Bandung
Bandung is the capital city of West Java province, and the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya. Nicknamed Parijs van Java by the Dutch for its resemblance to Paris and European atmosphere back in colonial times, it is locally called…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Central Bandung and North Bandung.
Central Bandung
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Central Bandung forms the city centre of the city of Bandung. 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.
North Bandung
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North Bandung covers some of key urban expansions of Bandung during the early 20th century. It covers the Dago area with the ITB university campus and many cafés, restaurants, and the former colonial government centre of Gedung Sate.
Northwest Bandung
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Northwest Bandung contains some of Bandung's main shopping centres, from the Jalan Cihampelas 'jeans street' to the extensive Paris Van Java shopping mall. Northwest Bandung also includes the main road into the mountains of Lembang, and Bandung's airport.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as South Bandung and East Bandung.
South Bandung
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South Bandung covers the extensive residential areas of Bandung south of the railway. South Bandung encompasses a large number of neighbourhoods and districts, including Cibaduyut, Buah Batu, and Gedebage, as well as the Trans Studio theme park.
East Bandung
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East Bandung covers the districts of Bandung to the east of the Dago area, and north of the railway. It includes districts such as Cicaheum, Ujungberung, and Antapani.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bandung Geological Museum and Merdeka Building.
Bandung Geological Museum
Museum
Photo: Utari Akhir Gusti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bandung Geological Museum is a Museum in Bandung, Indonesia. The Museum was built in 1928 and inaugurated with the name "Geologische Museum" on 16 May, 1929.
Merdeka Building
Historic building
Bandung railway station
Railway station
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Bandung Station or Hall Station is the largest train station in Bandung, West Java, 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 Pasteur.
Bandung
- Type: City with 2,390,000 residents
- Description: city in West Java Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Bandung City” and “Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia”
- Neighbors: Cimahi
- Categories: city of Indonesia and locality
- Location: Parahyangan, Western Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-6.9107° or 6° 54′ 39″ southLongitude
107.6089° or 107° 36′ 32″ eastPopulation
2,390,000Elevation
714 metres (2,343 feet)IATA airport code
BDOUnited Nations Location Code
ID BDOOpen location code
6P593JQ5+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 264158895OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1650357Wikidata ID
Q10389
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Bandung” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Bandung”
- Afrikaans: “Bandoeng”
- Albanian: “Bandung”
- Arabic: “باندونج”
- Arabic: “باندونغ”
- Arabic: “باندونق”
- Armenian: “Բանդունգ”
- Azerbaijani: “Bandunq”
- Balinese: “Bandung”
- Balinese: “Kota Bandung”
- Banjar: “Kuta Bandung”
- Basque: “Bandung”
- Batak Mandailing: “Bandung”
- Belarusian: “Бандунг”
- Bengali: “বানদুং”
- Betawi: “Bandung Kota”
- Breton: “Bandung”
- Bulgarian: “Бандунг”
- Burmese: “ဘန်ဒေါင်းမြို့”
- Catalan: “Bandung”
- Cebuano: “Bandung (kapital sa lalawigan sa Indonesia)”
- Cebuano: “Bandung”
- Chechen: “Бандунг”
- Chinese: “Bandung Chhī”
- Chinese: “万隆”
- Chinese: “万隆市”
- Chinese: “萬隆”
- Croatian: “Bandung”
- Czech: “Bandung”
- Danish: “Bandung”
- Dutch: “Bandoeng”
- Dutch: “Bandung”
- Esperanto: “Bandungo”
- Estonian: “Bandung”
- Finnish: “Bandung”
- French: “Bandung”
- Galician: “Bandung”
- Georgian: “ბანდუნგი”
- German: “Bandung”
- Gorontalo: “Kota Bandung”
- Greek: “Μπαντούνγκ”
- Hausa: “Bandung”
- Hebrew: “באנדונג”
- Hindi: “बानदुंग”
- Hungarian: “Bandung”
- Ido: “Bandung”
- Indonesian: “Bandung”
- Indonesian: “Kota Bandung”
- Interlingue: “Bandung”
- Irish: “Bandung”
- Italian: “Bandung”
- Japanese: “バンドン”
- Javanese: “Bandung”
- Javanese: “Kutha Bandhung”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Bandung”
- Kalaallisut: “Bandung”
- Kannada: “ಬಾಂದುಂಗ್”
- Kazakh: “Бандуң”
- Kirghiz: “Бандунг”
- Komering: “Bandung”
- Korean: “반둥”
- Latin: “Bandung”
- Latvian: “Banduna”
- Lithuanian: “Bandungas”
- Madurese: “Kottha Banḍung”
- Malagasy: “Kota Bandung”
- Malay: “Bandung”
- Malay: “Kota Bandung”
- Malay: “کوتا بندوڠ”
- Malayalam: “ബന്ദുങ്ങ്”
- Maltese: “Bandung”
- Maori: “Bandung”
- Marathi: “बांडुंग”
- Mazanderani: “باندونگ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bandung”
- Minangkabau: “Kota Bandung”
- Nias: “Kota Bandung”
- Northern Frisian: “Bandung”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bandung”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bandung”
- Norwegian: “Bandung”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bandung”
- Ossetian: “Бандунг”
- Persian: “باندونگ”
- Polish: “Bandung”
- Portuguese: “Bandung”
- Portuguese: “Bandungue”
- Romanian: “Bandung”
- Russia Buriat: “Бандунг”
- Russian: “Бандунг”
- Santali: “ᱵᱟᱱᱫᱩᱝ”
- Scots: “Bandung”
- Serbian: “Бандунг”
- Silesian: “Bandung”
- Slovenian: “Bandung”
- South Azerbaijani: “باندونگ”
- Spanish: “Bandung”
- Sundanese: “Bandung”
- Sundanese: “Kota Bandung”
- Sundanese: “ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ”
- Swahili: “Bandung”
- Swedish: “Bandung”
- Tagalog: “Bandung”
- Tamil: “பண்டுங்”
- Tatar: “Бандуң”
- Tetum: “Bandung”
- Thai: “บันดุง”
- Turkish: “Bandung”
- Ukrainian: “Бандунг”
- Urdu: “بندونگ”
- Uzbek: “Bandung”
- Veps: “Bandung”
- Vietnamese: “Bandung”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bandung”
- Welsh: “Bandung”
- Western Frisian: “Bandûng”
- Western Panjabi: “بنڈونگ”
- Wu Chinese: “万隆”
- Yue Chinese: “萬隆”
- “Bandung”
- “Kota Bandung”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bandung”. Photo: Midori, CC BY 3.0.