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    GarutRegency(KabupatenGarut)

    Garut

    Nickname(s):KotaIntanMotto:TataTengtremKertarahardja

    LocationofGarutRegencyinIndonesia

    Coordinates:657S10724E

    Country IndonesiaProvince WestJava

    GovernmentRegent AcengFikri

    AreaTotal 3,074.07km2(1,186.91sqmi)

    Population(2014)Total 2,585,423

    Timezone WIB(UTC+7)Areacode(s) 0262

    Website http://www.garutkab.go.id

    GarutRegencyfacestheIndianOceanandsouthwestofBandunginWestJava.

    GarutRegencyFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    GarutRegencyisaRegencyintheWestJavaprovinceofIndonesia.Itcoversanareaof3,074.07km(1,186.91mi).Geographically,itliesbetween6573474457Southlatitudeand1072434108734Eastlongitude.Thepopulationatthe2010Censuswas2,404,121[1]thelatestofficialestimate(asatJanuary2014)was2,585,423.ThecapitalisthecityofGarut.

    Contents

    1Adjacentregencies2Geography3AdministrativeDistricts4History5Localproduce6Externallinks7References

    Adjacentregencies

    Itisborderedby:

    Easternside:TasikmalayaRegencyWesternside:CianjurRegencyandBandungRegencyNorthernside:SumedangRegencySouthernside:IndianOcean

    Geography

    Ingeneral,Garuthasacoolbuttropicalclimate,withanaveragetemperatureof24C(76F).Averageannualrainfallis2,590mm(102inches).Thisareaincludesvalleyterritorysurroundedbyvolcanoes(MountKaracak:1,838m,MountCikuray:2,821m,MountGuntur:2,249m,MountPapandayan:2,622m)onthenorthernside,withaverageheightsof700750mabovesealevel.Streamsofsolidifiedlavaarepresentontheirslopes.

    AdministrativeDistricts

    GarutRegencyiscurrentlydividedinto42districts(kecamatan),listedbelowwiththeirareasandpopulationsatthe2010Census,[2]togetherwiththenumberofvillagesineach.However,in2013theNationalLegislativeCouncilapprovedaproposaltocreateanewRegencySouthGarutRegency(KabupatenGarutSelatan)toincludethe16southernmostdistrictsoftheexistingGarutRegency,withacombinedpopulationofabout600,000.[3]

    GarutRegency(KabupatenGarut)

    Coordinates:657S10724E

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    Garutsanatoriuminthe1920s

    District Areainsq.kms.

    Population2010

    Census

    No.of

    Villages

    Cisewu 94.83 32,976 7Caringin 177.03 29,566 5Talegong 108.74 30,715 7Bungbulang 134.44 59,659 12Mekarmukti 67.76 5,634 4Pamulihan 132.44 17,570 5Pakenjeng 198.44 65,752 12Cikelet 172.32 40,928 9Pameungpeuk 44.11 38,852 7Cibalong 213.59 40,768 10Cisompet 172.25 49,848 11Peundeuy 56.79 22,408 6Singajaya 67.69 45,509 9Cihurip 40.42 17,993 4Cikajang 124.95 78,164 11

    District Areainsq.kms.

    Population2010

    Census

    No.of

    Villages

    Banjarwangi 123.82 56,100 11Cilawu 77.63 100,073 18Bayongbong 49.95 93,102 17Cigedug 28.88 38,199 5Cisurupan 80.88 95,086 16Sukaresmi 35.17 37,082 6Samarang 59.71 71,169 12Pasirwangi 46.70 62,048 12TarogongKidul 18.71 108,192 12

    TarogongKaler 36.74 84,843 13

    GarutKota 27.71 126,452 11Karangpawitan 52.07 116,833 20Wanaraja 28.04 44,036 8Sucinaraja 42.52 26,045 7

    District Areainsq.kms.

    Population2010

    Census

    No.of

    Villages

    Pangatikan 18.19 38,472 8Sukawening 38.83 49,689 11Karangtengah 23.28 16,107 4Banyuresmi 62.46 78,190 15Leles 73.51 76,056 12Leuwigdong 19.35 41,485 8Cibatu 41.43 63,598 11Kersamanah 16.50 35,583 5Cibiuk 19.90 30,368 5Kadungora 37.31 86,516 14(Balubur)Limbangan 73.59 76,530 14

    Selaawi 34.07 37,167 7Malangbong 92.38 118,671 23Totals 3,065.19 2,404,121 424

    Administratively,the42districtsaresubdividedinto400villagesand24subdistricts.CibalongDistrictisthelargestdistrictandcovers6.97%oftheareaofallGarutRegencydistricts,whiletheKersamanahDistrictisthesmallest,withanareaof1,650haor0.54%.GarutconstitutesthebufferlandandhinterlandforthedevelopmentofBandungRaja'sterritory.IthasastrategicpositionandactsasthesupplierfortheneedsofBandungMunicipalityandBandungRegency'spopulations.

    TheGarutRegencyhastwodistincttopographicalareas:

    NorthernGarutconsistsofhighlandswhichconstitutethelargestricefieldsinGarutSouthernGarutmostlyconsistsofslopinglandandtwelveriverswhichflowsouth,emptyingintotheIndianOcean

    TouristresortsarepresentinGarutRegency,withcoastalviews,andotherswithcraters,waterfalls,lakesandahotsprings.[4]

    History

    OnMarch2,1811,theBaluburLimbanganRegencywasdefeatedbyGovernorGeneralHermanW.Daendels(oftheDutchColonialArmy),andRegentTumenggungWangsakusumahIIresigned.BaluburLimbanganRegencythencomprised6districts:Balubur,Malangbong,Wanaraja,Wanakerta,CibeureumandPapandak.

    OnFebruary16,1813,anewLimbanganRegencywasfoundedbyLt.GovernorSirStamfordRaffleswhichbecameGarutRegency.R.A.A.AdiwijayawasthefirstRegentofGarutRegency.Hegovernedfrom1813until1821.HewaswellknownforhiscallofDalemCipeujeuh.

    Localproduce

    Landfertilityvariesgreatlybecauseofinfluencebymountains,riversandcoastallowlands.Asaresult,agriculturalbusinessesareprimarilyplantationbased,aswellassubsistencefarmingandanimalhusbandry,followedbyforestresources.

    SomeknownproductsfromGarutare:

    GarutOrangefruits(JerukGarut)

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    TheRegentofGarutRadenAdipatiAriaWiratanudatarVIIwithhiswife,RALasminingrat,andfamily.

    Garut'smainstreetin1936

    MangdogarsHandycraft"MangDogar"asGarutIconlikesornamen,dolls,souvenir,clothes

    GarutLamb(DombaGarut)DodolGarut(asnack)VetiverRootOil(Andropogonzizanioides)BatikTulisGarutan(handpaintedclothes)SilkclothesGemstonesLeathercraftsBamboocrafts

    Externallinks

    OfficialDistrictGovernmentsite(English)(http://english.garutkab.go.id/)

    References1. BiroPusatStatistik,Jakarta,2011.2. BiroPusatStatistik,Jakarta,2011.3. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/12/councilbackssouthgarutnewregency.html.4. IkaKrismantari,'Garut:TheHiddenBeautyofWestJava'

    (http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/18/garutthehiddenbeautywestjava.html),TheJakartaPost,19April2011.

    Witton,Patrick(2003).Indonesia(7thedition).Melbourne:LonelyPlanet.p.191.ISBN1740591542.

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