Lebak Regency


Lebak Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency has an area of 3,426.56 km² and an official 2010 Census population of 1,204,095. The latest official estimate of population is 1,340,213. Rangkasbitung is the capital of the regency. It is bordered by Pandeglang Regency to the west, Serang Regency to the north, Tangerang Regency to the north-east, and Bogor Regency and Sukabumi Regency of West Java to the east.

History

The Lebak Regency is the Regency to which Eduard Douwes Dekker was appointed in 1856 as Assistant Resident. Douwes Dekker observed that the local regent exploited the local population and requested his removal. He made a few mistakes in this. He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse by the regent. The regent being of local nobility but paid the colonial government was regularly in poor circumstances having to keep up with demands of patronage for his large family, according to the adat, the traditional law.
Bad practices were known and condoned to a certain extent by the colonial administration. Governmental research that same year showed however more serious abuse by the lesser local officials. The Governor-General disapproved of Dekker's tactless conduct and ordered his replacement, which Dekker refused. He resigned after three months of duty in Lebak. Home he published four years later 'Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company', a pamphlet-novel, which had great influence on later administrators, less by force of analysis than by the vigour of its language, setting a new standard for Dutch literature.

Administrative districts

The Regency is divided into 28 districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census areas and populations. These are subdivided into 345 'villages'
DistrictArea in
sq.km		Population
2010 Census
Malingping110.061,500
Wanasalam115.451,233
Panggarangan177.235,242
Cihara124.829,530
Bayah145.240,716
Cilograng96.031,689
Cibeber400.854,228
Cijaku106.826,876
Cigemblong153.219,527
Banjarsari147.457,384
Cileles163.146,684
Gunung Kencana141.532,661
Bojongmanik96.021,206
Cirinten122.624,765

DistrictArea in
sq.km		Population
2010 Census
Leuwidamar142.650,430
Muncang81.731,615
Sobang116.828,361
Cipanas64.745,388
Lebak Gedong91.621,537
Sajira106.746,366
Cimarga187.860,968
Cikulur60.946,627
Warunggunung48.252,302
Cibadak36.358,057
Rangkasbitung72.5116,659
Kalang Anyar29.031,982
Maja78.050,526
Curugbitung93.630,036

Tourism

To the southern coast of the Regency, there are Sawarna and Ciantir Beach which can be accessed from Jakarta for 6 hours drive. The modest Sawarna village has no available 24 hours electricity and no television broadcast can be accessed. In some areas, terraced rice fields are like in Ubud, Bali. Ciantir Beach is suitable for professional surfer with high tide of Indian Ocean.