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Karawang Regency
Kabupaten Karawang
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Sundaneseᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮊᮛᮝᮀ
Batujaya temple
Batujaya temple
Coat of arms of Karawang Regency
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Pangkal Perjuangan
Location within West Java
Location within West Java
Karawang Regency is located in Java
Karawang Regency
Karawang Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
Karawang Regency is located in Indonesia
Karawang Regency
Karawang Regency
Karawang Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°18′07″S 107°18′17″E / 6.3020°S 107.3046°E / -6.3020; 107.3046
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Java
Government
 • RegentAep Syaepuloh
 • Vice RegentMaslani [id]
Area
 • Total
1,913.71 km2 (738.89 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2024 official estimate)
 • Total
2,554,384
 • Density1,334.78/km2 (3,457.07/sq mi)
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Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Area code(+62)267, (+62)264
Websitekarawangkab.go.id

Karawang Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia. The town of Karawang is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,911.09 km2 and had a population of 2,127,791 people at the 2010 Census,[2] which grew to 2,361,019 at the 2020 Census.[3] The official estimate for mid-2024 was 2,554,384 - comprising 1,302,947 males and 1,278,298 females projected for mid 2025.[1] The regency borders Bekasi and Bogor Regencies in the west, the Java Sea in the north, Subang Regency in the east, Purwakarta Regency in the southeast, and Cianjur Regency in the south. The regency lies on the eastern outskirts of Metropolitan Jakarta, just outside the Jabodetabek region, and is the site of considerable industrial activity (like factories).

The area continues to grow which marked the establishment of new factories by domestic and multinational companies in industrial areas. However, due to ever-expanding Jakarta (primarily from the eastward expansion of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and the Cikopo-Palimanan Toll Road), it has seen a heavy influx of housing developments as well as a surge of people.

Administrative districts

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Karawang Regency is divided into thirty districts (kecamatan) comprising 309 administrative villages (desa and Kelurahan). The districts are listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimate for mid-2024;[1] they are grouped for convenience into four geographical sectors, which have no administrative significance. The table includes the locations of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 297 rural desa and 12 urban kelurahan - for which latter please see West Karawang and East Karawang), and its postal code.

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
2010
Census		 Pop'n
2020
Census		 Pop'n
mid 2024
Estimate		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
32.15.02 Pangkalan [4] 94.37 35,245 38,408 42,895 Ciptasari 8 41362
32.15.28 Tegalwaru [5] 98.56 34,154 37,626 42,653 Cintalaksana 9 41364
32.15.04 Ciampel [6] 106.40 39,340 44,104 43,457 Kutapohaci 7 41363
32.15.03 Telukjambe Timur [7]
(East Telukjambe)		 37.49 126,616 135,914 148,145 Telukjambe 9 41360
32.15.27 Telukjambe Barat [8]
(West Telukjambe)		 71.07 48,803 54,957 60,901 Karangmulya 10 41361
32.15.05 Klari [9] 59.37 155,336 181,111 213,159 Duren 13 41371
Sub-totals South sector 467.26 439,494 492,120 551,210 56
32.15.13 Cikampek [10] 36.34 107,020 115,369 127,173 Dawuan Tengah 10 41373
32.15.29 Purwasari [11] 29.34 63,274 75,934 92,952 Sukasari 8 41377
32.15.16 Tirtamulya [12] 46.52 44,274 49,599 55,470 Citarik 10 41372
32.15.14 Jatisari [13] 53.20 72,003 78,565 82,399 Mekarsari 14 41375
32.15.24 Banyusari [14] 55.30 51,012 55,425 59,563 Gembongan 12 41374
32.15.25 Kotabaru [15] 30.89 119,710 131,136 149,359 Wancimekar 9 41376
32.15.15 Cilamaya Wetan [16] 69.36 75,318 78,279 84,999 Mekarmaya 12 41386
32.15.23 Cilamaya Kulon [17] 68.33 59,780 64,566 71,298 Sukamulya 12 41384
Sub-totals East sector 389.28 592,391 648,873 723,213 87
32.15.19 Lemahabang [18] 44.09 60,758 64,711 70,019 Karangtanjung 11 41383
32.15.17 Telagasari [19] 45.72 60,163 68,183 71,489 Telagasari 14 41381
32.15.21 Majalaya [20] 30.09 44,016 64,557 88,036 Majalaya 7 41370
32.15.26 Karawang Timur
(East Karawang) [21]		 29.77 118,001 146,326 149,866 Adiarsa Timur
(East Adiarsa)		 8 41313
& 41314
32.15.01 Karawang Barat
(West Karawang) [22]		 39.51 155,471 161,554 174,719 Tanjungmekar 8 41311
& 41312
42315
& 41316
32.15.18 Rawamerta [23] 81.38 48,657 53,608 57,821 Sukamerta 13 41382
32.15.20 Tempuran [24] 89.07 58,608 64,976 69,852 Pancakarya 14 41385
Sub-totals Central sector 359.63 545,674 623,915 681,802 75
32.15.07 Kutawaluya [25] 48.67 53,741 59,086 65,558 Waluya 12 41358
32.15.06 Rengasdengklok [26] 31.46 104,494 109,718 122,938 Rengasdengklok
Selatan (South
Rengasdengklok)		 9 41352
32.15.22 Jayakerta [27] 81.38 59,929 65,557 72,366 Jayamakmur 8 41351
32.15.10 Pedes [28] 66.08 70,168 78,187 85,032 Payungsari 12 41353
32.15.30 Cilebar [29] 71.96 39,421 43,494 46,908 Kertamukti 10 41350
32.15.11 Cibuaya [30] 87.18 48,660 52,050 57,215 Pejaten 11 41356
32.15.09 Tirtajaya [31] 92.25 61,919 70,166 77,139 Sabajaya 11 41357
32.15.08 Batujaya [32] 81.38 75,336 77,966 87,441 Batujaya 10 41354
32.15.12 Pakisjaya [33] 57.39 36,564 39,887 44,223 Tanjungbungin 8 41355
Sub-totals North sector 617.75 550,232 596,111 658,820 91
Totals 1,913.71 2,127,791 2,361,019 2,554,384 Karawang 309

The 12 urban villages (kelurahan) comprise all 8 villages in Karawang Barat District (Adiarsa Barat, Karangpawitan, Karawang Kulon, Mekarjati, Nagasari, Tanjungmekar, Tanjungpura and Tunggakjati), plus 4 (out of 8 villages) in Karawang Timur District (Adiarsa Timur, Karawang Wetan, Palumbonsari and Plawad).

History

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Batujaya temple

On 9 December 1947, a massacre was carried out in Rawagede (now located in the village of Balongsari, Rawamerta, Karawang), between Karawang and Bekasi, by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. A total of 431 residents became victims of this massacre.

Culture

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Karawang dancers on stilts

Topography

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Most of Karawang Regency consists of a broad coastal plain; it lies on the northern coast of Java and is the result of the deposition of sedimentary rocks formed by loose materials, especially marine sediments and volcanic alluvium. While in the middle of the regency are hills mostly formed by sedimentary rocks, in the south there is a mountain with a height of about 1,291 m (4,236 ft). The regency is roughly equidistant from Jakarta and Bandung, and the two metropolitan areas have a combined home population of over 40 million people.[citation needed]

Demography

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The estimated population in mid-2024 was 2,554,384, and the projected total for mid 2025 was 2,581,245 - comprising 1,302,947 males and 1,278,298 females.[1] The general population is ethnically Sundanese, with Islam adherents comprising 98.17% of the population according to the 2010 census.[34]

Sport

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The football club Persika Karawang, which plays in Liga 2, is based in Karawang's Singaperbangsa Stadium. The city had also hosted the Madura United F.C. between 2010 and 2012 when it was known as Pelita Jaya Karawang.

Industrial estates

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Currently, according to the data of the Indonesian Industrial Zone Association (HKI), there are at least nine major industrial areas, namely Karawang New Industry City (KNIC), Karawang International Industrial City (KIIC), Bukit Indah City, Surya Cipta Industrial Area, Karawang Jabar Industrial Estate, Podomoro Industrial Park, Kujang Industrial Area, Karawang Mitrakarawang Industry, GT Tech Park Karawang, and Artha Industrial Hill.[35]

New airport

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A new main airport for Greater Jakarta and the heavily populated surrounding area was planned for bids in 2014; the site is located within the regency (in Ciampel and Pangkalan districts), to provide relief to severely congested Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the nation's largest gateway, as well as overloaded Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung. The new airport is expected to have space for 4 long runways 2,136 by 19 metres (7,008 ft × 62 ft) and 2 jumbo terminals. The current airport takes up some 18 square kilometers of land, in all likelihood a similar allocation of land will be required.[36]

Transportation

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Trans-Java main rail line runs across the central part of the Regency, with a stop at Karawang Station. Likewise, Jakarta's main airport is also mulled for the regency. The Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road runs through the regency, connecting to the Cipularang Toll Road which goes to Purwakarta and Bandung. This district is also crossed by the fast Jakarta-Bandung train line.

Karawang adipati (regents) during the Mataram and colonial periods

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  1. Prince Singaperbangsa (1633-1677), under the title Adipati Kertabumi III
  2. Raden Anom Wirasuta (1677-1721), son of Singaperbangsa
  3. Raden Jayanegara (1721-1731), son of Wirasuta, under the title Adipati Panatayuda II
  4. Raden Singanegara (1752-1786), son of Jayanegara, under the title Adipati Panatayuda IV
  5. Raden Singasari (1786-1809), son-in-law of Singanegara, under the title Raden Adipati Aria Singasari
  6. Raden Aria Sastradipura (1809-1811), son of Singanegara
  7. Raden Adipati Suryalaga (1811-1813), eldest son of Raden Adipati Suryalaga, adipati of Sumedang
  8. Raden Aria Sastradipura (1811-1820), son of Singanegara
  9. Raden Adipati Suryanata (1821-1829), son-in-law of Sastradipura
  10. Raden Adipati Suryawinata (1829-1849), younger brother of Suryanata
  11. Raden Muhammad Enoh (1849-1854), under the title Raden Sastranegara
  12. Raden Adipati Sumadipura (1854-1863), son of Sastradipura, under the title Raden Tumenggung Aria Sastradiningrat I, builds the pendopo (regent palace) and the Grand Mosque of Purwakarta
  13. Raden Adikusumah (1883-1886), under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat II
  14. Raden Surya Kusumah (1886-1911), son of Adikusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III
  15. Raden Tumenggung Aria Gandanagara (1911-1925), younger brother of Surya Kusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III
  16. Raden Adipati Aria Suryamiharja (1925-1942)
  17. Raden Panduwinata (1942-1945), under the title Raden Kanjeng Pandu Suriadiningrat, last bupati to reside in Purwakarta, moves to Subang.

References

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  33. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Pakisjaya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215200)
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