Badung
Submitted by postmaster on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 12:07.
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| The Regency of Badung, which is located between 08 degrees south latitude and 115 degrees east longitude, is shaped like "keris", a traditional sword in Bali. The Regency, which has only 418.52 square kilometers of land, is divided into six districts (kecamatan), 40 administrative villages (desa dinas and kelurahan), and as many as 117 traditional villages (desa adat). Those villages are again subdivided into as many as 297 smaller community groups known as "Dusun", and 498 "Banjar". Each Banjar in the Regency has a youth organization named "Sekaa Teruna Teruni" (STT). Badung hastotal population approximately 280,000 people, with the average density of 672 people per square kilometer. |
