Purwakarta Regency

Purwakarta Regency Kabupaten Purwakarta
Regency
Other transcription(s)
• Sundanese	ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ
Jatiluhur Dam
Coat of arms
Motto:  Wibawa Karta Raharja
Location within West Java
Purwakarta Regency Location in Java and Indonesia Show map of Java Purwakarta Regency Purwakarta Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 6°33′22″S 107°26′32″E / 6.5560°S 107.4421°E / -6.5560; 107.4421
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Java
Government
• Regent	Saepul Bahri Binzein|id
• Vice Regent	Abang Ijo Hapidin|id
Area
• Total	971.72 km2 (375.18 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2024 estimate)
• Total	1,050,344
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
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The majority are Sundanese, the minority are Javanese, Batak and Betawi
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (WIB)
Area code	0264
HDI	0.678 (Medium)
Website	purwakartakab.go.id

Purwakarta Regency (Sundanese: ᮕᮥᮁᮝᮊᮁᮒ) is a district area located in the Province of West Java, Indonesia. The administrative capital is the large town of Purwakarta, which is approximately 80 km southeast of Jakarta and 44 km northwest of Bandung. This district borders Karawang Regency in the west and Subang Regency in the east, while to the south it borders West Bandung Regency and Cianjur Regency.

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 2024 was 1,050,344 - comprising 532,509 males and 517,835 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.