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Bandung Metropolitan Area (Indonesian: Wilayah Metropolitan Bandung or Bandung Raya) is the metropolitan area surrounds the city of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is home to roughly 8½ million people in 2014.
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Location
It is located in a mountainous plateau region in the central-west portion of West Java province. It has the 2nd highest population of any metropolitan area in Indonesia. West Bandung Regency was carved out of Bandung Regency in 2007.
Western Java Urban Corridor
The metropolitan area lies less than 20 km from the eastern edge of the metropolitan area of Greater Jakarta ("Jabodetabek") near Cianjur city, and is adjacent (contiguous) with Jabodetabekjur-Cirangkarta definition for Jakarta's extended metropolitan area at its northern border with Purwakarta Regency. Beginning in Serang Regency of Banten Province, the urban corridor which Greater Bandung is a part of, is home to over 44 million people.
Definition
It is officially defined as covering Bandung Regency, West Bandung Regency (formerly part of Bandung Regency), and 3 kecamatan (districts) of Sumedang Regency (Jatinangor, Cimanggung, and Tanjungsari kecamatan), together with the cities of Bandung and Cimahi.
sources: (Budan Pusat Statistik 2010, 2015 Census Indonesia)