Banten

Banten is the westernmost part of the island of in Indonesia. This article covers most of Banten province, but the northeastern parts of the province are suburbs of the Indonesian capital, and are covered in the article on .
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is the capital of the province of Banten, in the region of . The city, with a population of about 600,000, is about 75 km west of the city centre of .

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is in the far southwest of the island of Java, in Banten province in Indonesia.

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is a city on the west coast of the province of Banten, in the region of Indonesia. It is a major industrial city, with especially a strong steel industry as well as several shipyards.

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, colloquially called Rangkas, is a town and an administrative district, in Banten Province of Java, Indonesia. The district covers an area of 73.76 km2, and had a population of 116,659 at the 2010 Census and 134,945 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 144,733, comprising 73,678 males and 71,055 females.

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is a beach resort town in the province of Banten in the region of . It is the most famous beach area on Java's west coast because it is relatively easy to reach from the capital .

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, also known as Lama is a town in the province of , in the region of Indonesia. used to be the capital of the powerful sultanate, that had control over trade in parts of and in the 16th to 18th century.

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is a town and an administrative district located in the of Banten Province on Java, . Located in the northeast of the regency, it covers an area of 16.85 km2 and had a population of 44,039 at the 2010 Census and 43,897 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 45,279.

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is a fishing town on the west coast of Banten province, in the region of Indonesia.

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is a small town and district on the west coast of Banten province, in the region of Indonesia. The district also includes the Tanjung Lesung peninsula.

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is a town in the province of Banten in the region of Indonesia. It is on Java's west coast, and because it is mainly known for its beaches, the town is sometimes also called Beach.

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is a village on the south coast of Banten province, in the region of Indonesia.

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is a town and seaport on the northwestern tip of the island of Java, in Banten province in Indonesia. While the town is relatively small, it is well known for its seaport, from where passenger ferries and cargo ships depart to the island of on the other side of the Sunda Strait.
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Banten

Latitude of center
-6.4454° or 6° 26′ 43″ south
Longitude of center
106.1376° or 106° 8′ 15″ east
Population
12,100,000
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1898258173
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1923045
Wiki­data ID
Q3540
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Banten” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Banten”
  • Afrikaans: “Banten”
  • Albanian: “Banten”
  • Amharic: “ባንቴን”
  • Arabic: “بانتن”
  • Arabic: “بنتن”
  • Armenian: “Բանտեն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Banten”
  • Balinese: “Banten”
  • Banjar: “Bantan”
  • Basque: “Banten”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Banten”
  • Belarusian: “Бантэн”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Бантэн”
  • Bengali: “বান্তেন”
  • Betawi: “Banten”
  • Bulgarian: “Бантен”
  • Catalan: “Banten”
  • Cebuano: “Banten (lalawigan sa Indonesia)”
  • Cebuano: “Banten”
  • Chinese: “万丹省”
  • Chinese: “萬丹省”
  • Czech: “Banten”
  • Danish: “Banten”
  • Dutch: “Bantam”
  • Dutch: “Banten”
  • Dzongkha: “བན་ཏེན་ ས་གནས།”
  • Esperanto: “Banteno”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Banteno”
  • Finnish: “Banten”
  • French: “Banten”
  • Galician: “Bantén”
  • Georgian: “ბანტენი”
  • German: “Banten”
  • Gorontalo: “Banten”
  • Greek: “Μπάντεν”
  • Gujarati: “બૅન્ટેન પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Banten”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Van-tan-sén”
  • Hausa: “Banten”
  • Hebrew: “בנטן”
  • Hindi: “बांतेन”
  • Iloko: “Banten”
  • Indonesian: “Banten”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Banten”
  • Irish: “Banten”
  • Italian: “Banten”
  • Japanese: “バンテン州”
  • Javanese: “Banten”
  • Kannada: “ಬಂಟೇನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Бантен”
  • Kirghiz: “Бантен”
  • Komering: “Banten”
  • Komering: “Banton”
  • Korean: “반텐 주”
  • Korean: “반텐주”
  • Korean: “반튼주”
  • Latvian: “Bantena”
  • Lithuanian: “Bantenas”
  • Madurese: “Banten”
  • Malay: “Banten”
  • Malayalam: “ബാന്റൻ”
  • Malayalam: “ബാൻറൻ”
  • Marathi: “बांतेन”
  • Mazanderani: “بانتن”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Banten”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Banten Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Banten”
  • Mongolian: “Бантен”
  • Northern Frisian: “Banten (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Banten”
  • Northern Luri: “بانتن”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banten”
  • Norwegian: “Banten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Banten”
  • Oromo: “Banten”
  • Pampanga: “Banten”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਂਤੇਨ”
  • Persian: “بانتن”
  • Polish: “Banten”
  • Portuguese: “Bantém”
  • Portuguese: “Banten”
  • Pushto: “بانتن”
  • Russian: “Бантен”
  • Scots: “Banten”
  • Serbian: “Бантен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Banten”
  • Sinhala: “බන්ටෙන් පළාත”
  • Sinhala: “බැන්ටෙන් පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Slovenian: “Banten”
  • Somali: “Banten”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بانتن”
  • Spanish: “Bantén”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Bantén”
  • Sundanese: “Banten”
  • Swahili: “Banten”
  • Swedish: “Banten”
  • Tajik: “Бантен”
  • Tamil: “பண்டென் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “பந்தன் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Бантен”
  • Telugu: “బాంటెన్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดบันเติน”
  • Turkish: “Banten”
  • Turkish: “Bentem”
  • Ukrainian: “Бантен”
  • Urdu: “بانتین”
  • Urdu: “بانٹین”
  • Uzbek: “Banten”
  • Venetian: “Banten”
  • Vietnamese: “Banten”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Banten”
  • Welsh: “Banten”
  • Western Armenian: “Պենթըն”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا بانتن”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ بانٹین”
  • Wu Chinese: “万丹省”
  • Yue Chinese: “萬丹”
  • “Banten”
  • “ma Pantan”

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