Sukabumi

Infobox City
official_name = Sukabumi
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image_caption = Ahmad Yani road in Sukabumi


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map_caption = Location of Sukabumi in Indonesia
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Indonesia
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = West Java
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leader_title = Mayor
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area_water_km2 = 48.15
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population_as_of = 2003
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population_total = 278418
population_density_km2 = 22915
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timezone = WIB
utc_offset = +7
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latd=6 |latm=55 |lats=10.56 |latNS=S
longd=106 |longm=55 |longs=37.92 |longEW=E
elevation_m = 600
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Sukabumi is a city and regency in the highlands of West Java, Indonesia, about 80 km (50 miles) south of the national capital, Jakarta.

At an altitude of approximately 600 meters (2000 feet), the city is a minor hill station resort, with a cooler climate than the surrounding lowlands. Sukabumi is also a destination for whitewater rafting. Rubber production is a major industry in the area.

In Dutch colonial times, Sukabumi was the site of the colonial police academy. In early 2005, Sukabumi became the first place in Indonesia that polio was reported in ten years, the beginning of a nationwide outbreak of the disease which had been believed to be eradicated in the country. [Indonesia confirms second case of polio, "ABC Radio Australia" 5 April 2005.]

Made in 804 the "Sukabumi inscription"' is the earliest evidence of Old Javanese script and language.

External links

* [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8975127 Situ gunung north of Sukabumi]

References