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 3,428.56 km² and an official 2010 Census population of 1,204,095. The latest official estimate of population (for mid 2020) is 1,308,406.[2] Rangkasbitung is the regency seat. 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
 • Jawiليباك
Tanjung Layar Beach
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Lebak
Motto(s): 
"Iman Aman Uman Amin"
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
 • Total3,428.56 km2 (1,323.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,308,406
 • Density380/km2 (990/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 population totals from the 2010 Census[3] and the latest official estimates for mid 2017.[4] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its postal codes.

NameArea
in km2		Population
Census
2010[5]		Population
Estimate
mid 2017[6]		Number
of
villages		Post
codes
Malingping92.1761,50067,3701442391
Wanasalam134.2951,23354,7291342396
Panggarangan163.3635,24236,5891142390
Cihara159.5729,53032,031942392
Bayah (a)153.7440,71643,5481142393
Cilograng107.2031,68933,3571042398
Cibeber383.1554,22857,4532242394
Cijaku74.3626,87628,3861142397
Cigemblong75.2919,52720,167842395
Banjarsari145.3157,38459,9582042355
Cileles124.9846,68448,1621242393
Gunung Kencana145.7732,66134,0801242354
Bojongmanik58.2121,20622,149942363
Cirinten91.1224,76525,5691042365
Leuwidamar146.9150,43054,5721242362
Muncang84.9831,61532,5151242364
Sobang107.2028,36131,8201042315
-42318
Cipanas75.3845,38847,8571442372
Lebakgedong62.5521,53724,299642351
Sajira110.9846,36648,9551542371
Cimarga183.4360,96865,4631742361
Cikulur66.0646,62750,0701342356
Waranggunung49.5352,30257,5531242352
Cibadak41.3458,05763,7301542357
Rangkasbitung49.51116,659125,9331642311
-42319
Kalanganyar25.9131,98237,012742311
-42312
Maja59.8750,52653,5741442382
Curugbitung72.5530,03631,2021042381
Totals3,044.721,204,0951,288,103345

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 surfer with high tide of Indian Ocean.[7]

References
  1. Bdan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  3. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  5. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  6. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  7. "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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