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Cirebon
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Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central Java, approximately east of Jakarta, at . It had a population of 296,389 at the 2010 census and 333,303 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 344,851 (comprising 173,052 males and 171,799 females).
Key facts
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- Cirebon
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- Settlement.official_name
- City of Cirebon
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- City
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- Regional
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- Javanese
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- Sundanese
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- Seal of the City of Cirebon.svg
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- City Flag of Cirebon.svg
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- (City of Shrimps)
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- (Prosperous, Peaceful, Abundantly Fertile)
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- Map of West Java highlighting Cirebon City.svg
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- Location within West Java
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- Indonesia_Java#Indonesia
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- right
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- Location in Java and Indonesia
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- Province
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Campaign for Cirebon Province
- Economy
- Culture
- Arts and crafts
- Performing arts
- Sports
- Court culture
- Cuisine
- Tourism
- Orientation and places
- Cityscape
- Transportation
- Airport
- Port of Cirebon
- Public service
- Health
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- Footnotes
- Further reading
- External links
Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central Java, approximately east of Jakarta, at . It had a population of 296,389 at the 2010 census and 333,303 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 344,851 (comprising 173,052 males and 171,799 females).
The built-up area of Cirebon reaches out from the city and into the surrounding regency of the same name; the official metropolitan area encompasses the whole of this regency as well as the city, and covers an area of , with a 2010 census population of 2,363,585; the 2020 census total was 2,603,924 and the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 2,732,822.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cirebon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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