Purwakarta is a town in West Java, Indonesia, seat of Purwakarta Regency, with a mid-2023 population estimate of 183,613 across 24.39 square kilometers. Dutch colonial authorities established it as an administrative center in the early 1830s after unrest that included a Chinese plantation worker uprising in May 1832, and it now sits near the Jatiluhur Dam and hosts the Sri Baduga Water Fountain Park, described as the largest fountain park of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Longitude107.447222 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Purwakarta - Wikipedia
Infobox: population_total
183613
Infobox, Population row (year label)
183,613 (mid-2023 estimate)
Infobox, Area row
24.39 km2 (9.42 sq mi)
Infobox, Elevation row
84 m (276 ft)
Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
6°33′12″S 107°26′50″E
Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
6°33′12″S 107°26′50″E
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Purwakarta - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1630341
-6.55694 107.44333 P PPLA2 ID 30 3214 179233 86 Asia/Jakarta
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 86 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.75, 107.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.75, 107.25
-6.75 107.25 Af
Wikidata: Purwakarta
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