Bandung metropolitan area (Redirected from Bandung Metropolitan Area)

Bandung Basin
Cekungan Bandung
From top, left to right: Bandung Basin viewed from Mount Batu, Bandung skyline, view of Central Bandung from the north, Pasupati Bridge in Bandung, Malela Falls in West Bandung Regency Patenggang Lake in Bandung Regency.
Bandung Basin in West Java shown in verdigris
Bandung Basin in West Java shown in verdigris
Coordinates: 6°55′26″S 107°36′23″E / 6.92389°S 107.60639°E / -6.92389; 107.60639
Country Indonesia
Province West Java
Core cityBandung
Satellite cityCimahi
RegenciesBandung Regency
West Bandung Regency
part of Sumedang Regency
Area
 • Metro3,500.38 km2 (1,351.50 sq mi)
Population
(mid 2022 estimate)
 • Urban2,461,553
 • Metro8,973,179
 • Metro density2,600/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Postcodes
40xxx
Area codes(62)22
Vehicle signD
GDP (nominal)2022
 - TotalIncreaseRp 601.04 trillion
IncreaseUS$ 40.48 billion
IncreaseUS$ 123.88 billion (PPP)
 - Per capitaIncreaseRp 70.67 million
IncreaseUS$ 4,769
IncreaseUS$ 14,564 (PPP)
Websitemetropolitan.jabarprov.go.id
Highest elevation 2,608 m/8,556 ft (Mount Kendang, in Bandung Regency)

The Bandung Metropolitan Area, officially called the Bandung Basin (Cekungan Bandung) or Greater Bandung (Bandung Raya), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was home to about nine million people in mid 2022 and is composed of regencies and cities previously part of the Dutch East Indies era "Central Priangan Residency" administration.

Due to ongoing development in urban areas between Bandung, Kertajati International Airport, Aerotropolis and Patimban International Seaport, the West Java provincial government and the Regional Planning Board (BAPPEDA) has prepared and publicized a blueprint for a newly defined (extended) Bandung Metropolitan area with a total area more than 5,500 km2 and a population greater than 11 million people.

Location

Bandung is located in a mountainous plateau region in the central portion of West Java province and has the third highest population of any metropolitan area in Indonesia.

Western Java urban corridor

The Bandung metropolitan area begins less than 20 km from the eastern edge of the metropolitan area of Greater Jakarta ("Jabodetabek") near Cianjur city, and is adjacent (contiguous) with the Jabodetabekjur-Cirangkarta definition for Jakarta's extended metropolitan area (250 km or so long) at its northern border with Purwakarta Regency. Stretching from Serang Regency in Banten Province to include Greater Bandung, this relatively narrow urban corridor hemmed in by volcanoes is home to estimated 50 million people as of 2020, or a third of the islands population and a bit less than a fifth of the entire nation.

Definition

The Bandung Metropolitan area was officially defined as covering Bandung Regency and West Bandung Regency (which until 2007 was part of Bandung Regency), plus part (5 districts) of Sumedang Regency, together with the cities of Bandung and Cimahi.

Administrative division Area
in km2
Population
2010
Census
Population
2020
Census
Population
mid 2022
Estimate
Population
density
(per km2
mid 2022)
Bandung City 167.31 2,394,873 2,444,160 2,461,553 14,713
Cimahi City 40.37 541,177 568,400 575,235 14,249
Bandung Regency 1,762.40 3,178,543 3,623,790 3,718,660 2,110
West Bandung Regency 1,305.77 1,506,448 1,788,336 1,846,969 1,414
Sumedang Regency (part) 224.53 349,750 365,622 370,762 1,651
Metropolitan area 3,500.38 7,970,791 8,790,308 8,973,179 2,563

As subsequently extended, the new metropolitan region includes the entire Sumedang Regency with parts of Subang Regency and Majalengka Regency; and it borders the Cirebon metropolitan area. Together, the two metro areas comprise over 14 million people Sources: (Budan Pusat Statistik 2010, 2015 Census Indonesia)

See also


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