Cilegon is one of the city in Banten province, geographically located between 105o54 05 - 106o05 11 BT and between 5o52 24 - 6o04 07 LS, bordering the west side of the Sunda Strait, attacking District in the north, east and south. The total area of 175.50 km2 Cilegon.
Administratively, the city is divided into eight sub-districts and 43 Sub-District. In 2006 had a population of 331,667 people consisting of 172,100 men and 159,567 souls souls of women with its own population density reached 1890 per km2 and an average growth rate of 1.98%.
Cilegon is known as the industrial city and an industrial center in the western part of Banten. Between refineries are located here Krakatau Steel is an important IT infrastructure in Indonesia, which is keluli (a type of the constituent material of iron alloys) for industrial purposes for both domestic use and for export and PT. Asahimas Chemical. The number of processing industries in this city so this type of work or activity that was involved most of the population is increasing trade, hotel, restaurant a lot to absorb labor.
Cilegon also has a variety of facilities and supporting infrastructure such as roads, there are two ports of the Port of Jakarta-Merak, and the Port Karangantu and support of power generation facilities, water, gas, and telecommunications.
Banten Ocean areas is one of the potential sea routes, the Sunda Strait is one of the sea lanes of traffic as it can be traversed strategic large vessel that connects Australia and New Zealand with the Southeast Asia region such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. In addition, Bantam is a connecting path between Java and Sumatra. When linked to the geographical position and the government of Banten region especially Tangerang City and Tangerang Regency is a buffer area for Jakarta.
Some of Attraction in Cilegon region:
- Stone Mountain Lawang.
- Mount Batur
- Big Merak Island
- Small Merak Island
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