Tabanan Regency

Tabanan
—  Regency  —
Location of Tabanan
Coordinates:
Country Indonesia
Province Bali
Capital Denpasar
Government
 • Regent
Area
 • Total 839.33 km2 (324.1 sq mi)
Population (2000)
 • Total 386,850
 • Density 460.9/km2 (1,193.7/sq mi)
Website www.tabanankab.go.id

Tabanan is a regency (kabupaten) of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 839.33 km2 and population of 386,850 (2000). Its regency seat is Tabanan.

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Subdistricts (Kecamatan)

Jatiluwih

Jatiluwih village in Penebel, north of Tabanan has paddy fields following the contours of terraced land against the background of spellbinding Mount Batukaru and Mount Agung use traditional Balinese irrigation known as subak, Bali's community-based water control management system. Lies at an altitude of 700 meters, the cool atmosphere of more original beautiful Jatiluwih is better than the most well known Tegallalang which has plenty of cafes and souvenir shops. Two routes to Jatiluwih are Denpasar>Kediri>Tabanan>Penebel>Jatiluwih or Denpasar>Mengwi>Baturiti>Jatiluwih.[1]

References

External links

Tabanan travel guide from Wikitravel