Banten at Glance

Geographically, Banten located South Latitude of 5º 7’ 50” - 7º 1’ 11” and East Longitude of 105º 1’ 11” - 106º 7’ 12”. It located between West Java and Sumatra. Banten provincial population is 8,956,229 people (according to 2003 data). In the western part of the province, there is a famous volcano, which burst in 1883. Volcanoes are located in the Sunda strait, and called Krakatau. Administratively, the province of Banten consist of eight (8) regional level, the district Serang, Pandeglang, Lebak, and Tangerang, and the city of Serang, Cilegon, South Tangerang and Tangerang.

Banten region Banten has an area of 8.651,20 Km². Banten Province borders are :

North : Java Sea

East : DKI Jakarta Province dan West Java Province

South : Indian Ocean

West : Sunda Strait

Banten’s maritime areas are one of the potential sea lines. Sunda Strait is one of the sea lines which can be passed through by big ships--connecting Australia, New Zealand, with Southeast Asia regions such as Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Besides, Banten becomes the connecting line between two Indonesia’s big islands, Java and Sumatera. Having the geographical and governmental borders with the Country’s Capital, Banten region, especially the Municipality of Tangerang and Tangerang Regency has become a supporting area for the Country’s Capital City. In the economic sector, Banten has plenty of industries. Banten provincial area also has some sea ports developed as an anticipation of overcapacity from Jakarta’s sea ports. And it is not impossible for Banten sea ports to become an alternative to Singapore’s sea ports.

Banten province has a tropical climate. Banten experiencing the rainy season and dry season which alternate throughout the year, with the average temperature is 28 ° C. Area in the southern part of Banten province is dominated by hills, while the coastal region dominated in the north. Agriculture or plantation of the province this is coffee, vegetables, and fruits.

Banten residents who have strong religious traditions and native culture to the people still awake now. Religion of the majority of the population is Islamic Banten, which was brought by immigrants from Sumatra and Sulawesi in the century to around 15. Although Islam came from Arabia, but of Islam in Banten keunikannya has retired. Various unique eventually make a lot of artists and musicians born out of this province.

The cities that most of the population in the province of Banten is Serang, Cilegon and Tangerang. Object-winning tour of this province is Anyer. Anyer is used is a small village, an area to grow because of the beauty tours white sand beach. Now we can also enjoy various water facilities in the tourism Anyer, besides the beautiful beach.