Soreang ( su, ᮞᮧᮛᮦᮃᮀ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of Bandung Regency,

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 ...

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 ...

. Located 18 km from Bandung city, Soreang is the

regency seat A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a regency in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of county seat in the United States or county town in the United Kingdom. Legally, regency seats are not administrati ...

of Bandung Regency, where the regent's office and local legislature are located at Kopo-Soreang Highway.

Administrative divisions

Soreang is divided into 10 villages which are as follows: *Cingcin *Karamatmulya *Pamekaran *Panyirapan *Parungserab *Sadu *Sekarwangi *Soreang *Sukajadi *Sukanagara

Transportation

Soreang is a transportation hub for the southern parts of the regency. In the colonial times, there used to be a railway connecting Bandung and Ciwidey, but was discontinued in 1982 following a collapse of the track in 1972. A toll road connecting the city of Bandung and Soreang directly was opened in December 2017, reducing travel time to around 10 minutes from previously up to 2 hours.

Toll Road Access

Climate

Soreang 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.

References

Bandung Regency Populated places in West Java Regency seats of West Java {{WJava-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

Transportation

Toll Road Access

Climate

See also

References