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Also known as Preanger, Priangan Plateau

thumb|right|300px|A view of a waterfall and country road in Preanger (Parahyangan) region near Sumedang, 1869

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thumb|right|300px|A view of a waterfall and country road in Preanger (Parahyangan) region near Sumedang, 1869

The Parahyangan () or Priangan (Sundanese script: ) is a cultural and mountainous region in West Java province on the Indonesian island of Java. Covering a little less than one-sixth of Java, it is the heartland of Sundanese people and their culture. It is bordered to the West by Banten province, to the North by the northern coast region of Subang, Cirebon, and Indramayu (former residencies of Batavia and Cheribon), to the east by Central Java province (former residencies of Banyumas and Pekalongan), and to the south by the Indian Ocean.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parahyangan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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