Kuningan
Kuningan (Sundanese: ᮊᮥᮔᮤᮍᮔ᮪) is a town and district located in eastern West Java, Indonesia, between Cirebon and Tasikmalaya, about 200 km east of Jakarta. It is the administrative center of Kuningan Regency. The district is located east of Mount Cereme/Ciremai (3.078 m), the highest mountain in West Java. The eastern part of the district is a valley. The district's landmark is a statue of a horse, called Kuda Kuningan and its motto is Kuningan Aman (Safe) Sehat (Healthy) Rindang (Leafy) Indah (Beautiful), abbreviated as Kuningan ASRI.
Administrative divisions
Kuningan District is divided into 16 villages which are as follows:
- Ancaran
- Awirarangan
- Cibinuang
- Cigintung
- Cijoho
- Ciporang
- Cirendang
- Citangtu
- Karangtawang
- Kasturi
- Kedungarum
- Kuningan
- Padarek
- Purwawinangun
- Winduhaji
- Windusengkahan
Climate
Kuningan has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to May.
| Climate data for Kuningan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.4 (76.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 462 (18.2) |
392 (15.4) |
443 (17.4) |
278 (10.9) |
218 (8.6) |
109 (4.3) |
80 (3.1) |
52 (2.0) |
58 (2.3) |
133 (5.2) |
267 (10.5) |
382 (15.0) |
2,874 (112.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
- ^ "Lambang Daerah | Pemerintah Kabupaten Kuningan". www.kuningankab.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-11-17.
- ^ "Sasanti Daerah dan Moto Juang Kuningan | Pemerintah Kabupaten Kuningan". www.kuningankab.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-11-17.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ "Climate: Kuningan". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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