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Also known as RANGKASBETOENG, Rangkasbitung District

Rangkasbitung (Sundanese: ; ), colloquially called Rangkas (), is a town (serving as the administrative centre of Lebak Regency) and an administrative district (), in Banten Province of Java, Indonesia. The district covers an area of 73.76 km2, and had a population of 116,659 at the 2010 Census and 134,945 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 144,733, comprising 73,678 males and 71,055 females.

Key facts

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Rangkasbitung
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(Rangkasbitung Town)(Kecamatan Rangkasbitung)
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Other
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Sundanese
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Pegon
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راڠكاسبيتوڠ
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Town and District
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Clockwise, from top left : al-A'raf Great Mosque of Rangkasbitung, Jalan Multatuli, Rangkasbitung railway station, Bukit Mandala, Night at Rangkasbitung Town.
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Map of Rangkasbitung
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Indonesia#Indonesia Banten
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300
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Location of Rangkasbitung in Indonesia
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Country
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Province
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Regency
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Lebak Regency
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Camat
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Agus Sudrajat

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Communities
  • Climate
  • Transportation
  • Notable residents
  • References

Rangkasbitung (Sundanese: ; ), colloquially called Rangkas (), is a town (serving as the administrative centre of Lebak Regency) and an administrative district (), in Banten Province of Java, Indonesia. The district covers an area of 73.76 km2, and had a population of 116,659 at the 2010 Census and 134,945 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 144,733, comprising 73,678 males and 71,055 females.

It is the site of the Multatuli Museum, a history museum that opened in 2018.

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

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