Tangerang
Tangerang is the city with the largest population in the province of Banten, Indonesia.
Tangerang is the city with the largest population in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the western border of Jakarta and bordered with South Tangerang city, Tangerang is the sixth largest city proper in the nation. Tangerang is home to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the primary airport serving the Jakarta metropolitan area.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Tangerang
10 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.
- 01Pelita Harapan University
Pelita Harapan University abbreviated as UPH, is a private Reformed Evangelical coeducational higher education institution run by the Pelita Harapan Education Foundation in Lippo Village, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. It was founded in 1993 and is part of the Lippo Group.
7.3 km · Indonesian university · Wikipedia - 02Kalipasir Mosque
The Kali Pasir Mosque is the oldest mosque in Tangerang city, a relic of Pajajaran Kingdom. It is located in Cisadane riverbank, in the middle of Chinese residential and is characterized by it Chinese pattern.
1.6 km · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 03Swiss German University
Swiss German University is a private international university located in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Established in 2000, SGU is recognized as the first international university in Indonesia to offer an international curriculum and double-degree programs in collaboration with partner universities in Switzerland, Germany, and other countries.
6.3 km · university in Tangerang City, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 04Multimedia Nusantara University
Multimedia Nusantara University is a private university located in Gading Serpong, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The university was founded by Kompas Gramedia Group on 25 November 2005 and officially launched in a ceremony at the Hotel Santika, Jakarta on 20 November 2006.
9.9 km · private university in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 05Benteng Heritage Museum
The Benteng Heritage Museum is a heritage site and museum in Pasar Lama, the old market district in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Located near the river Cisadane, it is the first Indonesian museum that highlights the history and heritage of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia.
1.5 km · museum in Banten, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 06KH Hasyim Asy'ari Grand Mosque
KH Hasyim Asy'ari Grand Mosque is a mosque at Semanan, Kalideres, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The mosque is named after National Hero of Indonesia Hasyim Asy'ari, the founder of the Nahdlatul Ulama.
8.5 km · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 07Al-Azhom Grand Mosque
Al-Azhom Grand Mosque is a congregational mosque in the city of Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Opened in 2003, it is the largest mosque in Banten province and one of the largest mosques in the world in terms of the worshipper capacity.
100 m · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 08International University Liaison Indonesia
Universitas Lintas Internasional Indonesia, internationally known as the International University Liaison Indonesia, is a private university in Indonesia established in 2014. The university offers academic programs in engineering and technology; economics, business, and social sciences; as well as dentistry and health sciences.
8.6 km · Indonesian university · Wikipedia - 09Boen Tek Bio
Boen Tek Bio is the oldest Chinese temple in Tangerang, Indonesia. It is located at the corner of Jalan Bhakti and Jalan Cilame in the heart of Pasar Lama, Tangerang's old market district.
1.5 km · Chinese-Indonesian temple · Wikipedia - 10Shri Sanathana Dharma Aalayam
Shri Sanathana Dharma Aalayam, or also known as Jakarta Murugan Temple is a kovil located at Kalideres district of West Jakarta, Indonesia. As planned, it is the first Dravidian Hindu temple in Jakarta, as representation of Indian Indonesians who practice Indian Hinduism.
7.9 km · Biggest Hindu Temple in Southeast Asia, Located in Jakarta · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Benteng Heritage Museum
Museum on the history of Chinese settlement in Tangerang and Indonesia, and the importance of the voyages of Chinese admiral Zheng He in spreading Chinese heritage across (Southeast) Asia.
From Wikivoyage: Tangerang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Cengkareng Golf Club
- 02Modern Golf and Country Club
An additional golf course is in the planned community of Karawaci, and more are in neighbouring South Tangerang.
From Wikivoyage: Tangerang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
A wide range of restaurants is available in the various shopping malls and at the airport. This includes Indonesian fare, Western-style fast food, Chinese and Japanese food.
- 01Restoran Istana Nelayan
- 02Pondok Kemangi
Raya Serpong km.4 Ruko Pondok Kemangi No.
- 03Salsa Food City
A lot of restaurants here, ranging from Sundanese, Chinese, Makassar, and Western.
From Wikivoyage: Tangerang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Tangerang
- Airports
- Soekarno-Hatta (CGK), 5 km · Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP), 30 km
- Stations
- Soekarno Hatta International Airport, 5 km · SHIA railway station, 4.9 km · Soekarno–Hatta Airport Skytrain, 4.9 km · Batu Ceper railway station, 2.8 km · Tangerang railway station, 1.1 km
- Semarang → Tangerang428 km · quickest by air, 4h 6m · Rp847,770–1,314,550
- Yogyakarta → Tangerang450 km · quickest by air, 5h 21m · Rp985,590–1,518,520
- Surakarta → Tangerang488 km · quickest by air, 4h 10m · Rp917,930–1,424,000
- 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 Tangerang
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 Tangerang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe terminal serves a wide range of highly frequent local buses and minibuses to and from destinations throughout Tangerang, Jakarta, and South Tangerang.
- Get aroundThe cheapest way to get around in Tangerang is, as in the other major Indonesian cities, by minibus (angkot).
- Get aroundAngkots follow a fixed route (there are various routes throughout the city), but there is no fixed schedule and there are no fixed stops.
- Get aroundThe price of an angkot ride within the city is usually about Rp2,000 to 5,000.
- Get aroundIt is best to ask a local which angkot route to take, and how to recognise the location you want to get off.
From Wikivoyage: Tangerang, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
- 01825 km
- 02881 km
- 03909 km
- 041,021 km
- 051,028 km
If you know how people move in Tangerang – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Tangerang
Tangerang is 16 km from South Tangerang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Teluknagadistrict in Tangerang Regency, Banten Province, Indonesia7.9 km
- Cengkarengdistrict in West Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia9.9 km
- Kalideresdistrict in West Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia8.3 km
- Ciledugdistrict in Tangerang City, Banten Province, Indonesia9.4 km
- Sepatandistrict in Tangerang Regency, Banten Province, Indonesia9.3 km
- Karang Tengahdistrict in Tangerang City, Banten Province, Indonesia8.3 km