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Rumpin

Rumpin (Sundanese: ᮛᮥᮙ᮪ᮕᮤᮔ᮪) is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) in Bogor Regency, in the Province of West Java, Indonesia, and thus part of Jakarta's metropolitan area. This district has a postal code of 16350.

Rumpin district covers an area of 117.75 km2, and had a population of 129,150 at the 2010 Census and 146,007 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 153,211 – comprising 79,848 males and 73,363 females. The administrative centre is at the town of Rumpin, and the district is sub-divided into fourteen villages (desa), all sharing the postcode of 16350, as listed below with their areas and populations as at mid 2023.

Rumpin district consists of 14 villages (desa). Its administrative center is located in Rumpin village. Leuwibatu, Gobang, and Cidokom are in the far south, while Mekarsari and Sukamulya are in the far north, all of which are the same distance from the center of the Rumpin government.

Rumpin is home to the Sundanese people, who are the original inhabitants of West Java. There is no official data on the number of ethnic groups in Rumpin, but as a whole it is dominated by Sundanese. In addition, there are a small number of people who are Betawi immigrants, also Javanese and Chinese (Benteng) immigrants, which is quite common found in Rumpin.

The majority of the population of Rumpin district embraces the religion of Islam, but a small portion follow Christianity and Buddhism, the latter adhered to by the minority Chinese. The original inhabitants in West Java (namely the Sundanese people) generally embrace Islam, although some embrace the original beliefs of the Sundanese people, namely Sunda Wiwitan.

Sundanese which is the original and dominant language in West Java, affects the language of communication used in social life. Sundanese is the main language used by the people of Rumpin and West Java in general, apart from Indonesian which is the official language of Indonesia.

Rumpin district is directly adjacent to Cisauk district of Tangerang Regency (in Banten Province) to the north, to Rancabungur, Ciseeng (to which it is connected by the Gerendong Bridge), and Gunungsindur districts to the east, Cigudeg and Parung Panjang districts to the west, and Leuwisadeng, Leuwiliang, and Cibungbulang districts to the south.

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