Cirendeu
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Cirendeu is a suburb
of the town of Ciputat
. It is located in the Tangerang District
, Banten Province
in Indonesia
. The suburb was home to the Situ Gintung
, an artificial lake and dam which was breached on 27 March 2009, causing the deaths of at least 99 people.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of the town of Ciputat
Ciputat
Ciputat is a subdistrict in the city of South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The population is 207,800....
. It is located in the Tangerang District
Tangerang
Tangerang is a city in the Province of Banten, Indonesia. It is located about 25 km west of Jakarta. It is the third largest urban center in the Jabotabek region after Jakarta and Bekasi. It has an area of 164.54 km² and an official intercensal estimated population of 1,537,244 for 2005...
, Banten Province
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:...
in 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...
. The suburb was home to the Situ Gintung
Situ Gintung
Situ Gintung was an artificial lake near to the town of Cirendeu in Tangerang District, Indonesia. It was formed by a dam up to high which was built by Dutch colonial authorities in 1933...
, an artificial lake and dam which was breached on 27 March 2009, causing the deaths of at least 99 people.