Cibinong (Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮘᮤᮔᮧᮀ) is a large town and an administrative district (kecamatan) in Bogor Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia which serves as the Regency's administrative seat - not to be confused with the district of the same name in Cianjur Regency. The town is located immediately due south of the city of Depok, which itself lies just south of Jakarta, with both Depok and Cibinong being part of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area. The town and district are named after the Binong River (the prefix "ci" means "river"). Cibinong District covers a land area of 44.27 km2, and had 326,519 inhabitants at the 2010 Census[2] and 363,424 inhabitants at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 365,387 - comprising 183,718 males and 181,669 females.[1] The administrative headquarters are in the town of Cirimekar.

Cibinong
ᮎᮤᮘᮤᮔᮧᮀ
Lake of Setu Cibinong
Lake of Setu Cibinong
Cibinong is located in Bogor Regency
Cibinong
Cibinong
Location in Bogor Regency, Java and Indonesia
Cibinong is located in Java
Cibinong
Cibinong
Cibinong (Java)
Cibinong is located in Indonesia
Cibinong
Cibinong
Cibinong (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 6°29′06″S 106°50′31″E / 6.485°S 106.842°E / -6.485; 106.842
Country Indonesia
ProvinceWest Java
RegencyBogor Regency
Government
 • CamatBambang Widodo Tawekal
 • SecretaryAndri Rahman
Area
 • Total
44.27 km2 (17.09 sq mi)
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
365,387
 • Density8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 251
Vehicle registrationF
Villages13
WebsiteOfficial website

The Science Center of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia) is located in the district.[4] Cibinong contains a swamp forest, which was already mentioned by van Steenis in 1933, called Rawa (Swamp) Siradayah, and it is still preserved until the present time.[5][6]

Food and culture

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Cuisine specialities of Cibinong include laksa cibinong and Mie ayam (Chicken noodles) due to the strong influence of Chinese community. Laksa is a spicy noodle soup from the Peranakan culture. Laksa Cibinong is a kind of thick yellowish coconut milk based soup, produced by a mixture of some spices, and it is served with bean sprout, rice vermicelli (bihun), hard-boiled eggs, cooked shredded chicken, fried shallots and Indonesian lemon-basil leaves. Sometime they are also served with rice cake (lontong). Mie ayam is easily found everywhere, as a cheap food for factory workers and school students. There are basically two preparation styles, one is more Indonesian in style (with Indonesian spices, sweet soy sauce, saos sambel), and the other one is more Chinese (using for example star anise, sesame oil or soy sauce). Most of the places offers, in addition to noddle, kwetiau or bihun.

Chinese Peranakan culture can be seen at the Chinese Temple Ho Tek Bio near Cibinong market, during Imlek or Chinese New Year. Near the market, in front of the lake, there is a Chinese cemetery compound (Sentiong).

Administrative divisions

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Cibinong District is divided into thirteen administrative urban communities (kelurahan), listed below with their areas and their populations as at mid 2023,[1] together with their postcodes.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
kelurahan
Area
in
km2
Population
mid 2023
estimate
Post
code
32.01.01.1001 Pondok Rajeg 2.01 17,847 16914
32.01.01.1002 Karadenan 4.04 35,564 16913
32.01.01.1003 Harapan Jaya 2.64 28,827 16914
32.01.01.1004 Nanggewer 3.64 35,313 16912
32.01.01.1005 Nanggewer Mekar 2.53 16,201 16912
32.01.01.1006 Cibinong (town) 4.71 28,235 16911
32.01.01.1007 Pakansari 5.22 36,565 16915
32.01.01.1008 Tengah 3.26 15,581 16914
32.01.01.1009 Sukahati 4.69 30,239 16913
32.01.01.1010 Ciriung 3.72 31,815 16918
32.01.01.1011 Cirimekar 1.72 13,777 16917
32.01.01.1012 Pabuaran 3.18 50,871 16916
32.01.01.1013 Pabuaran Mekar 1.93 24,552 16916
32.01.01 Totals 44.27 365,387

Climate

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Cibinong has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Cibinong
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.1
(84.4)
29.4
(84.9)
30.2
(86.4)
31.0
(87.8)
31.2
(88.2)
31.2
(88.2)
31.3
(88.3)
31.8
(89.2)
32.1
(89.8)
32.0
(89.6)
31.3
(88.3)
30.5
(86.9)
30.9
(87.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1)
25.7
(78.3)
26.0
(78.8)
26.6
(79.9)
26.6
(79.9)
26.2
(79.2)
26.1
(79.0)
26.3
(79.3)
26.6
(79.9)
26.8
(80.2)
26.7
(80.1)
26.4
(79.5)
26.3
(79.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8)
22.0
(71.6)
21.9
(71.4)
22.2
(72.0)
22.1
(71.8)
21.3
(70.3)
20.9
(69.6)
20.8
(69.4)
21.1
(70.0)
21.7
(71.1)
22.1
(71.8)
22.3
(72.1)
21.7
(71.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 371
(14.6)
330
(13.0)
334
(13.1)
371
(14.6)
305
(12.0)
192
(7.6)
170
(6.7)
193
(7.6)
210
(8.3)
298
(11.7)
313
(12.3)
353
(13.9)
3,440
(135.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Cibinong Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3201210)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ https://www.panoramio.com/photo/4043683 Archived 2018-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Ecology park of the Cibinong Science Center
  5. ^ Steenis, van C.C.G. (1933): Het Moerasboschje bij Tjidjadas, Res. Batavia. Tropische Natuur, 105-109
  6. ^ Whitten et al. (1996): The ecology of Java and Bali.
  7. ^ "Climate: Cibinong". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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