Ciamis Regency

Ciamis Regency
Motto: Mahayuna Ayuna Kadatuan
Ciamis Regency Location of Ciamis Regency in Indonesia
Coordinates: 6°45′S 108°23′E / 6.750°S 108.383°ECoordinates: 6°45′S 108°23′E / 6.750°S 108.383°E
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Java
Government
• Regent	Engkon Komara
Area
• Total	876.75 km^2 (338.52 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	1,144,458
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Area code(s)	0265
Website	http://www.ciamiskab.go.id

Ciamis Regency is an inland regency in West Java, Indonesia, and shares a provincial border with Central Java. Its seat is Ciamis, also the primary urban center. Formerly, it administrated areas bordering the Indian Ocean.

Recent changes

Prior to the separation of part of this regency in 2012, it had an area of 2,556.75 km² and population of 1,528,306 (at the 2010 Census); the regency was until 2012 divided into 36 districts. However, as from 25 October 2012, the existing regency has been split, with 10 districts comprising the southern portion being formed into a new Pangandaran Regency (with a 2010 Census population of 383,848), leaving 26 districts in the residual Ciamis Regency, however is smaller in area than Pangandaran Regency.

Tourist destinations

In 2011 Ciamis Regency was boosting the (new) tourist destinations with an idea of making a new Regency in the southern 10 districts of the regency, south of the '(virtual) isthmus' (please see the locator map) where there were already popular tourist destinations (e.g. Pangandaran Beach). The separate Pangandaran Regency was split off in 2012.

Up to end of May 2014 (5 months), Ciamis Regency are only visited by 156,423 domestic tourists and just 3 foreign tourists as spill off from Pangandaran Beach. The counting is a significant drop compared to when Pangandaran is still belong of Ciamis Regency, because Ciamis Regency until now has not yet affordable tourist site, mainly for foreign tourists.^[1]

Administration

Prior to the separation of Pangandaran Regency as a separate regency, there were 36 districts (kecamatan) within Ciamis Regency. Six of these districts (Baregbeg, Lumbung, Mangunjaya, Purwadadi, Sindangkasih and Sukamantri) had been created between the previous Census of 2000 and the more recent Census of 2010.

Following the separation of ten districts (Cigugur, Cijulang, Cimerak, Kalipucang, Langkaplancar, Mangunjaya, Padaherang, Pangandaran, Parigi and Sidamulih) to form the new Pangandaran Regency, the remaining Ciamis Regency is divided into 26 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.^[2]

Name Population Census 2010 Banjarsari 102,848 Lakbok 48,381 Purwadidi 35,147 Pamarican 64,057 Cidolog 18,745 Cimaragas 15,460 Cijeungjing 50,103 Cisaga 36,455 Tambaksari 21,587

Name Population Census 2010 Rancah 55,646 Rajadesa 48,391 Sukadana 22,727 Ciamis 93,744 Baregbeg 40,556 Cikoneng 49,852 Sindangkasih 44,745 Cihaurbeuti 46,815 Sadananya 33,527

Name Population Census 2010 Cipaku 58,649 Jatinagara 26,047 Panawangan 47,614 Kawali 39,027 Lumbung 28,335 Panjalu 43,391 Sukamantri 20,942 Panumbangan 55,865

Pictures gallery

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  Map locator of Ciamis Regency (still including the area of Pangandaran Regency, split off in 2012)

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  Coat of arms of the regency in a boundary monument

References

1. "Pascapisahnya Pangandaran, Wisman ke Kabupaten Ciamis Anjlok". June 30, 2014.
2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.