

Licenseplate

B

Website www.bekasikota.go.id(http://www.bekasikota.go.id)

Thecity'sPeople'sRepresentativeCouncilbuilding

District Population(2010census)Jatisampura 103,715PondokMelati 128,934Jatiasih 198,444Bantargebang 95,845Mustikajaya 159,773EastBekasi(BekasiTimur) 247,357Rawalumbu 208,334SouthBekasi(BekasiSelatan) 203,654WestBelasi(BekasiBarat) 272,557MedanSatria 161,162NorthBekasi(BekasiUtara) 308,593

Commerce

Inrecentyears,manysatellitecitieshavedevelopedalongtheJatibening/CikunirTambuntollhighway.TheseincludeHarapanIndah,KemangPratama,TamanGalaxy,andGrandWisata.

ThereareseveralshoppingcentersinBekasi.ThelargestisMegaBekasiHypermall(anchortenant:Giant),Othershoppingcentersinclude:MetropolitanMall.GrandMall(anchortenant:Hypermart),BlueOasisCity(anchortenant:Carrefour),BekasiTradeCentre,BekasiCyberPark(anchortenant:HariHariSwalayan),BekasiSquare(anchortenant:Carrefour),andSummareconMalBekasi(anchortenant:TheFoodhall)

HankookTireofSouthKoreaisbuildingaUS$353milliontireplantinBekasiandplannedtobeginproductionin2014.[3]

Transportation

TherearetwohighwayconnectionsfromtheJabodetabekurbanarea.ThefirstistheJakartaCikampekTollRoad,whichhasfourexitsinBekasi.TheotheristheJakartaOuterRingRoad,whichprovidesaccesstoTangerang,Jakarta,andBogor.OwingtoitslocationasasatellitecityofJakarta,heavyrushhourtrafficjamshavebecomecommonontheroadsbetweenJakartaandBekasi.Effortshavebeenmadetoovercometheseproblems,mainlybywideningtheroadsbetweenSumberArtamarketandBekasiCyberParkalongtheKalimalangriver.ThemostrecenttrafficprojectistheplannedBecakayutollroad,whichwillbeanalternatetotheJakartaCikampekTollRoad.ItsroutewillbeBekasiUtaraCawangKampungMelayu.

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Cikaranghighwaytollgate

TheCentralGovernmentdecidedtogivefundfor6Bekasi'sfeedersofTransJakartawhichwillstarttheprojectinMarch2012.AlltherouteswillendatKampungRambutanTerminal,EastJakartafromKebonPayaAmpera(2routes),BulakKapal,BekasiTradeCenter(2routes)andJoyoMartonostreet.[4]

Industry

Inadditiontoitsnumerousresidentialareas,thereareseveralimportantindustrialareasinBekasi.TheseincludetheJababekaandMM2100districts.Manylargecompanies,suchasHonda,ConverseandSamsung,havefactoriesinBekasi.Approximately500,000laborersliveinCikarang,thecapitalcityoftheBekasiregency.

LocalMedia

GoBekasi(http://gobekasi.co.id)(BekasiLocalOnlinePortal)

References1. "KotaBekasiDalamAngka2012"(http://ebook.bekasikota.go.id/index2.php?

dir=0300000000&catimage=&sort=).BappedaKotaBekasi.2013.Retrieved1March2015.2. "Moved"(http://www.citypopulation.de/IndonesiaMun.html).Citypopulation.de.Retrieved20140205.3. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/01/20/hankookannouncesus353millioninvestment.html4. "BekasitosetupsixTransjakartafeederroutes"(http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/02/29/bekasisetsix

transjakartafeederroutes.html).Thejakartapost.com.February29,2012.

Externallinks

Bekasilocalgovernmentwebsite(Indonesian)(http://www.kotabekasi.go.id/)

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