Bandung

                Bandung is the largest metropolitan city in West Java at once became the capital of the province. The city is located 140 km southeast of Jakarta, and is the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya by population. While the area of Bandung (Bandung Metropolitan area) is the third largest metropolitan area in Indonesia after Jabodetabek and Gerbangkertosusila (Grebangkertosusilo). In this historic city, stands a first technical colleges in Indonesia (Technische Hoogeschool te Bandung-TH Bandoeng, now the Institut Teknologi Bandung/ ITB) , into the fighting at the time of independence  and was once a place of the Asian-African Conference 1955,  a meeting that gave voice to the spirit of anti-colonialism, even the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech said that the capital city ofAsia-Africa is Bandung. In 1990 bandung being one city the safest in the world with a survey time magazine.6 city kembang is s-worth other for the city, because in former times city is considered very pretty with many trees and flowers growing there.Besides bandung anciently called also with parijs van java for its beauty.Besides bandung also known as the city shopping, with a mall and larry an outlet widely spreading in this city and current gradually bandung also become a wisata kuliner.And in 2007, british council make bandung as pilot project terkreatif city of asia east.

            Currently bandung is one of the main purposes of tourism and education.Two aspects this is now being development concentration is initiated by the mayor of bandung ridwan kamil.In recent years, city of bandung many open city parks festival kuliner, and community juvenility.This development to facilitate bandung residents activity in various society. Bandung city is surrounded by mountains, so the shape of the morphology of its territory as a giant bowl, is geographically the city is situated in the middle of West Java, and is at an elevation of 768 m above sea level, with the highest point located in the North with an elevation of 1,050 metres above sea level and the South is an area of low altitude 675 m above sea level.

            Bandung is irrigated by two major rivers, namely the Cikapundung River Citarum River and along its tributaries, which flows generally southwards and met in the Citarum River. With such conditions, South Bandung are particularly susceptible to flooding problem especially in the rainy season. Geological and soil conditions that exist in the city of Bandung and its surroundings are formed at the time of soil layers and have kwartier alluvial results eruption of Mount Tangkuban Parahu. This type of material in the northern part is generally a type of andosol as well in the Central and Western regions, while in the South and East area consists of the distribution of types of alluvial grey with alluvial clay. Semetara climate of Bandung city influenced by the humid and mountainous climate is cool, with an average temperature of 23.5 ° C, precipitation 200.4 mm on average and the number of rainy days an average of 21.3 days per month. The word ' Bandung ' is derived from the weirs or dam Citarum River by terbendungnya because the lava of Mount Tangkuban Perahu ago forming the Lake. The legend told by old people in Bandung said that the name ' Bandung ' is taken from a water vehicle which consists of two boats tied alongside the so-called boat used by the Regent of bandung, Bandung, r.a. Wiranatakusumah II, to navigate the Cikapundung River in search of a new county seat to replace the old capital in Dayeuhkolot.