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25 unusual facts about West Java


Abdoel Rivai

Abdoel Rivai (Palembayan, Agam, West Sumatra, August 13, 1871 - Bandung, West Java, October 16, 1937) was an Indonesian journalist and supporter of Indonesian independence.

Agate Studio

Agate Studio is an Indonesian video game development company based in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

Ahmadiyya in Indonesia

In July 2010, a mob of 200 Indonesians surrounded an Ahmadi mosque in Manislor village in Kuningan district, West Java.

Asinan

Asinan Bogor: The fruit asinan of Bogor city, West Java is preserved tropical fruits, such as raw mango, water apple, papaya, ambarella, jicama, nutmeg and pineapple served in sweet, hot and sour vinegar and chili sauce, sprinkled with peanuts.

Bank Saudara

Bank Saudara was founded in 1906 by ten merchants of Pasar Baru in Bandung, West Java.

De Stem des Bloeds

Van Kempen is a supervisor at a tea plantation named Ciranu in West Java.

Desi Anwar

Desi Anwar (born Bandung, West Java; 11 December 1962) is an Indonesian news presenter.

Enam Djam di Jogja

It was his second film dealing with the national revolution following Darah dan Doa (The Long March) the preceding year, which had followed the Siliwangi Division's long march to West Java.

Erythroxylum novogranatense

It was introduced in Bogor (West Java, Indonesia) in 1875, and by 1888 large quantities of seed were already being distributed in South-East Asia.

Evie Tamala

Evie Tamala (born June 23, 1969 in West Java) is a popular Indonesian dangdut singer-songwriter.

Ginandjar Kartasasmita

After one year at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in Bandung, West Java he was awarded a scholarship to study Chemical Engineering at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, where he studied from 1960 to 1965.

Guruh Gipsy

Guruh Gipsy combines modern, Western instruments like the piano, synthesizers, and various rock instruments with traditional music forms, including Balinese gendér, Central Javanese vocal styles, and West Javanese melodies and scales.

International Day for Biological Diversity

Coincided with the observance of International Day for Biological Diversity, on May 2011 Indonesian Forestry Minister inaugurated the Ciwalen Canopy Trail that is 120 meters long and 60 meters wide at an elevation of 30–40 meters above the ground at Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java to accommodate 5 to 10 people in one trip.

Jaka Sembung

The story is about local warrior-freedom fighter Parmin (nicknamed Jaka Sembung) who fights against Dutch colonial army in West Java in 19th century.

Maritime Records

The label was formed in Bandung, West Java in 2006 by Joz Yusadiredja (Joz} and Anggara Heryudasa (Ncut).

Maskoen Soemadiredja

Maskun Sumadiredja (25 May 1907-4 January 1986) is a National Hero of Indonesia from West Java.

Punokawan

Similar characters appear in other Indonesian wayang and theatrical traditions, including those of Bali and Sunda, under different names.

Ranks in Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia

In Penegak group, the only shoulder loop that looks different is the CARA (Calon Bantara) or Bantara Cadet, where the logo is not the Tunas Kelapa (coconut sprout), but the kujang, an Indonesian traditional weapon, from West Java), and the word written: CARA (Calon Bantara) or Bantara Cadet.

SLTPK 5 BPK

Sekolah Menengah Pertama Kristen 5 Badan Pendidikan Kristen PENABUR Bandung (SMPK 5 BPK PENABUR Bandung) is a Protestant junior high school located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

SMA Negeri 13 Bekasi

SMA Negeri 13 Bekasi (also known as Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 13 Bekasi) is a public senior high school in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia.

SMA Negeri 6 Bandung

SMA Negeri 6 Bandung (also known as SMU 6 Bandung, SMA 6 Bandung or Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 6 Bandung) is a public senior high school in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

Trinitas Senior High School

Trinitas Senior High School is a Catholic Private High School founded in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, in 1963 by Sisters of Divine Providence under the local name SMA Trinitas Bandung .

Vonny Cornellya

Vonny Cornellya Permatasari known as Vonny Cornelia (born in Bogor, West Java 14 August 1979) is an Indonesian actress.

Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory

The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanajassa in West Java, Indonesia, where McQuoid had previously owned property.

Willy Soemita

His father Iding Soemita was born in West Java and came as a contract labourer to Suriname where he founded the political party Kaum Tani Persatuan Indonesia (KTPI) in 1949.


2009 Jakarta bombings

On August 8, police raided a house in Bekasi, West Java, killing two people believed to be preparing to attack the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with a truck bomb near his private residence in Bogor, West Java.

2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional

Province of West Java is the second most successful team in the history of the Pekan Olahraga Nasional by being the overall champions of the games for three times,in 1951, 1953, and 1961.

Agustinus Suhardi

Suhardi first found employment as a judge at a Dutch court in Tangerang, West Java.

Astana Gede inscription

Astana Gede inscription, also known as Kawali inscription, refers to six inscriptions discovered in Kabuyutan Kawali area, Ciamis Regency, West Java; the main inscription (Kawali I) bears the longest scripts.

Batutulis inscription

The Batutulis inscription is an ancient Sunda Kingdom inscription dated 1533, located at Batutulis village, South Bogor, West Java.

Bogor Regency

Bogor Regency Indonesian: Kabupaten Bogor is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia, south of DKI Jakarta, and bordered by Tangerang Regency, the cities of South Tangerang, Depok and Bekasi, and finally Bekasi Regency all to the north, and fully encircling Bogor City.

Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje

In 1890 he married the daughter of an indigenous nobleman in Ciamis, West Java.

Djamaluddin Malik

During the same time Malik was President of the electrical installation company Prapatak and of the weaving company PT Cimalaka in Sumedang, West Java.

Ibrahim Tunggul Wulung

Ibrahim Tunggul Wulung (1800–1885) was an indigenous evangelist working in East Java, Central Java, West Java and Banten, Indonesia.

Indos in colonial history

Erected by him along the Kanarielaan in Lands Plantentuin (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Java.

Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwirjo

While touring Malangbong, near Garut in West Java, Kartosuwirjo met and married daughter of a local PSII leader.

During the Indonesian National Revolution, his Darul Islam militia remained in amicable terms with the secular Republican forces until the latter withdrew from West Java according to the terms of Renville Agreement in 1948, while Kartosuwirjo continued the guerilla struggle against occupying Dutch forces.

Sekolah Katolik Eka Prasetia

Sekolah Katolik Eka Prasetia (Eka Prasetia Catholic School) is a private Catholic charity school located in Pamulang, West Java, Indonesia.

Taman Safari

Taman Safari Indonesia or simply Taman Safari are safari parks in Bogor at West Java, in Mount Arjuno at East Java, and in Marina Beach at Bali.

Topeng dance

Cirebon mask dance or tari topeng Cirebon is a local original art of Cirebon, including Kuningan, Indramayu and Jatibarang, West Java and including Brebes, Central Java.