East Karawang
East Karawang
Karawang Timur Karawang Wetan | |
|---|---|
| Regional transcription(s) | |
| • Sundanese | ᮊᮛᮝᮀ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪ |
Karawang Station | |
| Coordinates: 6°17′53″S 107°17′56″E / 6.29806°S 107.29889°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Java |
| Regency | Karawang Regency |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.77 km2 (11.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Population (mid 2024 estimate)[1] | |
• Total | 149,866 |
| • Density | 5,034/km2 (13,040/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (IWT) |
| Postal code | 4131x |
| Area code | (+62) 264 |
| Villages | 8 |
| Website | Official website |
East Karawang (Indonesian: Karawang Timur, Sundanese: ᮊᮛᮝᮀ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪; Karawang Wetan) is an administrative district (kecamatan) of Karawang Regency. It covers a land area of 29.77 km2, and had a population of 118,001 at the 2010 Census[2] and 146,326 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 149,866 (comprising 75,236 males and 74,630 females).[1]
The district centre is at the town of East Adiarsa, and the district is sub-divided into four urban communities (kelurahan) and four nominally rural villages (desa), all listed below with their areas and populations as at mid 2024,[1] together with their postcodes. The first four communities listed in the table are the desa, while the last four are kelurahan.
| Kode Wilayah |
Name of kelurahan or desa |
Area in km2 |
Population mid 2024 estimate |
Post code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32.15.26.2006 | Warungbambu | 1.65 | 11,192 | 41313 |
| 32.15.26.2007 | Kondangjaya | 2.44 | 24,498 | 41313 |
| 32.15.26.2005 | Margasari | 2.76 | 13,022 | 41313 |
| 32.15.26.2008 | Tegalsawah | 4.38 | 9,101 | 41314 |
| 32.15.26.1002 | Adiarsa Timur (East Adiarsa) |
4.32 | 12,037 | 41314 |
| 32.15.26.1001 | Karawang Wetan (East Karawang) |
3.20 | 35,359 | 41314 |
| 32.15.26.1003 | Palambonsari | 4.02 | 33,465 | 41314 |
| 32.15.26.1004 | Plawad | 7.00 | 11,192 | 41314 |
| 32.15.26 | Totals | 29.77 | 149,866 |
Climate
Karawang has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy rainfall from November to April.
| Climate data for Karawang | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.8 (89.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.4 (72.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 279 (11.0) |
260 (10.2) |
214 (8.4) |
149 (5.9) |
124 (4.9) |
99 (3.9) |
65 (2.6) |
38 (1.5) |
59 (2.3) |
122 (4.8) |
203 (8.0) |
211 (8.3) |
1,823 (71.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||