Tigaraksa

Tigaraksa is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) located in the Tangerang Regency of Banten Province on Java (island), Indonesia. The district covers a land area of 55.30 km² and had 119,245 inhabitants in 2010^[2] and 155,557 inhabitants in 2020;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 163,531.^[1] The administrative headquarters of the Regency and of the district are located at the town of Tigaraksa.

Tigaraksa
Town and district
Country	Indonesia
Province	Banten
Regency	Tangerang Regency
Area
• Total	55.30 km2 (21.35 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	163,531
• Density	3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi)

Location of Tigaraksa within the Kabupaten Regency

Communities

Tigaraksa District is sub-divided into two urban kelurahan (Tigaraksa and Kadu Agung) and twelve rural villages (desa), all fourteen sharing the postcode of 15721, listed below with their areas and their officially-estimated populations as at mid 2023.^[4]

Kode Wilayah	Name of kelurahan or desa	Area in km2	Population mid 2023 estimate
36.03.03.1001	Tigeraksa (town)	2.87	17,399
36.03.03.2002	Pasir Bolang	3.06	8,234
36.03.03.2003	Matagara	4.03	12,536
36.03.03.2004	Pasirnangka	4.29	26,018
36.03.03.2005	Pete	2.72	15,080
36.03.03.2006	Tegalsari	2.53	5,321
36.03.03.1007	Kadu Agung	4.34	8,322
36.03.03.2008	Pematang	3.96	11,320
36.03.03.2009	Cisereh	3.72	6,460
36.03.03.2010	Margasari	3.96	15,226
36.03.03.2011	Cileles	5.91	9,364
36.03.03.2012	Sodong	4.22	12,106
36.03.03.2013	Tapos	4.43	9,732
36.03.03.2014	Bantar Panjang	5.26	8,413
36.03.03	Totals	55.30	163,531 (a)

Notes: (a) comprising 82,805 males and 80,726 females.

Climate

Tigaraksa has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy rainfall from October to May.

Climate data for Tigaraksa
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.7 (87.3)	31.0 (87.8)	31.5 (88.7)	32.3 (90.1)	32.6 (90.7)	32.6 (90.7)	32.6 (90.7)	32.9 (91.2)	33.3 (91.9)	33.4 (92.1)	32.6 (90.7)	32.0 (89.6)	32.3 (90.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.7 (80.1)	26.9 (80.4)	27.1 (80.8)	27.7 (81.9)	27.8 (82.0)	27.5 (81.5)	27.1 (80.8)	27.3 (81.1)	27.6 (81.7)	28.0 (82.4)	27.7 (81.9)	27.4 (81.3)	27.4 (81.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.8 (73.0)	22.9 (73.2)	22.8 (73.0)	23.0 (73.4)	23.1 (73.6)	22.4 (72.3)	21.7 (71.1)	21.7 (71.1)	22.0 (71.6)	22.6 (72.7)	22.9 (73.2)	23.0 (73.4)	22.6 (72.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	345 (13.6)	295 (11.6)	254 (10.0)	212 (8.3)	198 (7.8)	111 (4.4)	98 (3.9)	90 (3.5)	105 (4.1)	156 (6.1)	187 (7.4)	196 (7.7)	2,247 (88.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]