Lebak Regency
Kabupaten Lebak
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Sundaneseᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪
 • Pegonلَيباك‎
Tanjung Layar Beach
Tanjung Layar Beach
Coat of arms of Lebak Regency
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Lebak
Motto(s): 
ᮄᮙᮔ᮪ ᮃᮙᮔ᮪ ᮅᮙᮔ᮪ ᮃᮙᮤᮔ᮪
Iman Aman Uman Amin
(Faithful, Safe, All-given by God)
Location within Banten
Location within Banten
Lebak Regency is located in Java
Lebak Regency
Lebak Regency
Location in Java and Indonesia
Lebak Regency is located in Indonesia
Lebak Regency
Lebak Regency
Lebak Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°39′00″S 106°13′00″E / 6.65°S 106.21667°E / -6.65; 106.21667
Country Indonesia
Province Banten
Regency seatRangkasbitung
Government
 • Acting RegentIwan Kurniawan
 • Vice RegentVacant
Area
 • Total3,305.07 km2 (1,276.09 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)
 • Total1,433,853
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 [1]
Demographics
 • Ethnic groupsBantenese, Sundanese
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 252
Websitelebakkab.go.id

Lebak Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency has an area of 3,305.072 km2 and had a population of 1,204,095 at the 2010 census[2] and 1,386,793 at the 2020 census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 1,433,853.[1] The town of Rangkasbitung in the north of the regency is the administrative centre. The regency is bordered by Pandeglang Regency to the west, Serang Regency to the north, and Tangerang Regency to the north-east, and by Bogor Regency and Sukabumi Regency of West Java Province to the east.

History

The Lebak Regency is the regency to which the Dutchman Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known by his pseudonym (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 by 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 areas and populations from the 2010 census[2] and the 2020 census;[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 340 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Rangkasbitung District), and its postal codes.

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
district
(kecamatan)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
census
2010		Pop'n
census
2020		Pop'n
estimate
mid 2021		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
codes
36.02.01Malingping102.0161,50071,08472,179Malingping Selatan1442391
36.02.21Wanasalam114.1951,23358,13058,921Bejod1342396
36.02.02Panggarangan177.1635,24238,53838,923Situregen1142390
36.02.26Cihara124.7029,53033,17433,592Cihara942392
36.02.03Bayah (a)143.7740,71645,43545,978Bayah Barat1142393
36.02.20Cilograng96.0231,68935,22035,628Gunung Batu1042398
36.02.19Cibeber400.9654,22856,72257,040Warung Banten2242394
36.02.16Cijaku114.6826,87630,58831,014Cijaku1142397
36.02.28Cigemblong153.0519,52721,59121,831Cigemblong842395
Totals of southern sector1,426.54360,541390,482395,106109
36.02.09Banjarsari159.5657,38465,45066,376Cidahu2042355
36.02.10Cileles153.3946,68454,43655,326Cikareo1242393
36.02.08Gunung Kencana138.0232,66138,32738,977Gunung Kencana1242354
36.02.07Bojongmanik95.9221,20624,56524,950Bojongmanik942363
36.02.27Cirinten122.5524,76529,15529,659Ciriten1042365
36.02.06Leuwidamar143.0550,43054,46254,937Lebakparahlang1242362
36.02.05Muncang86.9531,61537,27937,930Muncang1242364
36.02.22Sobang111.4928,36131,26331,597Sinar Jaya1042315
-42318
36.02.04Cipanas65.2545,38851,03951,689Sipayung1442372
36.02.25Lebak Gedong91.6021,53721,86421,921Banjarsari642351
36.02.12Sajira104.6746,36655,83256,922Sajira1542371
36.02.11Cimarga187.5360,96871,50772,714Margajaya1742361
36.02.17Cikulur61.8346,62758,28159,634Curugpanjang1342356
36.02.15Waranggunung47.3752,30262,00063,111Selarraja1242352
36.02.18Cibadak36.3358,05770,83972,312Pasar Keong1542357
36.02.14Rangkasbitung73.10116,659134,945137,041Muara Ciujung Timur16 (b)42311
- 42319
36.02.24Kalanganyar28.5931,98238,82839,613Pasir Kupa742311
- 42312
36.02.13Maja78.1750,52659,70560,758Maja1442382
36.02.23Curugbitung93.1730,03636,53437,284Curugbitung1042381
Totals3,305.071,204,0951,386,7931,407,857345

Notes: (a) including 5 small offshore islands. (b) including the 5 kelurahan of Cijoro Lebak, Cijoro Pasir, Muara Ciujung Barat, Muara Ciujung Timur and Rangkasbitung Barat.

Tourism

To the southern coast of the regency, there are Sawarna Beach and Ciantir Beach which can be accessed from Jakarta by a 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 surfers with the high tides of the Indian Ocean.[4]

Since 2018, the regency has operated a history museum in Rangkasbitung, the Multatuli Museum, which focuses on the anti-colonial struggle and the Dutch author Multatuli.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Lebak Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3602)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ↑ "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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