Cibinong

Cibinong
ᮎᮤᮘᮤᮔᮧᮀ
Town and District
Lake of Setu Cibinong
Lake of Setu Cibinong
Cibinong is located in Bogor Regency
Cibinong
Cibinong
Location in Bogor Regency, Java and Indonesia
Cibinong is located in Java
Cibinong
Cibinong
Cibinong (Java)
Cibinong is located in Indonesia
Cibinong
Cibinong
Cibinong (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°29′06″S 106°50′31″E / 6.485°S 106.842°E / -6.485; 106.842
Country Indonesia
ProvinceWest Java
RegencyBogor Regency
Government
 • CamatBambang Widodo Tawekal
 • SecretaryAndri Rahman
Area
[1]
 • Total46.62 km2 (18.00 sq mi)
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total373,988
 • Density8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 251
Vehicle registrationF
Villages13
WebsiteOfficial website

Cibinong (Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮘᮤᮔᮧᮀ) is a large town and an administrative district (kecamatan) in Bogor Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia which serves as the Regency's administrative seat - not to be confused with the district of the same name in Cianjur Regency. The town is located immediately due south of the city of Depok, which itself lies south of Jakarta, with both Depok and Cibinong being part of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area. The town and district are named after the Binong River (the prefix "ci" means "river"). Cibinong District covers a land area of 47.08 km2, and had 326,519 inhabitants at the 2010 Census[2] and 363,424 inhabitants at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 373,988.[1] The administrative headquarters are in the town of Cirimekar.

The Science Center of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia) is located in the district.[4] Cibinong contains a swamp forest, which is already mentioned by van Steenis in 1933, called Rawa (Swamp) Siradayah, and it still preserved until present time.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Bogor Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3201)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ https://www.panoramio.com/photo/4043683 Archived 2018-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Ecology park of the Cibinong Science Center
  5. ^ Steenis, van C.C.G. (1933): Het Moerasboschje bij Tjidjadas, Res. Batavia. Tropische Natuur, 105-109
  6. ^ Whitten et al. (1996): The ecology of Java and Bali.