West Java

West Java is a province in Indonesia. Its capital is in Bandung. West Java Province is a province with the highest population in Indonesia. The northwestern part of West Java province bordered by the Province of DKI Jakarta, the capital state of Indonesia. In 2000, the Province of West Java, Banten province divided by the establishment, which is located to the west.

History
The oldest archaeological findings about the inhabitants of West Java found in Anyer with the discovery of bronze and iron metal culture from before the first millennium. Clay pottery prehistoric era Buni (Bekasi old) can be found stretching from Anyer to Cirebon.

West Java to the fifth century was part of the Kingdom Tarumanagara. Inscription Tarumanagara many scattered relics of the kingdom in West Java. There are seven inscriptions is written in script Wengi (which digunkan during Palawa India) and language Sansakerta mostly telling the king Tarumanagara.

After the collapse of the kingdom of Sriwijaya Tarumanagara attack on the City Kapur inscription (in 686), power in the western part of Java Island to Ujung Kulon Kali Ciserayu followed by the Kingdom of Sunda. One of the inscriptions from the time of the Kingdom of Sunda are Kebon Coffee II inscription dating from 932. Sunda kingdom had its capital in Pakuan Pajajaran (now the city of Bogor).

In the 16th century, the Sultanate of Demak grown to become a threat to the Kingdom of Sunda. Port of Cirebon separated from the Sunda kingdom of Demak Sultanate assistance. Port of Cirebon Cirebon Sultanate later became a breakaway from the Kingdom of Sunda. Ports are also separated into the hands of Banten Sultanate of Cirebon and later became the Sultanate of Banten. To face the threat of the Sultanate of Cirebon and Demak Sultanate, baduga Sri Maharaja, the king of Sunda then asked his son, Surawisesa to make a defense treaty with the Portuguese in Malacca to prevent the collapse of the main ports, namely the Sunda Kalapa to the Sultanate of Cirebon and Demak Sultanate. At Surawisesa became king of Sunda, with the title King Surawisesa Jayaperkosa, security and defense agreements Sunda-Portuguese, known as the Luso-Sundanese Treaty, signed in the year 1512. In return, the Portuguese were given access to build fortresses and warehouses in the Sunda Kalapa as well as access to trade there. To realize the security and defense agreements, in 1522 founded a stone monument called Padrão Ciliwung river in the vicinity of Monument.

Although defense and security treaty with the Portuguese have made, their implementation can not be realized due to alliance forces in the year 1527 Cirebon - Demak, under the leadership Fatahilah or Paletehan, attacked and conquered the port of Sunda Kalapa. War between the Kingdom of Sunda and alliance the Cirebon - Demak lasted five years until finally in 1531 made a peace treaty between King Surawisesa with Sunan Gunung Jati from Cirebon Sultanate.

From 1567 until 1579, under the leadership of Raja Mulya, alias Prabu Surya Kencana, the Kingdom of Sunda big decline under pressure from the Sultanate of Banten. After the year 1576, the Sunda kingdom can not maintain Pakuan Pajajaran, the capital of the Kingdom of Sunda, and finally fell into the hands of the Sultanate of Banten. Reign of the Sultanate of Banten, the area fell into the hands Priangan Mataram Sultanate.

West Java as an administrative sense into use in 1925 when the Dutch government established the West Java Province. The establishment of the province as Bestuurshervormingwet implementation in 1922, which divides the Dutch East Indies for provincial units. Prior to 1925, used the term Soendalanden (Tatar Soenda) or Pasoendan, as the term to describe the geography of the island of Java in the west and the River Cilosari Citanduy largely inhabited by residents who use the Sundanese language as mother tongue.

On August 17, 1945, West Java join part of the Republic of Indonesia.

On December 27, 1949 in West Java became Pasundan State which is one of the state of the United Republic of Indonesia as a result of a three-party agreement in the Round Table Conference: the Republic of Indonesia, Bijeenkomst voor Federaal Overleg (BFO), and the Netherlands. The agreement was witnessed also by the United Nations Commission for Indonesia (UNCI) as a UN representative.

However, West Java, to rejoin the Republic of Indonesia in 1950.

Geography
West Java province located in the western part of Java Island. Area bordered by Java Sea to the north, Central Java in the east, the Indian Ocean in the south, and Banten and Jakarta in the west.

North coast area is lowland. In the middle of a mountain, which is part of a range of mountains stretching from west to east Java. The highest point is Mount Ciremay, which is located in the southwest town of Cirebon. Rivers are important enough Cimanuk Citarum River and River, which empties into the Java Sea.

Population
West Java Province is a province with the highest population in Indonesia. Areas with the greatest population density near Jakarta. Bandung, West Java provincial capital is a city with the third largest population in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya.

Most of the population of West Java is Sundanese, who speak using the language of futility. In some towns on the north coast, the language spoken in Cirebon Banyumasan dialect, which is similar to Bradford Banyumasan language dialects. In the border region with Jakarta as part of Bekasi, some Depok, and Bogor Regency northern part of the Betawi dialect spoken Indonesian.

As a result of urbanization, population in the area around Jakarta consists of various ethnic groups in Indonesia, including Javanese, Batak Tribe, and Tribal Minang.

Education
Public Universities
* University of Indonesia (UI), Depok.
* Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung.
* Padjadjaran University (Universitas Padjadjaran), with campus locations diBandung and Sumedang.
* Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), d / h IKIP Bandung, Bandung.
* Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB), Bogor.

Private Colleges
* Institut Teknologi Telkom (Telkom IT), in Bandung
* Faculty (Unpar), in Bandung
* Maranatha Christian University, Bandung
* Islamic University of Bandung (UNISBA), in Bandung
* University of Pasundan (Unpas), in Bandung
* University Siliwangi (unsil), in Tasikmalaya

Tourism
Objects that attract tourist and visited many areas of West Java:
* Beach Pangandaran
* Beach Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi
* Mount Tangkuban Perahu
* Puncak, Bogor - Cianjur
* Ciater, Subang
* Linggajati, brass
* Bogor Botanical Gardens
* Taman Safari Indonesia
* Nature Trail Mekarsari
* Palace Kasepuhan, Cirebon
* Keraton Cirebon Kanoman
* Situ Patenggang, Ciwidey
* Cipanas, Garut
* Tile Ujung Beach, Sukabumi
* Forest Park Ir. H. Djuanda, Bandung
* Cibodas Botanical Garden
* Reservoir Jatiluhur, Purwakarta
* Taman Bunga Nusantara, Cianjur
* Bosscha Observatory, Bandung

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