Parigi () is a coastal district of

Pangandaran Regency Pangandaran Regency is a Regency in West Java province, Indonesia, formed on 25 October 2012 out of the former southern portion of Ciamis Regency. The population of this area as of the 2010 Census was 383,848,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. ...

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. The district is the

regency seat A regency seat () is a 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 administrative subdivisions of Ind ...

of Pangandaran Regency. Parigi borders

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

to the south.

Administrative divisions

Parigi is divided into 10 villages which are as follows: *Bojong *Cibenda *Ciliang *Cintakarya *Cintaratu *Karangbenda *Karangjaladri *Parakanmanggu *Parigi *Selasari

Tourism

Parigi is renowned for its Batu Hiu Beach (Shark's Rock Beach).

Climate

Parigi has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest 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 southeast Florida, United States ...

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

References

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