Preanger Regencies Residency

A train bridge in Preanger, date unknown

Preanger Regencies Residency (Dutch: Residentie Preanger-Regentschappen), sometimes referred to as Preanger Residency and renamed Priangan Residency after 1931, was an administrative division (residency) of the Dutch East Indies located in Parahyangan, West Java which existed from 1817 to 1925.[1] Its capital was in Cianjur until 1856 and thereafter in Bandung. The residency contained the municipality of Bandung and the regencies (regentschap) of Bandoeng, Soemedang, Tasikmalaja, Tjiamis and Garoet.

  1. ^ Stibbe, D. G., ed. (1919). Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië . Derde Deel N-Soema (in Dutch) (2 ed.). s'Gravenhage: Nijhoff. pp. 503–6.