Cibinong ( su, ᮎᮤᮘᮤᮔᮧᮀ) is a district in

Bogor Regency Bogor Regency (Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Bogor'') is a landlocked regency (''kabupaten'') of West Java, Indonesia, south of DKI Jakarta. Covering an area of 2,986.20 km2, it is considered a bedroom community for Jakarta, and was home to 5,4 ...

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which serves as the Regency's capital. Cibinong District had 363,424 inhabitants at the 2020 Census. The Science Center of

Indonesian Institute of Sciences The Indonesian Institute of Sciences ( id, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, or LIPI) was the governmental authority for science and research in Indonesia. It consists of 47 research centers in the fields ranging from social to natural scie ...

(Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia) is located in the district. Cibinong contains a swamp forest, which is already mentioned by van Steenis in 1933, called Rawa (Swamp) Siradayah, and it still preserved until present time.Whitten et al. (1996): The ecology of Java and Bali. Cuisine specialities of Cibinong include ''laksa cibinong'' and ''Mie ayam'' (Chicken noodles) due to the strong influence of Chinese community.

Laksa Laksa is a spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia. Laksa consists of various types of noodles, most commonly thick rice noodles, with toppings such as chicken, prawn or fish. Most variations of laksa are prepared with a rich and spicy coco ...

is a spicy noodle soup from the

Peranakan The Peranakans () are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (), namely the British Colonial ruled ports in the Malay Peninsula, ...

culture. Laksa Cibinong is a kind of thick yellowish coconut milk based soup, produced by a mixture of some spices, and it is served with bean sprout, rice vermicelli (bihun), hard-boiled eggs, cooked shredded chicken, fried shallots and Indonesian lemon-basil leaves. Sometime they are also served with rice cake (lontong).

Mie ayam Mie ayam, mi ayam, or bakmi ayam (Indonesian for ' chicken bakmi', literally chicken noodles) is a common Indonesian dish of seasoned yellow wheat noodles topped with diced chicken meat (''ayam''). It is derived from culinary techniques employe ...

is easily found everywhere, as a cheap food for factory workers and school students. There are basically two preparation styles, one is more Indonesian in style (with Indonesian spices, sweet soy sauce, saos sambel), and the other one is more Chinese (using for example star anise, sesame oil or soy sauce). Most of the places offers, in addition to noddle, kwetiau or bihun. Chinese Peranakan culture can be seen at the Chinese Temple Ho Tek Bio near Cibinong market, during Imlek or Chinese New Year. Near the market, in front of the lake, there is a Chinese cemetery compound (''Sentiong'').

Administrative divisions

Cibinong district is divided into 13 administrative villages which are as follows:Cibinong Subdistrict in Figures 2018
/ref> *Cibinong *Cirimekar *Ciriung *Harapan Jaya *Karadenan *Nanggewer *Nanggewer Mekar *Pabuaran *Pabuaran Mekar *Pakansari *Pondok Rajeg *Sukahati *Tengah

Climate

Cibinong 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 southe ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

External links

Pictures of Rawa Siradayah
Districts of Bogor Regency Populated places in West Java Regency seats of West Java {{WJava-geo-stub