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  West Java - Information from Reference.com
This first international treaty of West Java with the Europeans was commemorated by the placement of the Padrao stone monument at the riverbank of the Ciliwung River in 1522.
West Java was officially declared as a province of Indonesia in 1950, referring to a statement from Staatblad number 378.
West Java borders Jakarta and Banten province to the west, and Central Java to the east.
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  List of Bandung hotels-Villas-Apartment, Bandung West Java Indonesia
West java province stretching from Sunda strait to the Central Java border.
Bandung is relatively young city compared to big cities in West Java such as Jakarta, Bogor, and Banten, yet in the development of West Java economy Bandung has become one of the center of commerce especially distribution and collection between imported and exported goods from the area.
From 14th century until the arrival of Dutch East Indies, the area is known as the center of West Java culture or the center of Parahyangan Land.
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 West Java travel guide - Wikitravel
West Java (Jawa Barat; [1]) is the western third of the island of Java, Indonesia.
West Java is the closest province to Jakarta, Indonesian capital city.
West Java is best known for Sundanese food, which unusually for Indonesia places a special emphasis on fresh or even raw ingredients.
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 WEST JAVA AT GLANCE
After the province of Banten is formed, the population in the new province of West Java is 34,555,622 people in 1999.
The age structure of the West Java population is a young population age structure.
Because of that, health development in the province of West Java needs to carried out systematically with care to various internal and external conditions, also various strength, weakness, opportunity and threat, currently and in the future, so as health development in West Java can produce community resource that is “Cageur, Bageur, Bener, Pinter, tur Singer”.
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 Indonesia's Island - West Java   (Site not responding. Last check: )
West Java was one of the first contact points in Indonesia for Indian traders and their cultural influences, and it was here that the Dutch and British first set foot in Indonesia at Banten.
West Java effectively surrounds the nation's capital of Jakarta on three sides and enjoyable roads provide good links to most of the province passing through spectacular panoramas of rugged mountains, sparkling paddy fields and intimate holiday resorts.
On the southwestern tip of West Java is a wildlife reserve of 51.000 hectares covering the Ujung Kulon peninsula and the nearby islands of Panaitan and Peucang.
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 BALIZONES.COM - About Java Javanese Sundanese Hindu culture   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Java has a beautiful nature and in many areas a rich wildlife, unfortunately many species are highly endangered and only live in the national parks on the island.
Java has to a large extent been living on the resources of other Indonesian regions, increasing protests from the provinces can put an end to this and stop the huge cash flow to this island.
Airlangga married a Javanese princess and moved to Java, when he was 16 his father in law Dharmawangsa lost the throne and his life and Airlangga had to escape to West Java.
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 West Java   (Site not responding. Last check: )
West Java is dominated by the Machine Intelligence Dltni.
Dltni is sitting on the lone ley line nexus in West Java, that is in the old Indonesian capital city of Jakarta.
Most cities in West Java have been reduced to rubble, and the few ruins that remain are death traps to any humans or d-bees who tries to occupy them.
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 The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
West Java's first human infection with the H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in September 2005.
However, in West Java province, public awareness of the dangers posed by bird flu did not grow until another case was reported in Sumedang, West Java, in November 2005.
West Java is yet to allocate special funds to curb the virus' spread or set up a commission to aid coordination among related agencies.
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 InterAction.org | Disaster Response
The tsunami and resulting earthquake came as Java was still recovering from a previous earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, that struck the island May 27, 2006.
The organization also is providing large tents to be used as temporary schools so that children can continue their education and regain a sense of routine and normalcy; several schools were destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami, and many are now being used as temporary shelters for displaced families.
We have a partner in West Java with whom we are working to provide rice and cooking oil to those affected by the recent tsunami.
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 Java Island | Jawa | Java Information | East Java | Central java | West Java | banten | jakarta | DKI | Jogjakarta | ...
Although Java is the fifth largest island of Indonesia, constituting only one seventh of the country's total area, it contains two thirds of the country's population; it is one of the most densely populated regions in the world.
Java was a home of early humans (see human evolution); on it were found (1891) the fossilized remains of the so-called Java man, Pithecanthropus erectus.
In the early phase of World War II, Java was left open to Japanese invasion by the disastrous Allied defeat in the battle of the Java Sea in Feb., 1942; Java was occupied by the Japanese until the end of the war.
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 FluWrap: West Java Goes Own Way - Health - RedOrbit   (Site not responding. Last check: )
West Java, the Indonesian province worst-hit by avian influenza, has opted out of a government-backed special commission on public bird-flu education, saying it will instead focus its efforts on improving its existing bird-flu-prevention team.
Yudi Prayudha, head of West Java's provincial health office, said the decision was taken as a means of improving the existing fight against avian influenza in the worst-hit province of the world's worst-hit country, the Jakarta Post reported.
A key problem, Yudi told the Jakarta Post, was that the West Java local authorities had yet to allocate specific funds to treating local avian influenza infections.
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 Maps
Half of the population live on the island of Java which is the fairly large island shown in the middle of the map (across Texas and New Mexico).
West Java is about half the size of Virginia or approximately the size of the three southern counties of California.
West Java has a great coastline with many attractions such as fishing villages, swimming areas, and beautiful views with mountains rising out of the ocean in some spots.
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 The History of West Java
One of these inscriptions was discovered on a boulder in a riverbed near Bogor; a replica of it is on display in the West Java Provincial Museum in Bandung.
Evidence of this is in records about Java and its kingdoms compiled by the Buddhist monk Fa Xian, who traveled from Sri Lanka to China in 413 A.D. Also, a number of envoys traveled between China and a Javanese kingdom called He Luo Dan, which may have been identical with Tarumanagara.
In 1799, the VOC shamefully collapsed due to mismanagement and corruption, was declared bankrupt and dissolved.
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 Java
Java is broken into three parts: West Java, which encompasses the nation's capital, Jakarta; Central Java, containing the ancient capital Yogyakarta, an area rich in culture and tradition; and East Java with its temple sites, unspoiled beaches, awesome volcanoes, highland lakes, colourful marine gardens and wildlife reserves.
West Java has good roads linking the capital to the province which boasts spectacular rugged mountains, paddy fields and holiday resorts.
Bandung, is the capital of the province and is known as the 'Paris of Java' because of its tree-lined boulevards and artistic influences.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/indonesia/about_destin/java.html   (0 words)

  
 Java Island, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Solo, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Bromo, Ijen
Located on the northern coast of West Java, it is the center of government, commerce and industry and as such has an extensive communications network with the rest of the country and the outside world.
Flanked by West and East Java, this province is centrally located on Java island with Semarang as its provincial capital situated on the northern coast.
East Java's claim to fame in modern history is its vanguard role in the struggle for independence against colonial forces in 1945.
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 BP Global - About BP - BP in Indonesia
The first gas to be exported from Tangguh is due in 2009 and it is planned to supply the LNG to customers as far as Korea, China and North America.
Our West Java operation is Indonesia’s largest supplier of gas to West Java market.
Our West Java fields have been operating since 1971 and today produce 27,000 barrels of oil a day as well as 320 million cubic feet of gas.
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 archipelaGoWest Java
West Java has the easiest access to Jakarta being merely an enclave in this province.
Stretching from the Sunda Strait to the Central Java border, a mountain range passes through the center from east to west and peaks into smoldering volcanoes.
Somewhat further out, west of Pangandaran, driving 23 km on the way to Parigi, lies Batu Hiu, meaning Shark's Rock, which is a coastal rock having the shape of a shark.
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 Java Island - Jakarta - West Java Tours - Yogyakarta Tours - East Java Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Java, or Jawa is the most densely populated in Indonesia and a popular destination of travel to Indonesia.
Java island divided into 5 provinces and 2 special regions including the special capital city district Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
Java is located in a chain of islands with Sumatra to the northwest, Bali to the east, Borneo to the northeast and Christmas Island to the south.
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 ::www.javavacations.com::
Java is located in a chain of islands with KALIMANTAN (BORNEO) to the north, SUMATRA to the northwest, BALI to the east,Borneo to the norteast and CHRISTMAS ISLAND to the south.
Java is almost entirely of VOLCANIC origin, and contains no less than thirty-eight mountains of that conical form which indicates their having at one time or other been active VOLCANOES.
Beside that Java has a lot of plantation.The rain plantation is paddy,covered the island more than 50% of Java and supported the wide of the plantation is surrounded egen kurut ijen and in Kalibaru.
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 West and East Java
It was in the province of West Java where Indonesia first made significant contact with the outside world, beginning with traders from India, later with Europeans.
It was also from here that the Dutch started the colonization of Java in the sixteenth century, and later moving to other islands of the archipelago.
Besides the natural beauty of West Java itself, one of the main attractions of the area is the botanical gardens at Bogor.
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 West Java Water - About Us
West Java Water - About Us About Us The Provincial Government of West Java has been actively working with the West Java Regencies and Parliamentarians of West Java to improve the water and wastewater services for the people of West Java.
The West Java Government has decided to provide a program of reform that they can facilitate in conjunction with private sector investors.
The West Java Water Corporation is owned by the Provincial Government and the Regencies of West Java for and on behalf of the people of West Java.
www.laneprint.com.au /westjavawatercorp/about.htm   (215 words)

  
 WFP food aid heads for tsunami victims in West Java | WFP - Latest news - News - In Brief
The first mission, comprising WFP, OCHA, UNICEF and IFRC, left Yogyjakarta for central Java within an hour of the massive underwater earthquake which rocked the Indian Ocean floor 170 km south of the island on Monday and sent one to three metre waves crashing into the coastline and up to 400 metres inland.
Damage was more extensive further west in and around Cilacap, where some 50 people reportedly lost their lives.
West Java: 305000 displaced people, 60 per cent from Pangandaran, scattered in 15 different locations in six sub-districts.
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 Travelling to Indonesia (West Java)
Cirebon would make interesting studies for the student of archaeology Cirebon is located on the border between West and Central Java, having a mixed culture originating from the ancient Cirebon and Banten kingdoms, resulting in similar customs and dialects of the two people, although Banten is located at the extreme western part of the province.
On the southwestern tip of West Java is a wildlife reserve of 51.000 hectares covering the Ujung Kulon peninsula and the nearby islands of Panaitan and Peucang.
Somewhat further out, west of Pangandaran, driving 23 km on the way to Parigi, lies Batu Hiu, meaning Shark's Rock, which is a coastal rock having the shape of a shark.
www.emp.pdx.edu /htliono/wj.html   (3368 words)

  
 Situation Reports: Indonesia: West Java Earthquake and Tsunami - Jul 2006, Central and West Java Earthquake and ...
Affected areas included: West Java Province –; Tasikmalaya, Ciamis, Sukabumi, and Garut District; Central Java Province –; Cilacap, Kebumen and Banyumas District; and Yogyakarta Province –; Gunung Kidul and Bantul District.
PHO of West Java continues to conduct a Rapid Health Assessment in Ciamis District.
WHO is supporting West Java PHO in conducting CDC surveillance activities in Ciamis District and will deploy one CDC expert to the affected area to support the activities.
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 Situation Reports: Indonesia: West Java Earthquake and Tsunami - Jul 2006, Indonesia: West Java earthquake and tsunami ...
As of 22 July, the Provincial Health Office deployed 702 health workers to the affected areas in the province of West Java.
The West Java provincial government estimates that the losses due to the earthquake and tsunami in Ciamis District amount to Rp.166,208,600,000 (US$17,495,650).
Since the emergency response in West Java and Central Java provinces is being addressed and no further immediate international assistance is required, the regular Situation Report will be discontinued.
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 Muslim Militants Close Churches in West Java :: Jubilee Campaign USA :: a vital voice for those suffering in silence   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sunday's incident brings to 35 the number of West Java churches shut down since the MUI issued a series of eleven fatwas, or religious rulings, at the end of July.
Krisna and other observers believe that the closure of the churches is part of a broader campaign by the MUI to institute Sharia law in West Java and that the SKB is their preferred instrument for accomplishing that goal.
When former Indonesian President Gus Dur recently wrote a letter to the police of Hargeulis, Indramayu, West Java, to protest the miscarriage of justice in the case of the three women, the response came not from the police but from the local MUI.
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 West Java
West Java may be roughly divided into the Parahyangan and the northern coastal plain.
Carita Beach is the oldest seaside resort on the west coast.
The southern coast of West Java, beautiful but dangerous is also within easy reach of Bogor.
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 Wired Wired West -- JAVA Security
The key thing to understand about JAVA for security purposes is that it is a multi-platform programming language that allows web sites to run programs on your computer that will enhance the interactiveness of the site.
Another option is to disable JAVA altogether or have it warn you before it runs an applet on your computer.
This program allows users to control which JAVA programs are run on their system without completely disabling it from their browser.
www.fhsu.edu /int/rrohlf/WiredWest/intro/java/java.html   (735 words)

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