Purwakarta Regency
Kabupaten Purwakarta | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Sundanese | ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Wibawa Karta Raharja | |
 Location within West Java | |
| Coordinates: 6°33′22″S 107°26′32″E / 6.5560°S 107.4421°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Java |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Benni Irwan (acting) |
| Area | |
• Total | 971.72 km2 (375.18 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 1,037,068 |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (WIB) |
| Area code | 0264 |
| HDI |  0.678 (Medium)
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| Website | purwakartakab.go.id |
Purwakarta Regency is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia. The town of Purwakarta is its regency seat.
The land area of the Regency is 971.72 km2, and it had a population of 852,521 in the 2010 Census[2] and 997,869 in the 2020 Census,[3] while the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,037,068 - comprising 526,035 males and 511,033 females[1] - for a density of 1,067.2 people per km2.[4] The west of the regency includes the huge reservoir of the Waduk Jatiluhur (which forms a freshwater lake with a surface area of 83 km2), west of Purwakarta town and 70 km from Jakarta, created by the Jatiluhur Dam on the Tarum River.
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Purwakarta Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3214)
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Profil Daerah Jawa Barat Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine