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West Java

Province

West Java is an Indonesian province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung and its largest city Bekasi. Its mid-2025 estimated population was 50,759,003 across an area of 37,053.33 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Bandung 1
Population
50,759,003 1
2025 figure from West Java's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Area (sq km)
37,053.33 1
Admission Year
1950 1
Latitude
6.75 degrees south 1
Longitude
107.5 degrees east 1
Connections

Associated With

Bandung, Cities

bandung is associated with west-java.

Source Bandung (Wikipedia)
Indonesia, Countries

West Java is a province of Indonesia.

Source West Java (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Bandung, Cities

bandung is the capital of west-java.

Source Bandung (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. West Java (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    West Java (Indonesian: Jawa Barat, Sundanese: ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized: Jawa Kulon) is an Indonesian province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung and its largest city is Bekasi.
  • Infobox, capital
    Capital Bandung
  • Lead section
    Even following these split-offs, West Java is by far the most populous province of Indonesia with a population of 48,274,162 as of the 2020 Census, which grew to 50,759,003 at mid 2025 according to the official estimates; the population continues to grew at about 400,000 per year, having surpassed the 50 millions milestone during late 2023.
  • Infobox: mapframe-area_km2
    37053.33
  • Infobox, coordinates
    6.750 S 107.500 E
  • Infobox, Established field
    14 July 1950
  • Part Of: Indonesia, Lead paragraph
    native homeland of the Sundanese people, the second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia.
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Wikidata: West Java
Wikidata Q3724, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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