Balong Gede

Balong Gede is a village in , and has an elevation of 800 metres. Balong Gede is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
  • Type: Village with 8,270 residents
  • Description: subdistrict in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Balonggede”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Merdeka Building and Sri Baduga Museum.

Historic building
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
is an Art Deco building in Jalan Asia-Afrika, , . Today it serves as a museum displaying collections and photographs of the Asian–African Conference, the first Non-Aligned Movement event, which was held there in 1955.

Museum
Photo: Rochelimit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a state museum located in , . As a state museum, the museum features various items related with the province of , such as Sundanese crafts, furnishings, geologic history, and natural diversity.

Railway station
Photo: A2613, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bandung Station or Hall Station is the largest train station in , , Indonesia. Managed by Kereta Api Indonesia and its subsidiary KAI Commuter, it serves as the main station for Operational Area II Bandung of the KAI, administering Bandung and Priangan areas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bandung and Central Bandung.

Photo: Midori, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital city of West Java province, and the third largest city in after and . Nicknamed Parijs van Java by the Dutch for its resemblance to Paris and European atmosphere back in colonial times, it is locally called…

Photo: Sabung.hamster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
forms the city centre of the city of . Although the area had been inhabited before, it was here that the city of Bandung was founded in the year 1810, at the place where the Great Post Road crosses the Cikapundung river.

Photo: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0.
covers the extensive residential areas of south of the railway. encompasses a large number of neighbourhoods and districts, including Cibaduyut, Buah Batu, and Gedebage, as well as the Trans Studio theme park.

Balong Gede

Latitude
-6.9244° or 6° 55′ 28″ south
Longitude
107.6063° or 107° 36′ 23″ east
Population
8,270
Elevation
800 metres (2,625 feet)
Open location code
6P593JG4+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1308699072
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6598432
Wiki­data ID
Q12473848
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Satellite Map

Discover Balong Gede from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Balinese to Swedish—“Balong Gede” goes by many names.
  • Balinese: “Balonggedé, Regol, Bandung”
  • Cebuano: “Kelurahan Balonggede”
  • Dutch: “Balong Gede”
  • Dutch: “Balonggede”
  • French: “Balong Gede”
  • French: “Balonggede”
  • German: “Balong Gede”
  • German: “Balonggede”
  • Gorontalo: “Balonggede, Regol, Bandung”
  • Indonesian: “Balong Gede, Regol, Bandung”
  • Indonesian: “Balong Gede”
  • Indonesian: “Balonggede, Regol, Bandung”
  • Indonesian: “Kelurahan Balong Gede”
  • Indonesian: “Kelurahan Balonggede”
  • Japanese: “バロン・ゲデ”
  • Sundanese: “Balonggedé, Régol, Bandung”
  • Swedish: “Kelurahan Balonggede”
  • “Balong Gede”

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