Serang

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Kota Serang
Serang
Serang (Indonesia)
Serang
Serang
Coordinates 6 ° 7 ′  S , 106 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 6 ° 7 ′  S , 106 ° 9 ′  E
Location in the province of BantenLocation in the province of Banten
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Motto
"Kota Serang Madani"
Basic data
Country Indonesia

Geographical unit

Jawa
province Banten
ISO 3166-2 ID-BT
surface 266.7 km²
Residents 643,101 (2014 estimated)
density 2,411.2  Ew. / km²
founding August 10, 2007
Website www.serangkab.go.id ( Indonesian )
politics
Walikota ( Mayor) Tb. Haerul Jaman
Serang Railway Station
Serang Railway Station

As an independent municipality (Indonesian Kota - city), Serang is also the capital of the western Javanese province of Banten . Serang is also the administrative seat of the administrative district of the same name ( Kabupaten in Indonesian ). It takes up 5.7% of the population and 2.8% of the area of ​​the province of Banten.

The municipality of Serang is surrounded on three sides by the reign ( Kabupaten ) of Serang and has the coast as a border ( Java Sea ) only in the north .

location

The region is predominantly flat, rising up to 648 m. The municipality is 70 km west of Jakarta and extends between 5 ° 99 'to 6 ° 22' south latitude and 106 ° 07 'to 106 ° 25' east longitude.

climate

The tropical climate brings an annual average temperature of 22 ° C (in August up to 33 ° C), there are an average of 17 rainy days (especially in January and July) and 55 millimeters of precipitation per month.

population

With 577,785 inhabitants (Census 2010), Serang was ranked 21st in the ranking of the most populous Indonesian cities. The majority of the population is of Islamic faith, the proportion of Catholics (1.1%) and Protestants (0.6%) is still lower before that of the Buddhists. Interestingly, the number of Catholics increased by 2,751 between 2012 and 2013, while the number of Protestants decreased by 5,928. The growth rate between 2012 and 2013 was 2.16%. In terms of gender, there are 105 men for 100 women. In 135,451 households (2013) the average number of people is 4.65. The population according to the continuation of the population register (DKCS 2013, indones. Ditjen Kependudukan dan Catatan Sipil ) was 565,641 in 2013.

Administrative overview of the districts

Code / Kecamatan District
 Ibukota administrative seat
 Number of villages Area
[km²] 		population Population
density
[Ew. per km²]
2010 2013
36.73.010 Curug Curug 10 49.60 47,308 49.181 992
36.73.020 Walantaka Pipitan 14th 48.48 75,672 83,078 1,714
36.73.030 Cipocok Jaya Cipocok Jaya 8th 31.54 80.930 93,081 2,951
36.73.040 Serang Kaligandu 12 25.88 208.017 217.504 8,404
36.73.050 Taktakan Taktakan 12 47.88 78.184 84.106 1,757
36.73.060 Kasemes Casemates 10 63.36 87,674 91,852 1,450
36.73 Kota Serang 66 266.74 577.785 618.802 2,320

tourism

In 2012, 148,700 guests were counted in the city's 19 hotels, 1.8% of them foreign. Of the 241,177 tourists visiting the city's objects, only 3.7% were foreigners.

history

By law No. 32/2007, the municipality ( Kota ) Serang was separated from the administrative district ( Kabupaten ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census (Indonesian)
  2. ↑ Census 2010 (Indonesian)
  3. ↑ Kota Serang Dalam Angka 2014 / Kota Serang in Figures 2014 (Indonesian, English)
  4. ↑ Government Ordinance 32/2007