Bogor Regency (, ; ) is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) of West Java province in Indonesia, situated 40-50 kilometers south from the city of Jakarta as a national capital. Covering an area of 2,991.78 km2, it is considered largely a bedroom community for Jakarta, and was home to 5,427,068 people at the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 5,682,303 (comprising 2,912,658 males and 2,769,645 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Bogor Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3201) The town of Cibinong serves as the regency seat.
The area has witnessed significant population growth. Two areas formerly within the regency have been split off as autonomous cities; on 27 April 1999, the city of Depok was unified with some neighbouring districts of Bogor Regency to form an autonomous city of Depok (independent of the regency), while Bogor city had previously been formed as an autonomous city (similarly independent of the regency). In spite of these subtractions, Bogor Regency remains the most populous regency in Indonesia.
However, based on historical records, on 7 April 1752 the word "Bogor" appeared in a document and it was written as "Hoofd van de Negorij Bogor", which means Head of Kampung Bogor. In the documents it is also known that the village headquarters was located within the site of the Botanical Gardens itself, which began construction in 1817.
At that time, the Regent of Demang Wartawangsa tried to improve the quality of the environment and the welfare of the people based on agriculture by digging canals from Ci Liwung to Cimahpar and from Nanggewer to Kalimulya. Sejarah Kabupaten Bogor kemendagri.go.id
In 1908 Bogor Regency was composed of five kawedanan each led by a demang, namely Buitenzorg, Tjibaroesa, Cibinong, Parung, and Leuwiliang. Then, to facilitate district tasks, a number of under-districts were formed, each headed by an assistant demang.
The history of Bogor Regency had a close relationship with the era of the kingdom that once ruled in the region. In the previous four centuries, Sri Baduga Maharaja was known as the king who started the era of Pakuan Pajajaran, The king was famous for the teachings of his venerated ancestors who pursued prosperity. Since then successively recorded in the history of the kingdoms that once ruled in the region, namely;
After the Proclamation of Independence, to be precise in the era of United States of Indonesia or RIS, Bogor Regency was included in the proposed State of Pasundan area, then defined as SK Wali Negeri Pasundan Nomor 12 which stated that in the Bogor Regency, six kawedanan would be re-established, namely;
The kawedanan were never re-established. However, in the 1950s, in line with the restructuring policy of regional autonomy, particularly with regard to organization and territory, Bogor Regency lost a lot of territory. The area that lost the most territory was Jonggol, from which Cibarusah District and Jatisampurna District were transferred to Bekasi Regency (Jatisampurna became in turn part of the new Bekasi City when that was separated from Bekasi Regency on 16 December 1996), while Cikalongkulon District was transferred to Cianjur Regency and Pangkalan District was transferred to Karawang Regency.
In 1975, the Central Government instructed that Bogor Regency should have a Government Center in its own Regency area. On this basis, the Regional Government of Bogor Regency conducted research in several areas of Bogor Regency to become a candidate for the capital as well as to act as the center of government. Alternative locations that were to be considered included Ciawi District, Leuwiliang, Parung, Kemang and Cibinong.
The results of further research indicated that the location submitted to the Central Government for approval as a candidate for the regency capital was Rancamaya (currently a part of Bogor). However, the Central Government considered that Rancamaya was still relatively close to the Government Center Bogor City and it was feared that it would be swallowed up by the regional expansion and development of Bogor City.
Considering the plans at that date for the establishment of Depok as a separate administrative City and for a putative Jonggol, which had been discussed by the Minister of Home Affairs Amir Machmud with the Governor of West Java, the Regional Government of Bogor Regency took one alternative area, namely Kemang which was the most midpoint for the districts in Bogor Regency if the Administrative City of Depok was formed and Jonggol Regency was separated from Bogor Regency.
In the plenary session of the Bogor Regency DPRD in 1980, the village of Kemang was no longer to be considered as a candidate for the capital city of Bogor Regency. This was due to the limited availability of land owned by the district government and to minimal infrastructure, pending the debate on the formation of Jonggol Regency which is still considered raw. Finally, it was determined that the candidate for the capital city of Bogor Regency should be located in Tengah Village (now Tengah Kelurahan, in Cibinong District).
The determination of the candidate for the capital was proposed back to the Central government and received approval by Government Regulation No. 6 of 1982, which confirmed that the capital city of the Bogor Regency Government Center should be located in Tengah Village, Cibinong District. From then on, the preparation plan for the construction of the capital's Central Government began in Bogor Regency and on 5 October 1985 the groundbreaking ceremony was held by the then Regent of Bogor Regency.
Considering the vast area of Bogor Regency plus the rapid population growth which is due to the geographical location of Bogor Regency as a buffer zone for Jakarta, several debates emerged regarding regional expansion based on regional development. In 1978, the Minister of Home Affairs Amir Machmud proposed the establishment of an administrative city of Depok which would include the Depok as well as other districts bordering Jakarta, especially those affected by the construction of Perumnas in the region. It was planned that administrative city of Depok would be made an organized residential area for workers in Jakarta.
The West Java, Aang Kunaefi, also proposed to the Minister of Home Affairs (Amir Machmud) the establishment of an area in the former Jonggol which has partially been to other districts to be unified as District Level II Regions. The Jonggol area and its surroundings were considered suitable, because the area is quite large, has abundant natural wealth, and has the potential as a new residential area, industry, and tourism.
The area proposed as part of the expansion was formerly part of the territory of Kawedanan Jonggol, including, among others, the areas of Jonggol, Gunung Putri, Cileungsi and Cibubur. Also considered were areas from outside Bogor Regency (such as parts of Bekasi Regency, namely Cibarusah and Pondok Gede District (southern area)) and part of Karawang Regency (namely Pangkalan).
In 1981, the status of Depok District was finally upgraded from district to administrative city based on Government Regulation Number 43 of 1981. Depok Administrative City was headed by the Administrative Mayor. Meanwhile, the idea of forming a separate Jonggol Regency was not implemented.
In 1994, President Suharto was interested in making one of the Bogor Regency's areas, namely Jonggol District (at that time including Sukamakmur, Cariu and Babakan Madang). as the location for the new national capital to replace Jakarta, because Jonggol is located only 40 km southeast of Jakarta.
Post-reformation is in line with the policy of eliminating autonomous regions of Administrative Cities throughout Indonesia. The government through Law Number 15 of 1999 increased the status of Depok to that of a municipality. Thus Depok city was officially separated from Bogor Regency and exercised its own autonomy. Provisional plans and preparations for moving the nation's capital to Jonggol sank along with the fall of Suharto in 1998.
If the two cities had not been separated from the regency, the regency would have had the following area and population, listed below with their populations according to the official estimates for mid-2024 as well as those projected for mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Provinsi Jawa Barat Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.36)
Bogor City | 111.37 | 1,078,351 | 1,083,780 |
Depok City | 199.91 | 2,163,635 | 2,167,960 |
Bogor Regency | 2,991.78 | 5,682,303 | 5,721,620 |
Totals | 3,303.06 | 8,924,289 | 8,973,360 |
Data Census, the following is the population size of Bogor Regency based on ethnicity;
! style="background:#E0F0FF;"No. ! style="background:#E0F0FF;" | Ethnic groups ! style="background:#E0F0FF;" | Population (2000) ! style="background:#E0F0FF;" | % |
2 | Javanese people | 224,037 | 6.40% |
3 | Betawi people | 162,529 | 4.64% |
4 | Batak people | 22,053 | 0.63% |
5 | Minangkabau | 17,445 | 0.50% |
6 | Tionghoa | 9,123 | 0.26% |
7 | Bantenese people | 1,995 | 0.06% |
8 | Cirebonese | 1,939 | 0.05% |
9 | Other ethnicity | 134,562 | 3.84% |
Betawi language is also spoken in Bogor Regency, a Malay-based creole language with influences from other local languages, especially Sundanese. In Bogor Regency, this language is spoken in the north central part which borders the Depok and South Tangerang cities. The distribution area includes the districts of Bojonggede, Tajurhalang, Kemang (northern and eastern parts), Cibinong (northern part), Citeureup (northern part), Gunung Putri (northern part), Gunungsindur (eastern part), Parung, Ciseeng (eastern part), and Sukaraja (northern part), especially in the villages of West and East Cilebut, where the language there is a mixture of Sundanese and Betawi, known as the bahasa Cilebut (Cilebut language).
16650 |
16640 |
16641 |
16812 |
16630 |
16620 |
16371 |
16680 |
16610 |
16611 |
16740 |
16110 |
16730 |
16720 |
16750 |
16770 |
16711 |
16810 |
16831 |
16840 |
16841 |
16830 |
16820 |
16710 |
16960 - 16969 |
16811 |
16911 - 16918 |
16920 (f) |
16320 |
16310 |
16311 |
16330 |
16120 |
16340 |
16350 |
16660 |
16661 |
16670 |
16370 |
16360 |
Notes: (a) including the kelurahan of Padasuka. (b) including the kelurahan of Cisarua. (c) includes the 2 kelurahan of Karang Asem Barat and Puspanegara.
(d) comprises all 13 kelurahan of (Cibinong, Cirimekar, Ciriung, Harapan Jaya, Karadenan, Nanggewer, Nanggewer Mekar, Pabuaran, Pabuaran Mekar, Pakansari, Pondok Rajeg, Sukahati, and Tengah).
(e) including the kelurahan of Pabuaran. (f) apart from kelurahan of Pabuaran (which has post code of 16921), and desa of Bojonggede (16922) and Kedung Waringin (16923). (g) including the kelurahan of Atang Senjaya.
The westernmost fourteen districts proposed in 2013 to be split off to form the new "West Bogor Regency" are those listed as "Southwest" and "Northwest" in the table above. The twenty-six districts in the east of the Regency (which would remain part of Bogor Regency) are listed as "South", "East" and "North" in the table above. However, separate plans were also under discussion to also split off the seven districts listed as "East" in the table above to form a new "East Bogor Regency"; this would equate to the former proposal to create a separate East Bogor Regency which was dropped in 1998.
The above table excludes the independent cities of Bogor and Depok, whose component districts are listed below with their populations according to the mid-2024 official estimates:Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2025.
Bogor Regency, together with Bekasi Regency and the cities of Bogor, Depok and Bekasi, are often collectively grouped as "BODEBEK" (an acronym of the names) and constitute those parts of West Java Province that lie within the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area or Jabodetabek (an acronym of Jakarta–Bogor–Depok–Tangerang–Bekasi).
The association football team representing Bogor Regency in Liga 1 is Persikabo 1973, which was formed by the merger of PS TIRA and Persikabo Bogor. The women's football club in Bogor Regency is Persikabo Kartini which is a women's team from Persikabo 1973. Persikabo 1973 has several support groups, for example, Kabomania and Ultras Persikabo Curva Sud.
Bogor Regency also has representatives in Proliga which is the highest division in the volleyball competition in Indonesia, namely Bogor LavAni, which is a team founded by former president of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 1 December 2019, and made its debut in 2022 and won the title in its first season. The team is based in LavAni Sports Center, Gunung Putri.
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