Karawang (Kota Karawang or Karawang Kota) is the capital of the
Karawang Regency
Karawang Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The town of Karawang is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,753.27 km2 and had a population of 2,127,791 people at the 2010 Census, which grew to 2, ...
of
West Java
West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Bante ...
,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. It is 32 miles east of
Jakarta, and had a population of 307,880 at the 2020 Census, spread over two districts of the regency -
West Karawang and East Karawang.
Karawang is known as a major rice production source in West Java.
Karawang is also known for automobile manufacturing facilities, including
Honda Prospect Motor and
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia
PT Toyota-Astra Motor (also called ''TAM'') is an automobile trading company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a joint venture company between Toyota Motor Corporation and Astra International with a distribution of shares of 50% and 50% respect ...
. Mitsubishi Motors Indonesia also operated a plant here from 1988 until 2015.
History
In March 2010 Karawang suffered severe flooding with 10,747 houses flooded; 11,540 families and 44,071 people were affected.
Heinrich Christian Macklot
Heinrich Christian Macklot (20 October 1799, Frankfurt am Main – 12 May 1832) was a German naturalist.
He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, earning his doctorate in 1822. Later that year, he found employment at the Rijks ...
, a German naturalist, was killed on 12 May 1832 during an insurrection that took place on the island.
Toll road access
See also
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San Diego Hills
San Diego Hills is a privately owned cemetery in Indonesia owned by Lippo Land Club. Established in January 2007, San Diego Hills is the first cemetery in Indonesia that combines the elegant cemetery concept of Forest Lawn with Indonesian cul ...
, a cemetery in West Karawang
References
Karawang latitude and longitudekarawangklik.comkarawangportal.com
External links
''The Jakarta Post''
Populated places in West Java
Regency seats of West Java
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