Pangandaran Regency is a regency in West Java Province, Indonesia. Its capital is Parigi. The regency borders Ciamis Regency and Banjar City to the north, Cilacap Regency to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south, and Tasikmalaya Regency to the west.

With great potential in the tourism sector, the mission of Pangandaran Regency is "Pangandaran Regency in 2025 will become a world-class tourism district, a safe and comfortable place to live based on religious norms.

An area

Pangandaran Regency covers 168,509 hectares, with 67,340 hectares of sea. Pangandaran Regency has a coastline of 91 km.

Borderline

Population

The total population by gender in 2014, women numbered 212,022 and men numbered 210,564. With the following details:

Administrative Division

Law number 21 of 2012 underlies the birth of a new district (DOB) which was signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on November 16, 2012. Then it was promulgated by the Minister of Law and Human Rights Amir Syamsudin on November 17, 2012, so Pangandaran officially became a Regency in West Java Province.

Law No. 21/2012 states that Pangandaran Regency consists of 10 sub-districts, each comprising several villages and sub-districts. The administrative center is in Parigi District. Pangandaran Regency is a division of Ciamis Regency. This regency was officially established on October 25, 2012. The regency consists of 10 sub-districts:

1. Cigugur
2. Cijulang
3. fitness
4. Kalipucang
5. southwest
6. Mangunjaya
7. Padaherang
8. Pangandaran
9. Paris
10. Again

History

Initially, the village of Pananjung Pangandaran was opened and occupied by fishermen from the Sundanese tribe. The reason immigrants preferred the Pangandaran area to live was because of the small sea waves that made it easy to catch fish. Because on Pangandaran Beach, there is a land jutting out into the sea that is now a nature reserve or protected forest, this cape that prevents or blocks large waves from reaching the beach. This is where the fishermen used the place to store their boats, which in Sundanese is called andar. After some time, many came to this place and settled until it became a village called Pangandaran. Pangandaran comes from two words "Pangan" and "Daran" which means "Food" and daran means "Newcomer". So Pangandaran means "Food Source for Newcomers". Then the previous elders gave the village the name Pananjung, because according to the previous elders, besides the area there is a cape, this area also has many sacred places in several places. Pananjung means in Sundanese pangnanjung-nanjungna (most fertile or most prosperous).

At first, Pananjung was one of the centers of the kingdom, contemporaneous with the Galuh Pangauban kingdom which was centered in Putrapinggan, Kalipucang, Pangandaran around the 14th century AD. after the emergence of the Pajajaran kingdom in Pakuan, Bogor. The name of the king was Prabu Anggalarang, which one version says that he was a descendant of Prabu Haur Kuning, the first king of the Galuh Pagauban kingdom, but unfortunately the Pananjung kingdom was destroyed by attacks by the Bajo (Pirates) because the kingdom was unwilling to sell agricultural products to them, because at that time the people were in a state of famine (crop failure).

In 1922, during the Dutch colonial period, Y. Everen (President of Priangan) made Pananjung a new park, when releasing a bull, three cows, and several deer. Because it has a diversity of animals and rare plant species, in order to maintain the sustainability of its habitat, in 1934 Pananjung was made a nature reserve and wildlife sanctuary with an area of ​​530 Ha. In 1961, after the discovery of the Rafflesia padma flower, the status changed to a nature reserve. With the increasing public interest in recreational areas, in 1978, part of the area, covering an area of ​​37.70 Ha, was made a Tourism Park. In 1990, the surrounding waters were also confirmed as a marine nature reserve (470.0 Ha) so that the total area of ​​nature conservation area became 1000.0 Ha. Further developments, based on the Decree of the Minister of Forestry No. 104/KPTS-II/1993 the management of the Akam Pananjung Tourism Park, Pangandaran was handed over from the Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation to Perum Perhutani under the supervision of Perum Perhutani Unit III West Java, Ciamis Forest Management Unit, part of Pangandaran Forest Management.

Motto

JAYA KARSA MAKARYA PRAJA, Jaya means victory or excellence; Karsa means ideas or creative power that are always superior and successful in development; Makarya means establishing, building, carrying out beautiful and magnificent work; Praja means a country or state and government that is strong, steadfast, and resilient; The meaning of the motto "Jaya Karsa Makarya Praja" is that the development of Pangandaran Regency was born from the ideas and aspirations of the people of Pangandaran Regency.

Tourist

Pangandaran Regency's greatest potential lies in tourism, both coastal and river attractions. Many popular tourist attractions are popular with both international and domestic tourists. These include Pangandaran Beach, the Pananjung Nature Reserve, Batu Hiu Beach, Batu Karas Beach, Madasari Beach, Karapyak Beach, and river attractions such as Cukang Taneuh (Green Canyon), Citumang, and Santirah. A wide range of hotels, restaurants, and other entertainment venues are available.

Agriculture

Besides its tourism potential, Pangandaran Regency also boasts substantial agricultural potential. According to data from the Ciamis Regency Food Crops Agriculture Service, in 2012, the area of ​​rice fields in Ciamis Regency was 51,903 hectares, with 26 percent of this, or approximately 13,000 hectares, being irrigated and rain-fed.

Rice farming (rice fields and fields) is a primary commodity in the agricultural sector. Data on rice crop production (rice fields and fields) in 2012 in Ciamis Regency recorded 688,891 tons, 31 percent of which came from Pangandaran Regency's production, reaching 214,044 tons. The secondary crops sub-sector in Pangandaran Regency also has the potential to be increased, with production in the same year including 6,152 tons of corn, 11,300 tons of cassava, 2,520 tons of sweet potatoes, 752 tons of peanuts, 2,084 tons of soybeans, 725 tons of mung beans, and other commodities. Not to mention the potential for horticultural commodities that can be developed.

Fishery

The area of ​​fish cultivation in 2012 in Pangandaran Regency for ponds was 44 Ha, pools/ponds 339 Ha, rice fields 18.30 Ha. Viewed from the amount of fish production according to the place of cultivation/catching in Pangandaran Regency in 2012, namely marine fisheries 2,219.91 tons, ponds 687.8 tons, ponds 2,767.38 tons, rice fields 40 tons. While the value of marine fish production from fishermen's catches that entered the Fish Auction Place (TPI) in 2012 reached 2,220 tons with a value of 43.03 billion. A portrait of promising fisheries potential to be managed and able to improve the standard of living of the residents of Pangandaran Regency.

Farm

The population of large and small livestock in Pangandaran Regency in 2012 was calculated as follows: 26,807 cows, 2,321 buffaloes, 91 horses, 95,062 sheep, and 49,438 goats.

Forestry

The forest area of ​​Ciamis Regency is spread across several BKPH/RPHs including Ciamis (Madati, Cikoneng, Panjalu, Kawali); North Banjar (Gadung, Bunter, Rancah); South Banjar (Pamarican, Cicapar, Banjarsari); Pangandaran (Kalipucang, Pangandaran, Cisaladah) and Cijulang (Parigi, Cigugur, Langkap). The forest area, both those that have been confirmed and those that have not, is 28,898.73 hectares. The PKPH/RPH in the Cijulang region has the largest forest area, namely 9,299.88 hectares spread across the sub-districts of Cijulang, Parigi, Cigugur, and Langkaplancar. The largest forest is in Mount Gadung, Cigugur, which reaches 3,168.9 hectares. In addition to forests managed by PKPH/RPH, there are also community forests amounting to 31,707.44 hectares spread across 36 sub-districts. The largest community forest is in Kalipucang District, namely 3,599 Ha.

Source: Pangandaran Regency Website, Wikipedia