Bekasi Regency

This article is about the regency. For the city, see Bekasi. For the railway station, see Bekasi railway station.

Bekasi Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Bekasi) is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java Province, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the district of Central Cikarang. It is bordered by Jakarta Special Region (the administrative cities of North Jakarta and East Jakarta) and by Bekasi City (which is a separate administration from the Regency) to the west, by Bogor Regency to the south, by Karawang Regency to the east and by the Java Sea to the north.

Bekasi Regency Kabupaten Bekasi
Regency
Other transcription(s)
• Sundanese	ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮨᮔ᮪ ᮘᮨᮊᮞᮤ
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Swatantra Wibawa Mukti (Self-reliant, Prestigious, joyous)
Location within West Java
Bekasi Regency Location in Java and Indonesia Show map of Java Bekasi Regency Bekasi Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 6°21′57″S 107°10′23″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Java
Regency seat	Central Cikarang
Government
• Regent	Ade Kuswara Kunang [id]
• Vice Regent	Asep Surya Atmaja [id]
Area
• Total	1,273.88 km2 (491.85 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Highest elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (mid 2024 Estimate)
• Total	3,273,868
• Density	2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Area code	(+62) 21
Website	bekasikab.go.id

This highly urbanised area (largely suburban to Jakarta to its west) has a land area of 1,273.88 km² (491.85 sq mi) and contained 2,630,401 people at the 2010 Census^[2] and 3,113,017 at the 2020 Census,^[3] with an average density of 2,570 inhabitants per square kilometre (6,700/sq mi). The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 3,273,868 (comprising 1,657,207 males and 1,616,661 females).^[1] These figures exclude the area and population of the separate City of Bekasi (with 2,644,058 inhabitants in mid 2024), which lies between the Regency and Jakarta, and has been independent of the Regency since 16 December 1996.

The earliest evidence of the existence of Bekasi dates from the 5th century according to the Tugu inscription, which describes the name of two rivers that run through the city, i.e. Candrabhaga and Gomati and one of those rivers, i.e. Candrabhaga is the origin of the name Bekasi where the name Candrabhaga evolved into Bhagasasi due to the Sanskrit word candra which means moon evolved into Old Javanese word ‘sasi’ which also means moon and then the name Bhagasasi was misspelled as Bhagasi and then Dutch colonial government also misspelled the name Bhagasi as Bacassie and finally it became Bekasi.

History

During the colonial era, Bekasi was dominated by particuliere landerijen ('private domains'; tanah partikelir) which came under the rule of Landheeren (landlords).^[4] The landlords could impose taxation (cuke), tribute (upeti) and force labor (rodi) on the inhabitants of their private estates.^[5]

Among the most powerful gentry families in Bekasi was the Khouw family of Tamboen (keluarga Khouw van Tamboen).^[6] They ruled their extensive landholdings from their country house, landhuis Tamboen (now Gedung Juang Tambun).

Administrative districts

Bekasi Regency administration building

Bekasi Regency is divided into 23 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census^[2] and the 2020 Census,^[3] together with the official estimates for mid 2024.^[1] They are grouped in the table below (in non-official geographical sectors) to indicate the approximate position of the districts. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totalling 180 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan), and their post codes.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (kecamatan)	Area in km2	Pop'n 2010 Census	Pop'n 2020 Census	Pop'n mid 2024 Estimate	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code(s)
32.16.18	Setu	62.16	111,670	173,656	201,835	Lubangbuaya	11	17320
32.16.21	Serang Baru	53.80	103,587	149,527	168,853	Sukasari	8	17330
32.16.22	Cibarusah	50.39	74,587	94,802	101,910	Cibarusakota	7	17340
32.16.23	Bojongmangu	60.06	25,033	27,821	28,393	Bojongmangu	6	17350 - 17356
	Southern sector	236.41	314,877	445,806	500,991		32
32.16.20	Cikarang Pusat (Central Cikarang)	47.60	56,756	67,336	70,480	Sukamahi	6	17531
32.16.19	Cikarang Selatan (South Cikarang)	51.74	143,030	161,534	165,881	Sukadami	7	17532
32.16.11	Cikarang Timur (East Cikarang)	51.31	91,326	106,478	110,699	Jatibaru	8 (a)	17533
32.16.09	Cikarang Utara (North Cikarang)	43.30	230,563	228,937	224,283	Cikarangkota	11	17534
32.16.08	Cikarang Barat (West Cikarang)	53.69	211,578	205,333	201,159	Telaga Asih	11 (b)	17530
	Cikarang sector	247.64	733,253	769,618	772,502		43
32.16.07	Cibitung	45.30	195,566	242,557	258,282	Wanasari	7 (c)	17520
32.16.06	Tambun Selatan (South Tambun)	43.10	417,008	431,038	427,718	Tambun	10 (d)	17510
32.16.05	Tambun Utara (North Tambun)	34.42	137,099	194,405	218,021	Sriamur	8	17511
	Tambun sector	122.82	749,673	868,000	904,021		25
32.16.02	Babelan	63.60	209,564	270,050	291,846	Babelan Kota	9 (e)	17610
32.16.01	Tarumajaya	54.63	109,296	132,756	140,225	Pantai Makmur	8 (f)	17211 - 17218
32.16.17	Muaragembong	140.09	35,503	40,321	41,496	Pantaimekar	6	17730
32.16.03	Sukawangi	67.19	43,119	49,649	51,368	Sukawangi	7	17620
	Northern sector	325.51	397,482	492,776	524,935		30
32.16.16	Cabangbungin	49.70	47,844	55,488	57,570	Lenggahjaya	8	17720
32.16.13	Pebayuran	96.34	92,821	102,285	104,043	Kertasari	13	17710
32.16.14	Sukakarya	42.40	42,468	52,016	55,120	Sukakarya	7	17630
32.16.04	Tambelang	37.91	35,376	40,862	42,329	Sukarapih	7	17621
32.16.15	Sukatani	37.52	70,299	93,491	102,277	Sukamulya	7	17631
32.16.10	Karangbahagia	46.10	90,654	123,238	135,971	Karangbahagia	8	17535
32.16.12	Kedungwaringin	31.53	55,654	69,437	74,109	Kedungwaringin	7	17540
	Eastern sector	341.50	435,116	536,817	571,419		64
	Total Regency	1,273.88	2,630,401	3,113,017	3,273,868		187

Notes: (a) includes the kelurahan of Sertajaya. (b) includes the kelurahan of Telaga Asih. (c) includes the kelurahan of Wanasari.
(d) includes the kelurahan of Jatimulya. (e) includes the two kelurahan of Bahagia and Kebalen. (f) includes the kelurahan of Setia Asih.

List of companies

Cikarang Pusat (Central Cikarang) District

• PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor

Cibitung District

• Panasonic
• PT Astra Honda Motor
• LG Electronics

Jababeka

• Samsung
• PT. Kraftfoods Indonesia
• Showa
• PT. Unilever Tbk.
• Kao Indonesia

EJIP

• Omron
• MEI ( Matsumoto Electronic Indonesia )
• Haier
• Musashi
• AISIN

BIIE

• LG Innotek Indonesia
• Enkei
• Sanoh

Newton Techno Park

• Guna Era
• Fata Metal
• Matahari Alka
• PPA (Priuk Perkasa Abadi)
• Takita

Toll Road Access

KM	Toll Road	Toll Gate	Destination
21	Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road	Tambun	Tambun, Mustika Jaya, Setu
24		Cibitung	Cibitung, Industrial Complex
31		Cikarang Barat	Cikarang, Industrial Complex, Lemahabang
34		Cibatu	Cibatu, Jayamukti, Industrial Complex
37		Cikarang Timur	Cikarang, Pasirranji, Sukamahi

See also

• Bekasi river