Ciamis Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Ciamis, Sundanese: ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮎᮤᮃᮙᮤᮞ᮪) is a landlocked regency in West Java, Indonesia, and shares a provincial border with Central Java. Its seat is the town of Ciamis, also the primary urban center. Formerly, the regency included the town of Banjar, which was separated out to become an independent city on 11 December 2002; it also included areas bordering the Indian Ocean, but these southern districts were cut off to form a separate Pangandaran Regency on 25 October 2012. The regency now covers 1,597.67 km2, and had a 2020 census population of 1,229,069,[2]> but the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,251,544 (comprising 625,771 males and 625,773 females).[1]
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 in the extreme southeast of the province (with a 2010 census population of 383,848), leaving 26 districts in the residual Ciamis Regency. The reduced Ciamis Regency covers 1,595.94 km2 and the districts comprising it had a population of 1,148,656 at the 2010 census,[3] which rose to 1,229,069 at the 2020 census[2] and to an official estimate of 1,251,544 as at mid 2023.[1]
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, where there were already several tourist destinations (e.g. Pangandaran Beach). The separate Pangandaran Regency was split off in 2012.
In the five months up to end of May 2014, Ciamis Regency was only visited by 156,423 domestic tourists and just 3 foreign tourists as a spill-off from Pangandaran Beach. The low count was a significant drop compared to when Pangandaran was still part of Ciamis Regency, because Ciamis Regency until now has not yet arranged affordable tourist sites, mainly for foreign tourists.[4]
A number of artistic and tourist attractions are located in the town of Ciamis Regency.[5]
Administrative districts
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 censuses of 2000 and 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 was divided into 26 districts (kecamatan), but an additional district (Banjaranyar) was subsequently created by splitting of Banjarsari District. The 27 districts are tabulated below with their areas and their 2010[3] and 2020 census populations,[2] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[1] Every district is named after the town which is its administrative centre. The table also includes the number of villages in each district (totaling 258 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Ciamis Town District), and its post code.
The first seven of the districts listed below, with a combined area of 483.46 km2 and 310,330 inhabitants in mid 2023, lie to the south and west of Banjar city, whose area (not being administered by the regency) nearly separates these southern districts geographically from the rest of the regency to the north.
Kode Wilayah
Name of District (kecamatan)
Area in km2
Pop'n census 2010
Pop'n census 2020
Pop'n estimate mid 2023
No. of villages
Post code
32.07.18
Banjarsari
58.01
102,848
68,974
69,890
12
46383
32.07.37
Banjaranyar
109.85
(a)
39,380
39,900
10
46384
32.07.17
Lakbok
57.63
48,381
54,706
56,580
10
46385
32.07.35
Purwadidi
50.90
35,147
38,935
40,030
9
46380
32.07.19
Pamarican
124.32
64,057
67,416
68,290
14
46361 - 46382
32.07.05
Cidolog
56.32
18,745
19,293
19,420
6
46352
32.07.29
Cimaragas
26.43
15,460
16,066
16,220
5
46381
32.07.03
Cijeungjing
60.67
50,103
53,065
53,850
11
46271
32.07.30
Cisaga
80.07
36,455
37,365
37,560
11
46386
32.07.16
Tambaksari
60.26
21,587
20,775
20,740
6
46388
32.07.15
Rancah
86.61
55,646
56,123
56,150
13
46387
32.07.13
Rajadesa
61.59
48,391
52,526
53,690
11
46254
32.07.14
Sukadana
57.89
22,727
22,923
22,940
6
46272
32.07.01
Ciamis (town)
33.80
93,744
98,610
99,880
12
46211 - 46219
32.07.32
Baregbeg
38.24
40,556
43,811
44,720
9
46274
32.07.02
Cikoneng
47.06
49,852
54,978
56,450
9
46261
32.07.31
Sindangkasih
29.85
44,745
51,038
52,920
9
46268
32.07.06
Cihaurbeuti
64.06
46,815
50,663
51,740
11
46262
32.07.04
Sadananya
46.17
33,527
37,906
39,210
8
46256
32.07.11
Cipaku
78.56
58,649
65,991
68,160
13
46252
32.07.12
Jatinagara
34.12
26,047
27,588
28,000
6
46273
32.07.10
Panawangan
82.26
47,614
50,510
51,280
18
46255
32.07.09
Kawali
36.23
39,027
41,840
42,610
11
46253
32.07.34
Lumbung
27.87
28,335
29,857
30,260
8
46258
32.07.08
Panjalu
73.49
43,391
45,841
46,490
8
46264
32.07.33
Sukamantri
50.55
20,942
22,687
23,180
5
46265
32.07.07
Panumbangan
63.13
55,865
60,202
61,400
14
46263
Totals
1,595.94
1,148,656
1,229,069
1,251,544
265
Note: (a) the population of what is now Banjaranyar District in 2010 was included with the figure for Banjarsari District, from which it was subsequently separated.
Gallery
Coat of arms of the regency in a boundary monument
References
^ abcdBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Ciamis Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3207)