Bekasi Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Bekasi) is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java Province, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the district of Central Cikarang. It is bordered by Jakarta and by Bekasi City (which is a separate administration from the Regency) to the west, by Bogor Regency to the south, and by Karawang Regency to the east.
This highly urbanised area (largely suburban to Jakarta to its west) has an area of and contained 2,630,401 people at the 2010 Census and 3,113,017 at the 2020 Census, with an average density of . The official estimate as at mid 2022 was 3,214,791. These figures exclude the area and population of the separate City of Bekasi (with 2,590,257 population in mid 2022), which lies between the Regency and Jakarta, and has been independent of the Regency since 16 December 1996.
The earliest evidence of the existence of Bekasi dates from the 5th century according to the Tugu inscription, which describes the name of two rivers that run through the city, i.e. Candrabhaga and Gomati and one of those rivers, i.e. Candrabhaga is the origin of the name Bekasi where the name Candrabhaga evolved into Bhagasasi due to the Sanskrit word candra which means moon evolved into Old Javanese word ‘sasi’ which also means moon and then the name Bhagasasi was misspelled as Bhagasi and then Dutch colonial government also misspelled the name Bhagasi as Bacassie and finally it became Bekasi.
History
During the colonial era, Bekasi was dominated by particuliere landerijen ('private domains'; Indonesian: tanah partikelir) which came under the rule of Landheeren (landlords). The landlords could impose taxation (cuke), tribute (upeti) and force labor (rodi) on the inhabitants of their private estates.
Among the most powerful gentry families in Bekasi was the Khouw family of Tamboen (Indonesian: keluarga Khouw van Tamboen). They ruled their extensive landholdings from their country house, landhuis Tamboen (now Gedung Juang Tambun).
Administrative districts
Bekasi Regency is divided into 23 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2022. The table also includes the number of administrative villages (totalling 179 rural desa and 8 urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code.
List of companies
Cikarang Pusat (Central Cikarang) District
PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor
Cibitung District
Panasonic
PT Astra Honda Motor
LG Electronics
Jababeka
Samsung
PT. Kraftfoods Indonesia
Showa
PT. Unilever Tbk. Kao Indonesia
EJIP
Omron
MEI ( Matsumoto Electronic Indonesia ) Haier Musashi AISIN
BIIE
LG Innotek Indonesia
Enkei
Sanoh
Newton Techno Park
Guna Era
Fata Metal
Matahari Alka
PPA (Priuk Perkasa Abadi) Takita