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| type = [[Provinces of Indonesia|Province]]

| official_name = Province of West Java<br>{{lang|id|{{nobold|Provinsi Jawa Barat}}}}

| nickname = {{langnativename|su|Tatar Pasundan}} ([[Sundanese language|Sundanese]])<br>{{Sund|ᮒᮒᮁ ᮕᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮔ᮪}}<br>"Land of Sundanese"

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| motto = {{nativename|su|Gemah, Ripah, Répéh, Rapih}}<br>{{Sund|ᮌᮨᮙᮂ ᮛᮤᮕᮂ ᮛᮦᮕᮦᮂ ᮛᮕᮤᮂ}}

<br>"Prosperous, ConvenientPeaceful, PeacefulConvenient, and Harmonious"

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{{Contains special characters|Sundanese|compact=yes}}

'''West Java''' ({{langx|id|Jawa Barat}}, {{langx|su|{{Sund|ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪}}|Jawa Kulon}}) is an [[Indonesia]]n [[Provinces of Indonesia|province]] on the western part of the island of [[Java]], with its provincial capital in [[Bandung]] and its largest city is [[Bekasi]]. West Java is bordered by the province of [[Banten]] and the country's capital region of [[Jakarta]] to the west, the [[Java Sea]] to the north, the province of [[Central Java]] to the east and the [[Indian Ocean]] to the south. With [[Banten]], this province is the native homeland of the [[Sundanese people]], the [[Ethnic groups in Indonesia|second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia]].

West Java was one of the first eight provinces of Indonesia formed following the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|country's independence proclamation]] and was later legally re-established on 14 July 1950. In 19661960, the city of [[Jakarta]] was split off from West Java as a 'special capital region' ({{lang|id|Daerah Khusus Ibukota}}), with a status equivalent to that of a province,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jakarta|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106450/Jakarta#13148.toc|access-date=17 September 2007|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|archive-date=11 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111193732/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106450/Jakarta#13148.toc|url-status=live}}</ref> while in 2000 the western parts of the province were in turn split away to form a separate [[Banten]] province.

Even following these split-offs, West Java is by far the most populous province of Indonesia with a population of 48,274,162 as of the 2020 Census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> which grew to 50,345,189 at mid 2024 according to the official estimates;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Provinsi Jawa Barat Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.32)</ref> the population continues to grew and surpassed the 50 millions milestone during late 2023. The province's largest cities, [[Bekasi]] (a [[satellite city]] within the [[Jakarta metropolitan area]]), [[Bandung]] and [[Depok]] (the latter also within the Jakarta metropolitan area), are the third, fourth and sixth [[List of Indonesian cities by population|most populous cities in Indonesia]] respectively. Bandung is also one of the [[List of cities proper by population density|most densely populated cities proper in the world]].<ref name="depkes.go.id">{{cite web|access-date=20 February 2014|url=http://www.depkes.go.id/downloads/Penduduk%20Kab%20Kota%20Umur%20Tunggal%202014.pdf|title=Estimasi Penduduk Menurut Umur Tunggal Dan Jenis Kelamin 2014 Kementerian Kesehatan|archive-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208021950/http://depkes.go.id/downloads/Penduduk%20Kab%20Kota%20Umur%20Tunggal%202014.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De weg van Buitenzorg naar de Preanger Regentschappen TMnr 3728-429c.jpg|thumb|[[Parahyangan]] highland near Buitenzorg ([[Bogor]] City), c. 1865–1872]]

In the 16th century, [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch]] and [[East India Company|British]] trading companies established trading ships in western Java after the fall of the Sultanate of Banten. For the next three hundred years, western Java fell under the [[Dutch East Indies]]' administration. West Java was officially declared as a province of Indonesia in 1950, referring to a statement from Staatblad number 378. On 17 October 2000, as part of nationwide political decentralization, [[Banten]] was separated from West Java and made into a new province. There have been recent proposals to rename the province '''[[Pasundan]]''' ("Land of [[Sundanese people|Sundanese]] community") after the historical name for West Java.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nasrullah |first=Annas |date=2009-10-29 |title=Tokoh Jabar Siapkan Deklarasi Provinsi Pasundan : Okezone News |url=https://news.okezone.com/read/2009/10/28/340/270205/tokoh-jabar-siapkan-deklarasi-provinsi-pasundan |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=okezone |language=id-ID |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184342/http://news.okezone.com/read/2009/10/28/340/270205/tokoh-jabar-siapkan-deklarasi-provinsi-pasundan |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Government and administrative divisions==

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=== Natural resources ===

[[File:RancabaliPerkebunan 1teh Cukul.jpg|thumb|[[Tea garden|Tea plantations]] in Rancabali[[Pangalengan]]. Tea plantations are a common sight across mountainous West Java]]

Based on the data from Indonesia State Secretary, the total area of rice fields in West Java Province in 2006 was 9,488,623&nbsp;km which produced 9,418,882&nbsp;tons of paddy in 2006, consisting of 9,103,800&nbsp;tons rice field paddy and 315,082&nbsp;tons farmland paddy. Palawija (non-rice food) production, reached 2,044,674&nbsp;tons with productivity 179.28 quintal per ha. Nevertheless, the widest plant's width is for corn commodity which reaches 148,505&nbsp;ha. West Java also produces horticulture consists of 2,938,624&nbsp;tons vegetables, 3,193,744&nbsp;tons fruits, and 159,871&nbsp;tons medicines plants/ bio pharmacology.