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Karawang
Place in West Java, Indonesia

Karawang

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

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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.

Get in

Getting to Karawang

Karawang is along the major west-east tolled motorway Tol Jakarta-Cikampek, that runs from Jakarta via Bekasi and Karawang to Cikampek. Karawang has two toll road exits: West Karawang is 47 km from the beginning of the toll road at Cawang in East Jakarta, while East Karawang is at km 54.

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    Karawang railway station in West Karawang
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    Klari
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    DAMRI bus stop in West Karawang
See

Worth seeing

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.

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    Tugu Rawagede

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

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    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.

Do

Things to do

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    Wonderland Adventure Waterpark
Eat

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.

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    Restaurant Lebak Sari Indah

    Indonesian (mostly Sundanese) and Chinese food.

How locals move

Getting around Karawang the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Karawang, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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