Karawang Regency

Karawang Regency
Kabupaten Karawang
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Sundaneseᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮊᮛᮝᮀ
Batujaya temple
Batujaya temple
Coat of arms of Karawang Regency
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Pangkal Perjuangan
Location within West Java
Location within West Java
Karawang Regency is located in Java
Karawang Regency
Karawang Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
Karawang Regency is located in Indonesia
Karawang Regency
Karawang Regency
Karawang Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°18′07″S 107°18′17″E / 6.3020°S 107.3046°E / -6.3020; 107.3046
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Java
Government
 • RegentAep Syaepuloh
 • Vice RegentMaslani
Area
 • Total
1,913.71 km2 (738.89 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2025 official estimate)
 • Total
2,581,245
 • Density1,348.82/km2 (3,493.42/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
Area code(+62)267, (+62)264
Websitekarawangkab.go.id

Karawang Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia. The town of Karawang is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,913.71 km2 and had a population of 2,127,791 people at the 2010 Census,[2] which grew to 2,361,019 at the 2020 Census, and continues to grow by about 40,000 new residents each year.[3] The official estimate for mid 2025 was 2,581,245 (comprising 1,302,947 males and 1,278,298 females).[1] The regency borders Bekasi and Bogor Regencies in the west, the Java Sea in the north, Subang Regency in the east, and Purwakarta Regency in the south. The regency lies on the eastern outskirts of Metropolitan Jakarta, just outside the Jabodetabek region, and is the site of considerable industrial activity (like factories).

The area continues to grow following the establishment of new factories by domestic and multinational companies in industrial areas. However, due to ever-expanding of Jakarta's suburbs (primarily from the eastward expansion of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and the Cikopo-Palimanan Toll Road), it has also seen a heavy influx of housing developments as well as a surge of new residents.

Administrative districts

Karawang Regency is divided into thirty districts (kecamatan) comprising 309 administrative villages (desa and Kelurahan). The districts are listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimate for mid 2025;[1] they are grouped for convenience into four geographical sectors, which have no administrative significance. The table includes the locations of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 297 rural desa and 12 urban kelurahan - for which latter please see West Karawang and East Karawang), and its postal code.

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
(kecamatan)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
2010
Census		Pop'n
2020
Census		Pop'n
mid 2025
Estimate		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
code
32.15.02Pangkalan [4]99.6635,24538,40843,205Ciptasari841362
32.15.28Tegalwaru [5]52.1434,15437,62641,095Cintalaksana941364
32.15.04Ciampel [6]117.1039,34044,10446,141Kutapohaci741363
32.15.03Telukjambe Timur [7]
(East Telukjambe)		47.21126,616135,914136,022Telukjambe941360
32.15.27Telukjambe Barat [8]
(West Telukjambe)		70.9248,80354,95758,369Karangmulya1041361
32.15.05Klari[9]73.65155,336181,111216,547Duren1341371
Sub-totalsSouth sector460.68439,494492,120538,37956
32.15.13Cikampek[10]36.34107,020115,369124,802Dawuan Tengah1041373
32.15.29Purwasari [11]32.1563,27475,93488,646Sukasari841377
32.15.16Tirtamulya [12]46.5244,27449,59952,552Citarik1041372
32.15.14Jatisari [13]55.3472,00378,56584,279Mekarsari1441375
32.15.24Banyusari [14]55.4651,01255,42558,390Gembongan1241374
32.15.25Kotabaru[15]33.31119,710131,136145,394Wancimekar941376
32.15.15Cilamaya Wetan [16]78.1775,31878,27982,241Mekarmaya1241386
32.15.23Cilamaya Kulon [17]68.3359,78064,56668,632Sukamulya1241384
Sub-totalsEast sector405.62592,391648,873704,93687
32.15.19Lemahabang [18]53.4460,75864,71168,390Karangtanjung1141383
32.15.17Telagasari [19]105.7060,16368,18372,713Telagasari1441381
32.15.21Majalaya [20]33.5444,01664,55792,077Majalaya741370
32.15.26Karawang Timur
(East Karawang) [21]		30.77118,001146,326170,076Adiarsa Timur
(East Adiarsa)		841313 & 41314
32.15.01Karawang Barat
(West Karawang) [22]		39.52155,471161,554167,026Tanjungmekar841311 & 41312,
42315 & 41316
32.15.18Rawamerta [23]50.3248,65753,60856,454Sukamerta1341382
32.15.20Tempuran [24]93.5758,60864,97667,762Pancakarya1441385
Sub-totalsCentral sector406.86545,674623,915695,29875
32.15.07Kutawaluya [25]54.6053,74159,08663,664Waluya1241358
32.15.06Rengasdengklok [26]37.68104,494109,718120,948Rengasdengklok
Selatan (South
Rengasdengklok)		941352
32.15.22Jayakerta [27]43.5059,92965,55770,513Jayamakmur841351
32.15.10Pedes [28]66.0570,16878,18782,729Payungsari1241353
32.15.30Cilebar [29]71.9339,42143,49447,349Kertamukti1041350
32.15.11Cibuaya [30]118.2248,66052,05055,302Pejaten1141356
32.15.09Tirtajaya [31]105.4061,91970,16673,538Sabajaya1141357
32.15.08Batujaya [32]75.1975,33677,96683,050Batujaya1041354
32.15.12Pakisjaya [33]68.3836,56439,88742,539Tanjungbungin841355
Sub-totalsNorth sector640.95550,232596,111639,63291
Totals1,913.712,127,7912,361,0192,581,245Karawang309

The 12 urban villages (kelurahan) comprise all 8 villages in Karawang Barat District (Adiarsa Barat, Karangpawitan, Karawang Kulon, Mekarjati, Nagasari, Tanjungmekar, Tanjungpura and Tunggakjati), plus 4 (out of 8 villages) in Karawang Timur District (Adiarsa Timur, Karawang Wetan, Palumbonsari and Plawad).

History

Batujaya temple

On 9 December 1947, a massacre was carried out in Rawagede (now located in the village of Balongsari, Rawamerta, Karawang), between Karawang and Bekasi, by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. A total of 431 residents became victims of this massacre.

Karawang dancers on stilts

Topography

Most of Karawang Regency consists of a broad coastal plain; it lies on the northern coast of Java and is the result of the deposition of sedimentary rocks formed by loose materials, especially marine sediments and volcanic alluvium. While in the middle of the regency are hills mostly formed by sedimentary rocks, in the south there is a mountain with a height of about 1,291 m (4,236 ft). The regency is roughly equidistant from Jakarta and Bandung, and the two metropolitan areas have a combined home population of over 40 million people.

Demography

The estimated population in mid 2025 was 2,581,245, comprising 1,302,947 males and 1,278,298 females.[1] The general population is ethnically Sundanese, with Islam adherents comprising 98.17% of the population according to the 2010 census.[34]

Sport

The football club Persika Karawang, which plays in Liga 2, is based in Karawang's Singaperbangsa Stadium. The city had also hosted the Madura United F.C. between 2010 and 2012 when it was known as Pelita Jaya Karawang.

Industrial estates

Currently, according to the data of the Indonesian Industrial Zone Association (HKI), there are at least nine major industrial areas, namely Karawang New Industry City (KNIC), Karawang International Industrial City (KIIC), Bukit Indah City, Surya Cipta Industrial Area, Karawang Jabar Industrial Estate, Podomoro Industrial Park, Kujang Industrial Area, Karawang Mitrakarawang Industry, GT Tech Park Karawang, and Artha Industrial Hill.[35]

New airport

A new main airport for Greater Jakarta and the heavily populated surrounding area was planned for bids in 2014; the site is located within the regency (in Ciampel and Pangkalan districts), to provide relief to severely congested Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the nation's largest gateway, as well as overloaded Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung. The new airport is expected to have space for 4 long runways 2,136 by 19 metres (7,008 ft × 62 ft) and 2 jumbo terminals. The current airport takes up some 18 square kilometers of land, in all likelihood a similar allocation of land will be required.[36]

Transportation

Trans-Java main rail line runs across the central part of the Regency, with a stop at Karawang Station. Likewise, Jakarta's main airport is also mulled for the regency. The Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road runs through the regency, connecting to the Cipularang Toll Road which goes to Purwakarta and Bandung. This district is also crossed by the fast Jakarta-Bandung train line.

Karawang adipati (regents) during the Mataram and colonial periods

  1. Prince Singaperbangsa (1633-1677), under the title Adipati Kertabumi III
  2. Raden Anom Wirasuta (1677-1721), son of Singaperbangsa
  3. Raden Jayanegara (1721-1731), son of Wirasuta, under the title Adipati Panatayuda II
  4. Raden Singanegara (1752-1786), son of Jayanegara, under the title Adipati Panatayuda IV
  5. Raden Singasari (1786-1809), son-in-law of Singanegara, under the title Raden Adipati Aria Singasari
  6. Raden Aria Sastradipura (1809-1811), son of Singanegara
  7. Raden Adipati Suryalaga (1811-1813), eldest son of Raden Adipati Suryalaga, adipati of Sumedang
  8. Raden Aria Sastradipura (1811-1820), son of Singanegara
  9. Raden Adipati Suryanata (1821-1829), son-in-law of Sastradipura
  10. Raden Adipati Suryawinata (1829-1849), younger brother of Suryanata
  11. Raden Muhammad Enoh (1849-1854), under the title Raden Sastranegara
  12. Raden Adipati Sumadipura (1854-1863), son of Sastradipura, under the title Raden Tumenggung Aria Sastradiningrat I, builds the pendopo (regent palace) and the Grand Mosque of Purwakarta
  13. Raden Adikusumah (1883-1886), under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat II
  14. Raden Surya Kusumah (1886-1911), son of Adikusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III
  15. Raden Tumenggung Aria Gandanagara (1911-1925), younger brother of Surya Kusumah, under the title Raden Adipati Sastradiningrat III
  16. Raden Adipati Aria Suryamiharja (1925-1942)
  17. Raden Panduwinata (1942-1945), under the title Raden Kanjeng Pandu Suriadiningrat, last bupati to reside in Purwakarta, moves to Subang.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Karawang Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Pangkalan Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215010)
  5. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Tegalwaru Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215010)
  6. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Ciampel Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215020)
  7. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Telukjambe Timur Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215031)
  8. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Telukjambe Barat Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215032)
  9. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Klari Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215040)
  10. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Cikampek Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215050)
  11. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Purwasari Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215051)
  12. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Tirtamulya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215060)
  13. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Jatisari Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215070)
  14. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Banyusari Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215071)
  15. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Kotabaru Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215072)
  16. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Cilamaya Wetan Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215081)
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  20. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Majalaya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215111)
  21. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Karawang Timur Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215112)
  22. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Karawang Barat Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215113)
  23. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Rawamerta Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215120)
  24. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Tempuran Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215130)
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  30. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Cibuaya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215170)
  31. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Tirtajaya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215180)
  32. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Batujaya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215190)
  33. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2025, Kecamatan Pakisjaya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3215200)
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