Lebak Regency

Lebak Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency has an area of 3,426.56 km² and an official 2010 Census population of 1,204,095. The latest official estimate of population (for January 2014) is 1,340,213.[1] Rangkasbitung is the capital of the regency. It is bordered by Pandeglang Regency to the west, Serang Regency to the north, Tangerang Regency to the north-east, and Bogor Regency and Sukabumi Regency of West Java to the east.

Lebak Regency

Kabupaten Lebak
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Sundaneseᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪
 • Jawiليباك
Tanjung Layar Beach
Seal
Nickname(s): 
Lebak
Motto(s): 
"Iman Aman Uman Amin"
Location within Banten
Lebak Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
Lebak Regency
Lebak Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6.65°S 106.21667°E / -6.65; 106.21667
Country Indonesia
Province Banten
CapitalRangkasbitung
Government
 • RegentIti Octavia jayabaya
 • Vice RegentAde Sumardi
Area
 • Total3,426.56 km2 (1,323.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total1,340,213
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnic groupsBantenese, Sundanese
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 252
Websitelebakkab.go.id

History

The Lebak Regency is the Regency to which Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) was appointed in 1856 as Assistant Resident. Douwes Dekker observed that the local regent exploited the local population and requested his removal. He made a few mistakes in this. He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse by the regent. The regent being of local nobility but paid the colonial government was regularly in poor circumstances having to keep up with demands of patronage for his large family, according to the adat, the traditional law. Bad practices were known and condoned to a certain extent by the colonial administration. Governmental research that same year showed however more serious abuse by the lesser local officials. The Governor-General disapproved of Dekker's tactless conduct and ordered his replacement, which Dekker refused. He resigned after three months of duty in Lebak. Home he published four years later 'Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company', a pamphlet-novel, which had great influence on later administrators, less by force of analysis than by the vigour of its language, setting a new standard for Dutch literature.

Administrative districts

The Regency is divided into 28 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census areas and populations.[2] These are subdivided into 345 'villages' (desa and kelurahan)

Tourism

To the southern coast of the Regency, there are Sawarna and Ciantir Beach which can be accessed from Jakarta for 6 hours drive. The modest Sawarna village has no available 24 hours electricity and no television broadcast can be accessed. In some areas, terraced rice fields are like in Ubud, Bali. Ciantir Beach is suitable for professional surfer with high tide of Indian Ocean.[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. "Sawarna, natural splendor in West Java". January 22, 2012.

Rob Nieuwenhuys, Oost-Indische Spiegel, Amsterdam, 1978. Rob Nieuwenhuys, De mythe van Lebak, Amsterdam,1987.

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