Tasikmalaya

Also known as Tasikmalaya Municipality, Municipality of Tasikmalaya, City of Tasikmalaya, Tasikmalaya City

Tasikmalaya (also known as Tasik) is a landlocked city in West Java, Indonesia. The city is sometimes dubbed kota santri (city of religious learners) or "the City of a Thousand Pesantrens" for its abundance of Islamic boarding schools. Located around southeast from the provincial capital of Bandung, Tasikmalaya is passed by Indonesian National Route 3.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tasikmalaya
Settlement.official_name: City of Tasikmalaya
Settlement.translit_lang1: Other
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Sundanese
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.motto: (Neaty City)
Settlement.nickname: (Delhi of Java)
Settlement.imagesize: 275
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: Great Mosque of Tasikmalaya, Sacred Heart of Jesus church, Tasikmalaya railway station
Settlement.image_flag: City Flag of Tasikmalaya.svg
Settlement.image_shield: logo Kota Tasikmalaya.png
Settlement.image_map: Map of West Java highlighting Tasikmalaya City.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location within West Java
Settlement.pushpin_map: Indonesia_Java#Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_label: Tasikmalaya City
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Java and Indonesia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country