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This article is about the city. For the regency, see Bekasi Regency.

City in Westward Java, Republic of indonesia

Bekasi
Metropolis
City of Bekasi Kota Bekasi
Other transcription(s)
• Sundanese	ᮘᮨᮊᮞᮤ
From top, left to right: Bekasi regency assistants edifice, Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, aerial view of Pekayon Metropolis, Bekasi railway station, Bekasi Mall at night
Flag Glaze of artillery
Motto(due south): Kota Patriot (Urban center of the patriots) Bekasi Maju, Sejahtera dan Ihsan (Indonesian) (For the Developed, Prosperous, and Expert Bekasi people)
Location within West Java
Bekasi Urban center Location in Java Bear witness map of Java Bekasi City Location in Indonesia Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: half dozen°fourteen′06″S 106°59′32″East  /  6.2349°S 106.9923°E  / -six.2349; 106.9923 Coordinates: 6°14′06″South 106°59′32″East  /  6.2349°S 106.9923°Eastward  / -6.2349; 106.9923
State	Indonesia
Province	West Coffee
Regime
• Acting Mayor	Tri Adhianto Tjahyono
Area
• Total	210.49 km2 (81.27 sq mi)
Peak	eleven–81 m (36–265 ft)
Population (mid 2021 official approximate)
• Full	ii,564,940
• Density	12,186/kmtwo (31,560/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Expanse code	(+62) 21
License plate	B
HDI	0.815 (Very Loftier)
Website	bekasikota.get.id

Bekasi
(Indonesian pronunciation:
[ˈbəkasi], Sundanese:

ᮘᮨᮊᮞᮤ
) is a city in West Java, Indonesia, located on the eastern border of Dki jakarta.the city of planet Bekasi is his nickname.It serves as a commuter city within the Jakarta metropolitan area. Co-ordinate to the 2020 Census past Statistics Republic of indonesia (BPS), Bekasi had 2,543,676 inhabitants.^[2]
The official estimate for mid 2021 was 2,564,940.^[3]
It lies within the largest metropolitan area in Indonesia (Jabodetabek). The urban center is bordered past Bekasi Regency to the north and the east, Bogor Regency and Depok to the southward, and East Jakarta to the due west.

Bekasi is ane of the oldest cities in Republic of indonesia, and has a history of being the capital metropolis of the Kingdom of Tarumanagara. At that time, the proper noun of Bekasi was
Dayeuh Sundasembawa
or
Jayagiri. The earliest show of its beingness dates from the fifth century according to the Tugu inscription, which describes the name of 2 rivers that run through the city, i.e. Candrabhaga and Gomati and one of those rivers, i.e.
Candrabhaga
is the origin of the proper noun Bekasi where the proper name Candrabhaga evolved into Bhagasasi due to the Sanskrit give-and-take candra which means moon evolved into Old Sundanese give-and-take ‘sasi’ which likewise means moon so the name Bhagasasi was misspelled as Bhagasi and and then Dutch colonial government also misspelled the name Bhagasi equally Bacassie and finally it became Bekasi.^[four]
During the Dutch East Indies period, Bekasi was a role of Batavia residency. As a dormitory city, many middle grade satellite areas take been adult in Bekasi,^[5]
consummate with their own shopping malls, schools, hospitals, guild houses, h2o park, and shuttle bus services to cardinal Jakarta. The large number of multinational companies has evidently attracted many expatriates (mainly Japanese and Korean) to settle in Bekasi.^[vi]

Economy

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Bekasi has already grown to get one of the centre of growth in Jabodetabek. The urban center accounts for 2.11% of full national GDP.^[vii]
Recently, many foreigners (mostly Korean, Japanese, and Chinese) have set up their business to take advantage of its dynamism and heave its economy. Bekasi’s economy was mainly based on service and manufacturing.

Commerce

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Bekasi is one of the nearly promising property markets in Jabodetabek besides Due south Tangerang, and several loftier-value developments have transformed its property market. Many of country’due south large property developers are building apartments, hotels, and shopping malls in the city. In recent years, some residences take adult along the Jatiwarna/Jatibening — E Bekasi toll highway, further to Cibatu in Bekasi Regency. These include Harapan Indah, Summarecon Bekasi, Kemang Pratama and Grand Milky way Urban center.

Prime business and commercial centres are situated in the western role of city. There are some financial centres, restaurants, and shopping centres forth Jalan Ahmad Yani, Jalan Sudirman, Jalan K.H. Noer Alie, and Harapan Indah Boulevard. The largest shopping center is Thousand Metropolitan with over 125,000 m^two
(1,350,000 sq ft) of flooring space.^[eight]
Other shopping centres include Metropolitan Mall, Summarecon Mal Bekasi, Mal Ciputra Cibubur, Mega Bekasi Hypermall, 1000 Milky way Park, Grand Mall, Blu Plaza, BTC Mall, GP Mall, Bekasi Cyber Park, Plaza Pondok Gede, and Lagoon Avenue. Many hotels developed in Bekasi, such as Santika, Horison, Harris, Aston Imperial, Amaris, Amaroossa and Melody Hotel.

Infrastructure

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The development of large scale residential areas and industrial parks in Bekasi has been induced by infrastructure development, especially roads, highways and railways.

Road and highway

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Bekasi is connected past the Trans-Java Price Road, the main road across Java. There are three expressways connections from the Jabodetabek urban area: the Djakarta–Cikampek Price Road, which has three exits in Bekasi; the Jakarta Outer Ring Road, which provides admission to Tangerang, Jakarta and Bogor; and the new Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu Toll Route. In 2019, Djakarta-Cikampek elevated price road volition operate to ease traffic on the current toll road between Cikunir and West Karawang with a total length of 36.four kilometres.^[9]
Owing to its location as a satellite city of Dki jakarta, heavy rush hr traffic jams have become mutual on the roads between East Djakarta and Bekasi.

KM	Toll Road	Cost Gate	Destination
08	Djakarta–Cikampek Price Road	Jatibening	Jatibening, Jatiwaringin, Cikunir
12		Bekasi Barat	Kayuringin, Pekayon, Summarecon Bekasi, Harapan Baru
16		Bekasi Timur	Margahayu, Bulak Kapal, Bantar Gebang
37	Jakarta Outer Ring Route	Jatiwarna	Jatiwarna, Kranggan, Pondok Gede
41		Jatiasih	Jatiasih, Cikunir, Jatimekar
47		Kalimalang	Kranji, Jakasampurna, Bintara Jaya
49		Bintara	Bintara, Bintara Jaya, Harapan Baru (culling road)
13	Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu Cost Road	Jakasampurna	Jakasampurna, Jakasetia, Thousand Galaxy City

Railway

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The regime is currently amalgam a double track railway connecting Manggarai to Cikarang, which would be finished effectually 2020.^[10]
Abreast a double track railway, the regime also edifice a 17.9 km light rail transit line connecting East Bekasi-Cawang-Dukuh Atas across Greater Jakarta.^[11]

Transport

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At present, rapid transit in Bekasi beyond Greater Jakarta consists of a commuter rail KRL Commuterline and a bus rapid transit TransJakarta.

KRL Commuterline’s Blue Line serves from either Bekasi, Bekasi Timur or Kranji to Dki jakarta Kota (via Pasar Senen/Manggarai) and Cikarang. Bekasi Station also serves intercity trains to cities across Java.

TransJakarta and the Transjabodetabek premium serves commuters from Harapan Indah, Summarecon Bekasi, Bulak Kapal, and Jatiwarna, every bit well as the feeder buses from Kemang Pratama and Grand Galaxy City to Djakarta city center. The Trans Patriot operates a route within the metropolis. Damri shuttle bus service is bachelor from the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport to Kayuringin, Harapan Indah and Summarecon Bekasi. Taxis are widely available. The primary means of public transportation is by minibus, called
angkot. They serve certain routes throughout the city.

The main coach terminal is Terminal Bekasi, located in East Bekasi. The other terminals are Pondok Gede, Harapan Indah and Kayuringin.

Demographics

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The 2020 Demography of Bekasi’s population was 2,543,676. Bekasi is inhabited by many dissimilar ethnic groups, more often than not Sundanese, Betawi and Javanese descent. Sundanese are the largest minority likewise equally other minorities include Minangkabau, Bataks, and Chinese.

Most citizens in Bekasi adhere to Islam. Other religions include Christianity (Roman Catholicism and Protestantism), Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Sport

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Bekasi was the home base of the football team PCB Persipasi.,^[12]
with Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium every bit the habitation stadium of the club.^[13]

Authoritative Districts

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Bekasi City is divided into twelve districts (‘kecamatan’), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Demography^[14]
and the 2020 Demography,^[15]
together with the official estimates for mid 2021.^[16]
The table as well includes the number of urban villages (kelurahan) within the commune, and its postal codes.

Commune	Expanse in km2	Population 2010 Census	Population 2020 Census	Population mid 2021 Judge	No. of kelurahan	Post codes
Pondokgede	15.92	246,503	251,195	253,300	5	17411-17413
Jatisampurna	xix.54	103,715	123,924	124,960	5	17432-17435
Pondokmelati	11.80	128,934	131,122	132,220	iv	17414, 17415, 17431
Jatiasih	24.27	198,444	247,362	249,430	half-dozen	17421-17426
Bantargebang	18.44	95,845	107,216	108,110	4	17151-17154
Mustikajaya	26.42	159,773	213,515	215,300	iv	17155-17158
Bekasi Timur (East Bekasi)	14.63	247,357	257,025	259,170	4	17111-17113
Rawalumbu	xvi.85	208,334	220,699	222,540	four	17114-17117
Bekasi Selatan (South Bekasi)	16.06	203,654	210,805	212,570	5	17141-17148
Bekasi Barat (West Bekasi)	14.93	272,557	281,681	284,040	5	17133-17145
Medan Satria	11.88	161,162	162,119	163,470	four	17131-17133, 17143
Bekasi Utara (North Bekasi)	19.75	308,593	337,013	339,830	half dozen	17121-17125, 17142
Totals	210.49	ii,334,871	2,543,676	2,564,940	56

Climate

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Bekasi has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) according to Köppen climate classification. The wettest calendar month (highest atmospheric precipitation) is January, with a precipitation full of 374.0 millimetres (14.72 in), while the driest month (lowest precipitation) is August, with a atmospheric precipitation total of 55.0 millimetres (ii.17 in). (as of 2020)

In popular culture

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• Chairil Anwar’s poem
  Karawang-Bekasi
  (1948).
• Pramoedya Ananta Toer’southward novel
  Di Tepi Kali Bekasi
  (1951) is set mainly in Bekasi.

People from Bekasi

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Notable people from Bekasi include:

• Adixi Lenzivio: football role player
• Luitenant der Chinezen
  Khouw Tian Sek: landlord, patriarch of the Khouw family unit of Tamboen
• Shella Devi Aulia: badminton player
• South. K. Trimurti: government minister, Independence activist, writer and journalist
• Tutty Alawiyah: regime government minister and women’southward rights advocate
• Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja: badminton player
• Rinov Rivaldy: badminton player
• Zanadin Fariz: football player
• Arapenta Poerba: football game player
• Althaf Indie: football actor
• Syahwal Ginting: football thespian

References

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External links

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• 
  Bekasi travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Bekasi local government website
  (in Indonesian)
• Rumah Minimalis Depok
  (in Indonesian)

• Rumah Minimalis Depok