Cimahi
Cimahi is a landlocked city located immediately west of the larger city of Bandung, in West Java Province, Indonesia and within the Bandung Metropolitan Area.
Note that the prefix "Ci" means "river" in Sundanese. It covers an area of 42.42 km2 and had a population at the 2010 Census of 541,177 and at the 2020 Census of 568,400; the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 581,994. The city is a major textile producer, and is home to several military training centres.
Getting to Cimahi
Cimahi is along the Purbaleunyi toll road that connects the city to Purwakarta (and further to Jakarta) and Bandung. The original trunk road between Cimahi and Bandung (part of the Great Post Road) is also still an important road between the two cities. In addition, there is a major trunk road from Cimahi to the west, to Cianjur and the Puncak pass.
- 01Cimahi Mall
Worth seeing
- 01Ereveld Leuwigajah
One of the largest of the Dutch war cemeteries in Indonesia.
Where to eat
- 01Bakso Trisno
Several types of bakso (Indonesian meatball) dishes, including mie bakso kuah (noodle soup with meatballs).
- 02McDonald's Cimahi
Sangkuriang No.2, Padasuka, Cimahi Tengah, Kota Cimahi, Jawa Barat 40511.
Getting around Cimahi the local way
- Ciburial-Ciroyom Rute Angkot Ciburial (Dago Atas) -- Ciroyom
OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Get inThere are frequent green-coloured angkot (public minivans) from Leuwi Panjang terminal to Cimahi.
- Get inTo get from Cicaheum terminal to Cimahi, you will need to take two different angkot routes (for example with a change at Bandung's railway station).
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