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Cianjur ( su, ᮎᮤᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮁ) is a town and district in the

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 Banten ...

province of

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 ...

, and is the seat of

Cianjur Regency Cianjur Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The area of the regency is 3,614.35 km2 and its population at the 2010 Census was 2,171,281; the 2020 Census produced a total of 2,477,560 and the official estimate as at m ...

. The district of Cianjur is located along one of the main roads between Jakarta (120 km to the northwest) and Bandung (60 km to the east). The population was 158,125 at the 2010 Census and 173,265 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 174,587.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. Because of its location, some of Cianjur's residents commute to work either in Bandung or in Jakarta. The road on which Cianjur is located used to be the main (extremely busy) road from Jakarta to Bandung but was in effect replaced as the main road link between these two main cities when the Jakarta-Bandung tollroad was fully completed in 2005. However, due to its low traffic, Cianjur returned as one of the alternative routes for travellers from Jakarta and Bandung.

History

Cianjur was founded in 1677, with the first head of the town being R. A. Wiratanudatar I, entitled Dalem Cikundul, as the descendant from the old Sundanese city of Pajajaran. By 2007 the city government asked female municipal employees to wear ''jilbab'' ( hijab). It also placed road signs encouraging women to wear ''jilbab''. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck offshore

on September 2, 2009, killing 21 people in Cianjur alone. Another 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred on November 21, 2022, killing 331 and injuring 7,729 others.

Administrative divisions

Cianjur district is divided into 11 administrative villages which are as follows: *Babakankaret *Bojongherang *Limbangansari *Mekarsari *Muka *Nagrak *Pamoyanan *Sawahgede *Sayang *Solokpandan *Sukamaju

Economy

The district mainly produces home and micro Industrial products, especially

leather Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffalo, pigs and hog ...

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin ...

, precious metals,

woven Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving. Woven fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by interlacing two or more threads at right angles to on ...

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and ...

fabrics Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

, and

foods Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ing ...

Transportation

After being dormant for about 2 years, the train called ''Siliwangi'' between Sukabumi and Cianjur was reactivated on 8 February 2014. It is faster than the buses which are usually trapped in traffic jams, but the cost of a train ticket is double that of using buses. Alam adalah pelindung bumi

Climate

Cianjur 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 moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy rainfall from October to May.

Notable residents

* Djumhana Wiriaatmadja (1904–1975) politician and diplomat * Mohammad Enoch (1893–1965) engineer and politician *

Robi Darwis Robi Darwis (born 22 August 2003) is an Indonesian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Liga 1 (Indonesia), Liga 1 club Persib Bandung. Club career Persib Bandu ...

(b. 2003) footballer * Rd Mochtar (b. 1918) actor * Nyonya The Tiang Ek, 1920s–30s writer and translator * Utuy Tatang Sontani (1920–1979) writer and university lecturer

References

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