Banten

Banten
Province
From left to right, top to bottom: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Great Mosque of Banten, Carita Beach, Tanjung Lesung, Ujung Kulon National Park, Sawarna Tourism Village, Port of Merak, Baduy People Villages
Flag Seal
Motto(s):  Iman Taqwa (Faith and Piety)
Location of Banten in Indonesia
Coordinates: 6°30′S 106°15′E / 6.500°S 106.250°E / -6.500; 106.250
Country	Indonesia
Capital	Serang
Largest city	Tangerang
Established	October 4, 2000
Government
• Body	Banten Regional Government
• Governor	Wahidin Halim [1] (Demokrat)
• Vice Governor	Andika Hazrumy
Area
• Total	9,662.92 km2 (3,730.87 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	12,448,200
• Rank	5th
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Bantenese (47%), Sundanese (23%), Javanese (12%), Betawi (10%), Chinese (5%)[3]
• Religion	Islam (94.64%), Christian (3.95%), Buddhism (1.3%), Hindu (0.1%), Confucianism (0.01%)[4]
• Languages	Indonesian (official) Sundanese (lingua franca) Javanese (regional) Hakka Betawi Bantenese (native) Baduy
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time)
Postcodes	15xxx (Tangerang), 42xxx (non-Tangerang)
Area codes	(62)25x (non-Tangerang), (62)21 (Tangerang)
ISO 3166 code	ID-BT
Vehicle registration	A (non-Tangerang), B (Tangerang)
GRP per capita	US$ 3,114
GRP rank	14th
HDI	0.703 (High)
HDI rank	8th
Police	Polda Banten (non-Tangerang) Polda Metro Jaya (Tangerang)
Largest city by area	Serang - 266.71 square kilometres (102.98 sq mi)
Largest city by population	Tangerang - (1,798,601 - 2010)
Largest regency by area	Lebak Regency - 3,426.56 square kilometres (1,323.00 sq mi)
Largest regency by population	Tangerang Regency - (2,781,428 - 2010)
Website	Government official site

Banten is a province of Indonesia. It is on the island of Java. The capital city is Serang. The population was 10.6 million during the 2010 census. The government reported the population to be 11,834,087 in 2014.^[5] Banten was part of the province of West Java. It became a separate province in 2000.

1. ↑ Rano Karno officially becomes Governor of Banten | Republika Online
2. ↑ "Statistik Indonesia 2018". Badan Pusat Statistik. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
3. ↑ Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2003.
4. ↑ "LAPORAN PENDUDUK BERDASARKAN AGAMA" (PDF). Biropemerintahan. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
5. ↑ "BPS Banten : Jumlah penduduk". Archived from the original on 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2013-07-17.