Lebak Regency
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Lebak Regency is a regency of Banten
province, Indonesia
. It has an area of 3,044.72 km² of 19 districts and 320 villages and an official intercensal estimate
d population of 1,219,033 in 2007 Rangkasbitung
is the capital of the regency. Pandeglang Regency lies to the west, Serang Regency to the north, Tangerang Regency
to the north-east, and Bogor Regency
and Sukabumi Regency
of West Java
to the east.
The regency is subdivided into 28 subdistricts
.
The Lebak Regency is the Regency where Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli
) was appointed in 1856 assistant resident. Douwes Dekker observed that the local regent exploited the local population and requested his removeal. He made a few mistakes in this. He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse by the regent. The regent being of local nobility but paid the colonial government was regularly in poor circumstances having to keep up with demands of patronage for his large family, according to the adat, the traditional law.
Bad practices were known and condoned to a certain extent by the colonial administration. Governmental research that same year showed however more serious abuse by the lesser local officials. The Governor-General disapproved of Dekkers tactless conduct and ordered his replacement, which Dekker refused. He resigned after three months of duty in Labak. Home he published four years later 'Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company', a pamphlet-novel, which had great influence on later administrators,less by force of analysis than by the vigour of its language, setting a new standard for Dutch literature.
Banten
Banten is a province of Indonesia in Java. Formerly part of the Province of West Java, it was made a separate province in 2000.The administrative center is Serang. Preliminary results from the 2010 census counted some 10.6 million people.-Geography:...
province, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. It has an area of 3,044.72 km² of 19 districts and 320 villages and an official intercensal estimate
Intercensal estimate
Intercensal estimate in the field of demographics is an estimate of population between official census dates. Some nations produce regular intercensal estimates while others do not...
d population of 1,219,033 in 2007 Rangkasbitung
Rangkasbitung
Not to be confused with district Rangkasbitung Rangkasbitung is the capital city of Lebak Regency, Banten Province of Java, Indonesia. It registered a population of 126,900 in 2005. The area was historically the center of the Baduy ethnicity....
is the capital of the regency. Pandeglang Regency lies to the west, Serang Regency to the north, Tangerang Regency
Tangerang Regency
Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. The current regent is H. Ismet Iskandar. It has an area of 959.6 km² and an official 2010 census count of 2,838,621. Since 2000, it has lost territory as South Tangerang has split off on 29 October 2008...
to the north-east, and Bogor Regency
Bogor Regency
Bogor Regency Indonesian: Kabupaten Bogor is a regency of West Java, Indonesia, south of DKI Jakarta, and bordered by Tangerang Regency, the City of Depok and the City and Regency of Bekasi to the north, and fully encircling Bogor City. It is considered a bedroom community for Jakarta.The area...
and Sukabumi Regency
Sukabumi Regency
Sukabumi Regency Indonesian: Kabupaten Sukabumi is a regency of West Java, Indonesia. Pelabuhan Ratu is its capital. Sukabumi City is fully encircled by the regency.-Beaches:...
of West Java
West Java
West Java , with a population of over 43 million, is the most populous and most densely populated province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, it is slightly smaller in area than densely populated Taiwan, but with nearly double the population...
to the east.
The regency is subdivided into 28 subdistricts
Subdistricts of Indonesia
In Indonesia, a kecamatan or district is a subdivision of a regency or of a city . A district is itself divided into kelurahan or administrative villages....
.
The Lebak Regency is the Regency where Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli
Multatuli
Eduard Douwes Dekker , better known by his pen name Multatuli , was a Dutch writer famous for his satirical novel, Max Havelaar , which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies .-Biography:Dekker was born in Amsterdam...
) was appointed in 1856 assistant resident. Douwes Dekker observed that the local regent exploited the local population and requested his removeal. He made a few mistakes in this. He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse by the regent. The regent being of local nobility but paid the colonial government was regularly in poor circumstances having to keep up with demands of patronage for his large family, according to the adat, the traditional law.
Bad practices were known and condoned to a certain extent by the colonial administration. Governmental research that same year showed however more serious abuse by the lesser local officials. The Governor-General disapproved of Dekkers tactless conduct and ordered his replacement, which Dekker refused. He resigned after three months of duty in Labak. Home he published four years later 'Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company', a pamphlet-novel, which had great influence on later administrators,less by force of analysis than by the vigour of its language, setting a new standard for Dutch literature.