Patenggang Lake ( id, Situ Patenggang) is a

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located in the area of natural tourist attractions in the southern

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city,

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, to be exact it is in Ciwidey village. Located at an altitude of 1600 meters above sea level, this lake has a very exotic landscape. The lake is spread over an area ofabout 45,000 hectares and the surrounding nature reserve has an area of about 123,077.15 hectares. The lake is called ''Situ Patengan'' by the local society, as the pronunciation of ''patengan'' is too difficult to say in

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patenggang. The lake and adjoining area is a popular tourist destination. The label/name of the lake in maps.google.com is Situ Penganten which ''Penganten'' means newlywed couple.

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