Place:Tasikmalaya, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

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NameTasikmalaya
TypeCity
Coordinates7.333°S 108.267°E
Located inJawa Barat, Indonesia
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Tasikmalaya is a landlocked city in West Java, Indonesia. The city is sometimes dubbed kota santri (city of pious people) or "the City of a Thousand Pesantrens" for its abundance of Islamic boarding schools. Located around southeast from the provincial capital of Bandung, Tasikmalaya is passed by Indonesian National Route 3.

The city is located in the mountainous Priangan region of Java at an elevation of 351 metres (1,151 feet).

The population of the city (excluding the Tasikmalaya Regency, which surrounds the city to the west, south and east) was 634,948 according to the 2010 census, and increased to 716,155 at the 2020 census. Its built-up (or metro) area made of Tasikmalaya City and 14 neighbouring districts spread over Tasikmalaya and Ciamis regencies was home to 1,339,891 inhabitants as at the 2010 census.

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