Sumedang Regency is a landlocked

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''(kabupaten)'' of

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province,

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. The district of

North Sumedang North Sumedang ( id, Sumedang Utara, su, ᮞᮥᮙᮨᮓᮀ ᮊᮜᮦᮁ; Sumedang Kalér) is a district in Sumedang Regency, West Java, Indonesia which serves as the regency seat of Sumedang Regency. It is located halfway along the provincial ro ...

is its capital. The regency covers an area of 1,558.72 km², and had a population of 1,093,602 at the 2010 Census and 1,152,507 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 1,159,346. The city of Sumedang is famous for its tofu,

Tahu bungkeng Tahu sumedang or Tahu bunkeng (Sumedangite tofu, bunkeng tofu) is a Sundanese deep-fried tofu from Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia. It was first made by a Chinese Indonesian named Ong Kino. It has some different characteristic from other tofu. Hi ...

, that was first produced by a Chinese immigrant from

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China.

Administrative districts

Sumedang Regency is divided into twenty-six

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(''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code. The first five districts named above - Jatinangor, Cimanggung, Tanjungsari, Sukasari and Pamulihan - are in the southwest corner of the regency adjacent to

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

City and lie within the Bandung Metropolitan Area. They cover 224.53 km² and had a combined population of 349,750 at the 2010 Census, and 365,622 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 368,000.

Jatigede Dam

In August 2011, the project of

Jatigede Dam The Jatigede Dam is an embankment dam on the Cimanuk River in Sumedang Regency, West Java, Indonesia. It is located east of the town of Sumedang. Construction on the dam began in 2008 and it was completed in 2015. The power station is expected to ...

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has been initialized. The dam capacity is almost one billion cubic metre will be the Indonesian second biggest dam in capacity after

Jatiluhur Dam The Jatiluhur Dam is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia. It is located east of Jakarta, close to the medium-size town of Purwakarta. Jatiluhur Dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and was constructed betw ...

. An agreement to make a hydro power plant with capacity of 2x25 megawatts and an estimated cost $224.4 million has been signed in December 2011. The production will be incorporated to the

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150KiloVolt transmission system in 2015.

Waterfalls

In Citengah village area, South Sumedang district there are 18 waterfalls. Citengah agro tourism and waterfalls village can be reached from Sumedang Central Park to the east through Cipameungpeuk bridge. The unique waterfalls are Cigorobog waterfall with its 4 step waterfalls, 30 meters Cimecek waterfall and U-shape Ciparahu waterfall. The environment is well preserved with monkeys and wild pigs in the hill.

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