Karawang

Karawang is a city and regency in the North Coast region of Western Java, Indonesia.

Understand
The city of Karawang is a satellite city of Jakarta, about 50 km east of the capital. There are many industrial companies located in and around Karawang, including a lot of factories for Japanese companies. In 2020, it was home to 308,000 people.

The regency of Karawang also includes extensive rural areas, as well as other towns including Cikampek and Rengasdengklok, and the archeological site of Batujaya.

By car
Karawang is along the major west-east tolled motorway Tol Jakarta-Cikampek, that runs from Jakarta via Bekasi and Karawang to Cikampek. Karawang has two toll road exits: West Karawang is 47 km from the beginning of the toll road at Cawang in East Jakarta, while East Karawang is at km 54.

In addition to the toll road, there are trunk roads from Karawang to the west (to Bekasi), to the north (to Rengasdengklok and Batujaya) and to the east (in the direction of Pamanukan).

By train
The city of Karawang is served by two railway stations. in West Karawang and just outside East Karawang are served by a few economy class trains per day to the west (to Jakarta Kota station in West Jakarta) and to the east (to either Cikampek or Purwakarta).

By bus
The main bus terminal of Karawang is, on the eastern side of the city, not far from Klari railway station. The terminal is served by highly frequent buses from various bus terminals in Jakarta and from Bandung, as well as by buses from many other cities in Western and Central Java. There is also a direct elf minibus between Karawang and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (about once per two hours during daytime), but these shuttle buses do not go to the bus terminal, but to the in West Karawang.

Angkot
The routes of angkot (minivans) in Karawang:
 * 01 Terminal Klari - Johar - A. Yani - Johar - Terminal Klari
 * 02 Terminal Klari - Johar - Tuparev - Kertabumi - AR.Hakim - Johar - Terminal Klari
 * 07 Johar - Tuparev - Kertabumi - A. Yani - Johar
 * 15 Perum Resinda - A.Yani - Tuparev - Kertabumi - Perum Resinda
 * 16 Badami - Jl. Interchange - A. Yani - Cinangoh - Pasar Johar
 * 17 Terminal Klari - Johar - A. Yani - Sacakusuma - Terminal Tanjung Pura
 * 63 Teluk Jambe - Perum Galuh Mas - Kertabumi - Ar. Hakim - A. Yani - Jalan Interchange - Teluk Jambe

See
The village of Balongsari is about 8 km north of Karawang. This village was once known as Rawagede, and this is the location of the Rawagede Massacre that was committed by Royal Netherlands East Indies Army during the Indonesian War of Independence, on 9 December 1947. Almost all of the males of the village, amounting to 431 men according to most estimates, were killed. A court ruling in the Netherlands in 2011 decided that the Dutch state is fully responsible for the massacre, which was already called "deliberate and merciless" in a United Nations report in 1948.

Karawang cuisine
Try dodong hideung ketan, black sticky rice is processed in such a way and then coconut milk is added. Usually this cuisine is sold using a cart on the side of the road.

Connect
The dialing code for Karawang is 0267.

Go next

 * Batujaya — Possibly the oldest temple complex of Java island, about 40 km northwest of Karawang city.
 * Rengasdengklok — town where Indonesia's proclamation of independence was first drafted in 1945.