Bandung Regency is an administrative regency located to the south, southeast, east and northeast of the city of Bandung. The northern parts of the Bandung Regency are effectively part of the Bandung Metropolitan Area, with the southern third being less urbanized and jutting upwards from the Valley, though not as sharply as the mountain range to the immediate north of Bandung. The Regency is part of the Indonesian province of West Java, and is situated about 75 miles southeast of Jakarta. The town of Soreang is the regency seat. The Regency was reduced in size as first Cimahi City and then West Bandung Regency were split off from the regency. In the 2010 Census, the population of the residual area reached 3,178,543 after final adjustments, while the Intermediate Census for 2015 increased the total to 3,528,873, for an average density of roughly 1,996 per square kilometre.
Administration
Bandung Regency current regent is H. Dadang M Naser.
Bandung Regency is divided into thirty-one districts, encompasing 280 administartive villages. The districts are listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census:
Note that Cimenyan, Cilrengkrand and Cileunyi Districts and Bojongsoang, Dayeuhkolot, Margahayu and Margaasih Districts are virtually extensions to the built-up area of Bandung.
Malabar Mountain, Besar Peak in Pangalengan, Puntang Peak in Cimaung, Haruman Peak in Pangalengan and Cimaung, Malabar Peak in Pacet, and also several peaks in Pangalengan, Cimaung, Banjaran, and Pacet.
Because of the mountainous nature of parts of the Bandung District, major landslides are a significant natural hazardfor the people of the District. In February 2010, for example, over 15 people were killed in a large landslide in the Ciwidey area.
Industry
Various local manufacturing activities take place in the District including the following.
KPBS, Koperasi Peternakan Bandung Selatan
Asia Sport
Ceres
PanAsia Indosyntec
Polyfin
PT Mitra Rajawali Banjaran received the 2010 ASEAN Business Development Award for best quality. The factory produces around 18.7 million condoms a year, 65 percent of which are for export
This area has a unique cuisine, such as Milk Caramels, Fresh Milk, Milk Snack, Bandrek, Borondong
Transport
Transport to the Bandung Regency mainly is from Bandung. No major bus terminals, train stations or airports are located in the region. Traditional transport arrangements such as the delman horse passenger carriages are found in such places as the Banjaran Sub- district.
To ease traffic jams in the Nagreg hill area close to Bandung, in 2011 the government completed part of the Nagreg ring road at a cost of Rp.90 billion. The ring road will serve vehicles from travelling from south to north and can be used during Eid ul-Fitr 2011. Traffice from north to south will still use the old road.
