Rangkasbitung (

Sundanese Sundanese may refer to: * Sundanese people * Sundanese language * Sundanese script Standard Sundanese script (''Aksara Sunda Baku'', ) is a writing system which is used by the Sundanese people. It is built based on Old Sundanese script (' ...

: ) (colloquially called Rangkas) is a town which is the administrative centre of

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 3,305.072 km2 and had a population of 1,204,095 at the 2010 census and 1,386,793 at the 2020 census; the official estima ...

, in

Banten Province Banten ( id, Banten; Sundanese: , romanized ''Banten'') is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the Java Se ...

Java, Indonesia Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...

. It had a population of 134,945 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 137,041. It is the site of the Multatuli Museum, a history museum which opened in 2018.

Climate

Rangkasbitung has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Transportation

The town lies on the road connecting

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

, Serpong and

Pandeglang Pandeglang Regency ( Sundanese: ) is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is mainly located on the west and south coasts of the island of Java, and is the most westerly regency on Java Island, but it also includes a number of offshore island ...

. It is also connected with western railway line of Java, connecting Jakarta with

Serang Serang ( id, Kota Serang, , Sundanese: ) is a city and the capital of Banten province and was formerly also the administrative center of Serang Regency in Indonesia (the Regency's capital is now at Baros). The city is located towards the north ...

until Merak. The town is served by Jakarta Metrorail.

Notable residents

Eduard Douwes Dekker Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin ''multa tulī'', "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel ''Max Havelaar'' (1860), which denounced the a ...

or Multatuli, the author of

Max Havelaar ''Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company'' ( nl, Max Havelaar; of, De koffi-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy) is an 1860 novel by Multatuli (the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), which played a key rol ...

, once lived and worked in the town. His experience and observation during his time here triggered him to write the famous romance. *Eugenia van Beers, the mother of American rock musicians Eddie van Halen and

Alex van Halen Alexander Arthur Van Halen (; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the Rock music, rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen, his younger brother Eddie Van Halen, Eddie, ...

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File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het huis van de assistent-resident in Rangkasbitoeng TMnr 60016558.jpg, House of assistant-resident of Lebak in Rangkasbitung, where Eduard Douwes Dekker once lived. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Samenvloeiing van de rivieren Ciberang en Ciujung bij Rangkasbitoeng TMnr 60016560.jpg, The Ciberang and

Ciujung The Ciujung (Ujung River) is a river in the province of West Java and Banten on the island of Java, Indonesia. Location The rivers in Banten, the westernmost province of Java, run roughly parallel to each other. The main ones are the Peteh, calle ...

rivers coming together at Rangkasbitung

References

{{Reflist Lebak Regency Districts of Banten Regency seats of Banten Populated places in Banten