Purwakarta Regency
Kabupaten Purwakarta | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Sundanese | ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ |
Motto: Wibawa Karta Raharja | |
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) |
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.