Pangandaran Regency


Pangandaran Regency is a Regency in West Java province, Indonesia, formed on 25 October 2012 out of the southern portion of Ciamis Regency. The population of this area as at the 2010 Census was 383,848. The administrative capital is Parigi.
Pangandaran Regency contains a beach called Pantai Pangandaran and Cukang Taneuh Canyon.

Administration

The regency is divided into ten districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.
NamePopulation
Census 2010
Cimerak43,500
Cijulang26,278
Cigugur20,915
Langkaplancar46,756
Parigi41,967
Sidamulih26,694
Pangandaran52,163
Kalipucang35,432
Padaherang61,366
Mangunjaya28,777

Tourism

In 2011 Ciamis Regency was boosting the tourist destinations with an idea of making a new Regency on the south of the ' isthmus' where there is also a tourist destination as a cash cow. The tourist destinations are Situ Lengkong Panjalu, Kingdom of Sunda Astana Gede Kawali site and the most potential destination is Curug Tujuh, Cibolang, Panjalu. Curug Tujuh is located 2 kilometres from Cibolang main road. Curug Tujuh means "seven waterfalls", due to there being 7 waterfalls along a 5 kilometres track. The tallest waterfall is more than one hundred metres high.
Situ Lengkong Panjalu, 76.2 hectares has a small island in the centre of the lake called Nusa Gede where many East Javanese people come to visit King of Panjalu's son's cemetery.
In June 2011 the Tourism and Culture Ministry agreed to make the Pangandaran area into a National Tourism Site like Bali. It covers Karapyak Beach in Kalipucang District through Pangandaran Beach in Pangandaran district and to Batu Karas Beach in Cijulang District.
In 2010, Green Canyon was visited by 125,000 visitors and in 2011 by 150,000 visitors. On holiday there were more than 2,000 visitors per day made increase of boat waiting time due to narrow access to Green Canyon and the boat should wait for them who swam.
A number of artistic and tourist attractions attract visitors.