Karawang

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.

1. 01
   Singaperbangsa 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
2. 02
   Al-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
3. 03
   Singaperbangsa 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
4. 04
   Horizon 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.

1. 01
   Tugu Rawagede

   Commemorative monument with several sculptures, as well as the 'cemetery for the heroes of Rawagede' (Taman Makan Pahlawan Rawagede).

2. 02
   Walahar 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.

From Wikivoyage: Karawang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Wonderland Adventure Waterpark

From Wikivoyage: Karawang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

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.

1. 01
   Restaurant Lebak Sari Indah

   Indonesian (mostly Sundanese) and Chinese food.

From Wikivoyage: Karawang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Karawang

Airports

Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP), 45 km · Soekarno-Hatta (CGK), 74 km

Stations

Karawang railway station (KAI), 1 km

• Jakarta → Karawang

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · Rp36,300–48,400
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• Semarang → Karawang

  351 km · quickest by road, 6h 4m · Rp220,000–293,000
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• Yogyakarta → Karawang

  375 km · quickest by road, 7h 17m · Rp271,000–362,000
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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.

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