Sumedang Regency


Sumedang Regency is a regency of West Java province, Indonesia. The city of Sumedang is its capital. The regency covers an area of 1,518.33 km2, and had a population of 1,093,602 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 1,137,273.
The city of Sumedang is famous for its tofu, Tahu bungkeng, that was first produced by a Chinese immigrant from China.

Administrative districts

Sumedang Regency is divided into twenty-six districts, listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census nd according to the latest official estimates.
DistrictArea
in
km2.		Population
2010
Census		Population
2015
Estimate
Jatinangor25.98107,695112,621
Cimanggung43.1980,37282,965
Tanjungsari43.4976,27579,903
Sukasari38.7731,10533,237
Pamulihan53.7754,30658,510
Rancakalong57.7837,49238,844
Sumedang Selatan
96.8273,88176,897
Sumedang Utara
31.1788,16195,409
Ganeas25.5023,39824,319
Situraja49.3035,91038,472
Cisitu63.9826,18526,899
Darmaraja53.9837,02837,626

DistrictArea
in
km2.		Population
2010
Census		Population
2015
Estimate
Cibugel50.6320,78721,326
Wado70.8042,95944,191
Jatinunggal63.9941,19842,613
Jatigede113.9523,70124,013
Tomo82.1823,56222,956
Ujung Jaya85.8529,03329,582
Conggeang109.0928,85529,085
Paseh33.2535,84836,680
Cimalaka47.6156,46558,891
Cisarua14.4819,02819,327
Tanjungkerta43.7933,43634,588
Tanjungmedar64.9224,15224,852
Buahdua111.8131,92132,503
Surian81.4510,84910,964

The first five districts named above - Jatinangor, Cimanggung, Tanjungsari, Sukasari and Pamulihan - are in the southwest corner of the regency adjacent to Bandung City and lie within the Bandung Metropolitan Area. They cover 205.20 km2 and had a combined population of 349,750 at the 2010 Census, and 367,236 in 2015.

Jatigede Dam

In August 2011, the project of Jatigede Dam in Cimanuk River has been initialized. The dam capacity is almost one billion cubic metre will be the Indonesian second biggest dam in capacity after Jatiluhur Dam.
An agreement to make a hydro power plant with capacity of 2x25 megawatts and an estimated cost $224.4 million has been signed in December 2011. The production will be incorporated to the Java-Bali 150KiloVolt transmission system in 2015.

Waterfalls

In Citengah village area, South Sumedang district there are 18 waterfalls. Citengah agro tourism and waterfalls village can be reached from Sumedang Central Park to the east through Cipameungpeuk bridge. The unique waterfalls are Cigorobog waterfall with its 4 step waterfalls, 30 meters Cimecek waterfall and U-shape Ciparahu waterfall. The environment is well preserved with monkeys and wild pigs in the hill.