Purwakarta Regency
Purwakarta Regency is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia. The town of Purwakarta is its regency seat.
Purwakarta Regency
Kabupaten Purwakarta | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Sundanese | ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ |
Statue in the Sri Baduga Maharaja park, the central square of Purwakarta | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Wibawa Karta Raharja | |
Location within West Java | |
| Coordinates: 6°33′22″S 107°26′32″E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Java |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Benni Irwan (acting) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 971.72 km2 (375.18 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2022 estimate) | |
| • Total | 1,028,569 |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (WIB) |
| Area code | 0264 |
| HDI | 0.678 (Medium) |
| Website | purwakartakab.go.id |
The land area of the Regency is 971.72 km2, and it had a population of 852,521 in the 2010 Census and 997,869 in the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 1,028,569 for a density of 1,040.9 people per km2. The west of the regency includes the huge reservoir of the Waduk Jatiluhur, west of Purwakarta town and 70 km from Jakarta, created by the Jatiluhur Dam on the Tarum River.
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