Karawang
Karawang is the capital of the Karawang Regency of West Java, Indonesia.

Karawang is the capital of the Karawang Regency of West Java, Indonesia. It is 32 miles east of Jakarta, and had a population of 307,880 at the 2020 Census, spread over two districts of the regency - West Karawang and East Karawang.
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Worth seeing in and around Karawang
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Singaperbangsa University
University of Singaperbangsa Karawang is the first university to be established in Karawang. It was established on 2 February 1982.
1.7 km · public university in Karawang, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Al-Azhar Memorial Garden
Al-Azhar Memorial Garden is an Islamic cemetery and a business unit of the Al-Azhar Islamic Foundation that has provided Islamic funeral services since 2011. The cemetery, which is located in Karawang Timur, West Java, Indonesia, covers 25 hectares and can accommodate around 29,000 bodies.
5 km · Cemetery in East Kawarang, West Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 03Singaperbangsa Stadium
Singaperbangsa Stadium, or Stadion Singaperbangsa, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Karawang Regency, Indonesia. Mostly, this stadium is used for football matches.
1.7 km · stadium in Karawang Regency, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 04Horizon University Indonesia
Horizon University Indonesia is a private university located in the city of Karawang, Indonesia. Formerly known as STMIK and STIKES Kharisma Karawang, the university's key offerings include active learning, industry partnerships, an English-immersive environment, industry-related technology, and strong core work skills.
2.5 km · university in Indonesia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to 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.
- 01Tugu Rawagede
Commemorative monument with several sculptures, as well as the 'cemetery for the heroes of Rawagede' (Taman Makan Pahlawan Rawagede).
- 02Walahar Dam
The Walahar Dam construction project was started in 1923 by the Dutch with the supervision of a water expert from the Netherlands named C.
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Things to do
- 01Wonderland Adventure Waterpark
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Where to eat
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.
- 01Restaurant Lebak Sari Indah
Indonesian (mostly Sundanese) and Chinese food.
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Getting to Karawang
- Airports
- Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP), 45 km · Soekarno-Hatta (CGK), 74 km
- Stations
- Karawang railway station (KAI), 1 km
- Jakarta → Karawang53 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · Rp36,300–48,400
- Semarang → Karawang351 km · quickest by road, 6h 4m · Rp220,000–293,000
- Yogyakarta → Karawang375 km · quickest by road, 7h 17m · Rp271,000–362,000
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Karawang
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Karawang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere 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.
- Get aroundThe routes of angkot (minivans) in Karawang: 01 Terminal Klari - Johar - A.
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Next door to Karawang
Karawang is 35 km from Bekasi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- East Karawangdistrict in Karawang Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia3 km
- West Karawangdistrict in Karawang Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia1.7 km