Banjar

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Banjar (Sundanese: ᮘᮔ᮪ᮏᮁ), is a city located in the east of West Java, Indonesia, on the border between West Java and Central Java. It was originally administered as part of Ciamis Regency, which surrounds it (except on the northeast side, where there is a common boundary with Central Java province, along the Tanduy River), but was split off to become an independent city on 11 December 2002. It covers a land area of 129.71 km2, and had a population of 175,157 at the 2010 Census and 200,970 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2024 was 209,791 (comprising 105,289 males and 104,502 females). This city is also known as Banjar Patroman or Pataruman.

The city of Banjar is divided into four administrative districts (Indonesian: kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimate as at mid 2024. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 9 classed as urban kelurahan and 16 as rural desa), and its postal codes.

Notes: (a) comprising 3 kelurahan (Banjar, Mekarsari...

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