Kuningan
District in West Java, Indonesia
Kuningan (Sundanese: ᮊᮥᮔᮤᮍᮔ᮪) is a town (kelurahan) and an administrative district (kecamatan) located in eastern West Java, Indonesia, between Cirebon and Tasikmalaya, about 200 km east of Jakarta. It is the administrative center of Kuningan Regency. The district is located east of Mount Cereme/Ciremai (3.078 m), the highest mountain in West Java. The eastern part of the district is a valley. The district's landmark is a statue of a horse, called Kuda Kuningan and its motto is Kuningan Aman (Safe) Sehat (Healthy) Rindang (Leafy) Indah (Beautiful), abbreviated as Kuningan ASRI.
01Administrative divisions
Kuningan District is divided into 16 villages which are as follows:
- Ancaran
- Awirarangan
- Cibinuang
- Cigintung
- Cijoho
- Ciporang
- Cirendang
- Citangtu
- Karangtawang
- Kasturi
- Kedungarum
- Kuningan
- Padarek
- Purwawinangun
- Winduhaji
- Windusengkahan
02Climate
Kuningan has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to May.
| Climate data for Kuningan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.4 (76.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 462 (18.2) |
392 (15.4) |
443 (17.4) |
278 (10.9) |
218 (8.6) |
109 (4.3) |
80 (3.1) |
52 (2.0) |
58 (2.3) |
133 (5.2) |
267 (10.5) |
382 (15.0) |
2,874 (112.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
Sources and credits
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- Kantor Bupati Kuningan.jpg by Jie73, CC BY-SA 3.0
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