Indramayu, West Java Province, Java, Indonesia

History | Administrative divisions | Demographics | Religion | Languages | Economy

🇮🇩 Indramayu is a town and district which serves as the capital of Indramayu Regency in the West Java province of Indonesia, and is located in the northern coastal area of West Java, east from Jakarta, north-east from the city of Bandung, and north-west of the city of Cirebon. Most of its land are situated below sea level, which makes the district vulnerable to high tide in stormy conditions. The district is only protected by some dunes and barrages at the seaside.

The regency is located on the north-eastern corner of West Java. Its borders include: North and East: Java Sea; South: Cirebon Regency and Majalengka Regency; West: Subang Regency; Southwest: Sumedang Regency.

History Dermayu is the old name for Indramayu, in the form of the Dermayu Sultanate that was founded by Sultan Khalif Aria Wirasamudra in 1478 after gaining independence from the Majapahit empire. Sultan Marangali became the last Dermayu Sultan in 1770, after that the area fully came under colonial rule of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).

Administrative divisions Indramayu is divided into 18 villages which are as follows: • Bojongsari • Dukuh • Karanganyar • Karangmalang • Karangsong • Kepandean • Lemahabang • Lemahmekar • Margadadi • Pabean Udik • Paoman • Pekandangan • Pekandangan Jaya • Plumbon • Singajaya • Singaraja • Tambak • Telukagung.

Demographics The number of (registered) citizens of Indramayu Regency is about 1,851,000, but in the town itself just 120,866 people reside as at mid 2021. The estimated land area of the town of Indramayu is 51.78 km² (19.99 sq mi). The local population near the shore subside on fishing. Furthermore, kapok, cloves, citrus and other fruits are cultivated. Indramayu is famous for the special sweet mangosteens and is also known as one of mango producers in West Java. Indramayu was known as Indonesia's main rice supplier in the early 1980s to late 1990s.

Religion 98.8% of the inhabitants are adherents of Islam, with the others being Protestant or Catholic Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Confucians.

Languages In general, there are two regional languages used by the people of Indramayu Regency, namely Javanese (Indramayu Dialect) and Sundanese. The Indramayu Javanese language (Indramayu Dialect) is used by the majority of the Indramayu people, in addition to the Indramayu Javanese language (Indramayu Dialect) in the southern and south-west regions using Sundanese. Sundanese Standard Sundanese There are two types of Sundanese used. First, the Priangan Sundanese or new phase Sundanese, which is used by the people in the Gantar sub-district and parts of Haurgeulis (bordering the Subang district), the southern Terisi District (which borders Majalengka and Sumedang Regencies), and the Karangjaya block in Mangunjaya village in Anjatan District. Sundanese Indramayu - there is also the original Sundanese Indramayu phase in the Indramayu Regency, namely in Ilir, Bulak, and Parean Girang villages in Kandanghaur District, and Lelea and Tamansari villages in Lelea District. The Sundanese phase of Old Sundanese is somewhat different from the new Sundanese phase due to temporal dialect differences. The most obvious difference is that in the ancient Sundanese language, there were no undak-usuk (levels of language). Old Sundanese also did not recognize the vowel /eu/, but only /e/. Not to mention the difference in vocabulary. Javanese There are currently three dialects of Javanese in Indramayu Regency. The majority are Dermayu dialects (Indramayu). But there is also a Javanese dialect of Cerbon (Cirebon), namely in Krangkeng Village, Kalianyar, and around it in Krangkeng District, which borders Cirebon Regency. The Tegal-Brebes dialect of Javanese language also exists in the western region of Indramayu Regency because in the 1920s there was migration from Tegal-Brebes to the region, namely in several villages or blocks in the Haurgeulis, Anjatan, Patrol, Sukra, and Bongas Districts. The Javanese language dialect Dermayu is mostly used by the people of Indramayu, which is about 1.85 million people. There are two levels in the Dermayu dialect of Javanese which is a social dialect (sociolect), namely the bagongan level or ngoko and the level of freedom or besiken or krama. It is estimated that the residents who control the freedom are around 20%-40%.

Economy Crude oil is found in the Indramayu area. Pertamina, the state's oil company, have operated a refinery just outside the town since 1994.

That aside, because of an overall lack of industry and jobs, there is migration to other parts of Indonesia. Family remittances from sex workers are an important contribution to the local economy. In 2015, the unemployment in the town is 11.85% compared to a national average of 6.3% in 2016. Agriculture, trades, and services are the largest employers which altogether employed 73% of the workforce. The majority of "agricultural" workers are either rice farmers or fishermen, which employs about 5,000 workers each.

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Indramayu has a population of over 119,558 people. Indramayu also forms the centre of the wider Indramayu Regency which has a population of over 1,834,434 people.

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Antipodal to Indramayu is: -71.683,6.35

Locations Near: Indramayu 108.317,-6.35

🇮🇩 Cirebon 108.557,-6.707 d: 47.7  

🇮🇩 Majalengka 108.228,-6.834 d: 54.7  

🇮🇩 Subang 107.75,-6.567 d: 67.1  

🇮🇩 Bandung 107.571,-6.877 d: 101.1  

🇮🇩 Cimahi 107.555,-6.871 d: 102.2  

🇮🇩 Tasikmalaya 108.198,-7.316 d: 108.2  

🇮🇩 Ciamis 108.353,-7.326 d: 108.6  

🇮🇩 Singaparna 108.11,-7.35 d: 113.5  

🇮🇩 Karawang 107.283,-6.3 d: 114.4  

🇮🇩 Pemalang 109.367,-6.883 d: 130.3  

Antipodal to: Indramayu -71.683,6.35

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