Lebak Regency

Lebak Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency has an area of 3,305.072 km² and an population of 1,204,095 at the 2010 Census[2] and 1,386,790 at the 2020 Census.[3] The town of Rangkasbitung in the north of the regency is the administrative centre. The regency is bordered by Pandeglang Regency to the west, Serang Regency to the north, and Tangerang Regency to the north-east, and by Bogor Regency and Sukabumi Regency of West Java Province to the east.

Lebak Regency
Kabupaten Lebak
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Sundaneseᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪
 • Pegonلَيباك‎
Tanjung Layar Beach
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Lebak
Motto(s): 
Iman Aman Uman Amin
(Faithful, Safe, All-given by God)
Location within Banten
Lebak Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
Lebak Regency
Lebak Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6.65°S 106.21667°E / -6.65; 106.21667
Country Indonesia
Province Banten
Regency seatRangkasbitung
Government
 • RegentIti Octavia Jayabaya
 • Vice RegentAde Sumardi
Area
 • Total3,305.07 km2 (1,276.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)
 • Total1,386,790
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 [1]
Demographics
 • Ethnic groupsBantenese, Sundanese
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 252
Websitelebakkab.go.id

History

The Lebak Regency is the Regency to which the Dutchman Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known by his pseudonym (Multatuli), was appointed in 1856 as Assistant Resident. Douwes Dekker observed that the local regent exploited the local population and requested his removal. He made a few mistakes in this. He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse by the regent. The regent being of local nobility but paid the colonial government was regularly in poor circumstances having to keep up with demands of patronage for his large family, according to the adat, the traditional law. Bad practices were known and condoned to a certain extent by the colonial administration. Governmental research that same year showed however more serious abuse by the lesser local officials. The Governor-General disapproved of Dekker's tactless conduct and ordered his replacement, which Dekker refused. He resigned after three months of duty in Lebak. Home he published four years later 'Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company', a pamphlet-novel, which had great influence on later administrators, less by force of analysis than by the vigour of its language, setting a new standard for Dutch literature.

Administrative districts

The Regency is divided into 28 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and populations from the 2010 Census[4] and the 2020 Census.[5] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its postal codes.

NameArea
in km2		Population
Census
2010[6]		Population
Census
2020[7]		Administrative
centre		Number
of
villages		Post
codes
Malingping102.0161,50071,080Malingping Selatan1442391
Wanasalam114.1951,23358,130Bejod1342396
Panggarangan177.1635,24238,540Situregen1142390
Cihara124.7029,53033,170Cihara942392
Bayah (a)143.7740,71645,440Bayah Barat1142393
Cilograng96.0231,68935,220Gunung Batu1042398
Cibeber400.9654,22856,720Warung Banten2242394
Cijaku114.6826,87630,590Cijaku1142397
Cigemblong153.0519,52721,590Cigemblong842395
Totals of southern sector1,426.54360,541390,480109
Banjarsari159.5657,38465,450Cidahu2042355
Cileles153.3946,68454,440Cikareo1242393
Gunung Kencana138.0232,66138,330Gunung Kencana1242354
Bojongmanik95.9221,20624,570Bojongmanik942363
Cirinten122.5524,76529,160Ciriten1042365
Leuwidamar143.0550,43054,460Lebakparahlang1242362
Muncang86.9531,61537,280Muncang1242364
Sobang111.4928,36131,260Sinar Jaya1042315
-42318
Cipanas65.2545,38851,040Sipayung1442372
Lebakgedong91.6021,53721,860Banjarsari642351
Sajira104.6746,36655,830Sajira1542371
Cimarga187.5360,96871,510Margajaya1742361
Cikulur61.8346,62758,280Curugpanjang1342356
Waranggunung47.3752,30262,000Selarraja1242352
Cibadak36.3358,05770,840Pasar Keong1542357
Rangkasbitung73.10116,659134,950Muara Ciujung Timur1642311
-42319
Kalanganyar28.5931,98238,830Pasir Kupa742311
-42312
Maja78.1750,52659,710Maja1442382
Curugbitung93.1730,03636,530Curugbitung1042381
Totals3,305.071,204,0951,386,790345

Notes: (a) including 5 small offshore islands.

Tourism

To the southern coast of the Regency, there are Sawarna Beach and Ciantir Beach which can be accessed from Jakarta by a 6 hours drive. The modest Sawarna village has no available 24 hours electricity and no television broadcast can be accessed. In some areas, terraced rice fields are like in Ubud, Bali. Ciantir Beach is suitable for professional surfers with the high tides of the Indian Ocean.[8]

References
  1. Bdan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  6. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  8. "Sawarna, natural splendor in West Java". January 22, 2012.

Rob Nieuwenhuys, Oost-Indische Spiegel, Amsterdam, 1978. Rob Nieuwenhuys, De mythe van Lebak, Amsterdam,1987.

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