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The regency of Subang covers an area of 205,176.95 hectares (2,051.77 square kilometers). It covers approximately 4,64 percent of the area of Java, located between Tangkuban Perahu and Burangrang Mountain in the south and the north coast of 11' West Java or between 107° 31' eastern longitude and 107° 45'southern latitude and 6° 11' and 6° 49' southern latitude. The farthest distance between the north and the south of this regency is sixty-five kilometers, while between the west and east it is forty-one kilometers.
Transportation and accommodation are fairly good. There are hotels, restaurants, public amusement centers, postal and telecommunication offices as well as other place are will maintained. They consist of state, provinces, regency, plantation and village roads, while additionally a railroad connects Subang with Jakarta and Cirebon.
Since the agricultural area is the largest part of the regency is Subang, most of it people are pleasants, other work in mining, in other industries, in electricity, gas, irrigation, building construction, trade, transportations, finance, the government.
Service and other occupation. Besides rice planting we can find tea, rubber, coconut, cloves, coffee cotton, palm, paper, nutmeg, screw pine, tobacco, cashew nut and herbs.
The tourism objects located in the regency of Subang among others are the Sariater Hot Spring, the Panorama of Dayang Sumbi , Candrawulan Beach, Pondok Bali and the Ciheuleut Swimming Pool. The Sariater Hot Spring is known as Ciater, where one can take a bath in hot water. This place was bathing facility spread out over five hectares, equipped with lockable cubicles. For those who wish to stay longer, several bungalows are provided. The hot springs of Sariater are believed to relies rheumatism pains. The distance from Bandung is about thirty-two kilometers and from Subang twenty-five kilometers. From Jakarta it can be reached by car through Subang, the distance four hours drive.
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