South Tangerang
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South Tangerang City or just South Tangerang (Indonesian
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....

: Kota Tangerang Selatan) is an independent city in Banten
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:...

 province of Indonesia and part of the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area. It was formed from Tangerang Regency
Tangerang Regency
Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. The current regent is H. Ismet Iskandar. It has an area of 959.6 km² and an official 2010 census count of 2,838,621. Since 2000, it has lost territory as South Tangerang has split off on 29 October 2008...

 on October 29, 2008. Its population was 966,037 in 2007 and covered 147.19 km².

South Tangerang City is divided into 7 sub-districts, namely Serpong, North Serpong, Pondok Aren
Pondok Aren
Pondok Aren is a subdistrict in the city of South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The population is 190,200....

, Ciputat
Ciputat
Ciputat is a subdistrict in the city of South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The population is 207,800....

, East Ciputat, Pamulang
Pamulang
Pamulang is a subdistrict in the city of South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The population is 174,500....

, and Setu. The capital of South Tangerang is located in Ciputat sub-district.

Administration

South Tangerang consists of 7 sub-districts, 49 administrative villages (kelurahan) and 5 villages (desa). Sub-districts with the highest number of kelurahan or desa is Pondok Aren
Pondok Aren
Pondok Aren is a subdistrict in the city of South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The population is 190,200....

.

Transportation

Buses, minibuses and taxis
Taxis
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 are the public transportation available in this area. The public transportation mostly going to Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

 since the citizens in this city is working in Jakarta. There are feeder buses for Transjakarta
TransJakarta
TransJakarta is a bus rapid transit system in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first BRT system in Southern and Southeast Asia. TransJakarta started on January 15, 2004. As of March 2011, there were 10 corridors in operation, with five more to be built...

. The feeder buses is from Bumi Serpong Damai and Bintaro Jaya to Jakarta city center in Senayan
Senayan, Kebayoran Baru
Senayan is administrative village at Kebayoran Baru subdistrict, South Jakarta. The border of Senayan are :* Semanggi Flyover in the north...

.

The city is also served by KRL Jabotabek
KRL Jabotabek
KRL Commuter Jabodetabek or simply KRL Jabodetabek is a mass rapid transit system in Jabodetabek, Indonesia. It is an acronym for Kereta Rel Listrik Jakarta Bogor Depok Tangerang Bekasi which can be loosely translated into Jabodetabek electrified rail. KRL Jabodetabek serves commuters in Jakarta,...

 for the commuter who works in Jakarta and intercity service from PT Kereta Api Indonesia. KRL Jabotabek is operated by subsidiary
Subsidiary
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 of PT Kereta Api Indonesia for the commuter line in Greater Jakarta area or Jabotabek
Jabotabek
Jabotabek is an officially recognized definition and term given to the urban region surrounding Jakarta, Indonesia in 2000, officially including five municipalities and three regencies...

.

There are two toll roads servicing the city, namely Jakarta-Serpong Toll Road
Jakarta-Serpong Toll Road
Jakarta-Serpong toll road is a toll road connecting BSD City and Jakarta, as well as Bekasi, Cikarang, Karawang, Purwakarta, Subang, Bogor, Depok, Ciawi, Puncak, Bandung and Sumedang. The length of the toll road is 8.3 miles . The toll road was built by Indonesia's largest toll road company, PT....

 and Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road
Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road
This toll road connects Jakarta with Tangerang. It is the main road for workers who live in the western Jakarta area.-Fee:All the fees are in Rupiah. Decision from Minister of Public Work: 370/KPTS/M/2007 31 August 2007.-External links:**...

. There are also several toll roads under planning. The plans are Serpong-Balaraja Toll Road which will continue the Jakarta-Serpong toll road and Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2
Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2
Jakarta Outer Ringroad 2 is a planned toll road circling the area of Jakarta greater area, parallel with Jakarta Outer Ring Road .- Sections :JORR 2 are divided into several section :...

 which will be connecting the city to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Soekarno–Hatta International Airport , popularly abbreviated SHIA or Soetta is the main airport serving the greater Jakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia. The airport is named after the first President of Indonesia, Soekarno, and the first vice-president, Mohammad Hatta. The airport is...

.

There is also an airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 in this city. It is Pondok Cabe Airport
Pondok Cabe Airport
Pondok Cabe Airport is a military airport. It serves Ciputat, Cinere, Depok, other parts of Depok and districts in South Jakarta. The airport is located in South Tangerang and not far to the border of Cinere in Depok, Pamulang, West and East Ciputat in South Tangerang, and Cilandak and Jagakarsa...

. It is owned by PT Pertamina
Pertamina
Pertamina is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which extracts and refines the country's oil and gas reserves. It was created in August 1968 by the merger of Pertamin and Permina...

, the national oil
Oil
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 company. The airport is for military
Military
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 and civil
Civil
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 service. The airport is for the maintenance
Maintenance
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 base for Pelita Air Service
Pelita Air Service
Pelita Air Service is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates on behalf of the state oil company Pertamina and provides executive transport, charters, oil and gas support operations and general aviation services. Its main base is Pondok Cabe Airport....

 which is owned by PT Pertamina. The airport is also used by Air Police as their base.

Cycle rickshaws or becak are still available in some areas in the city. This happened because becak is forbidden to operate in Jakarta because their slow speed can lead to congestion in traffic so the rickshaws flee to operate outside Jakarta.

State universities

  • Universitas Terbuka
    Universitas Terbuka
    Universitas Terbuka is Indonesia’s 45th state university and employs open and distance learning system to widen access to higher education to all Indonesian citizens, including those who live in remote islands throughout the country as well as in various parts of the world...

  • UIN Syarif Hidayatullah
    Jakarta Islamic State University
    Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta is an educational institution in Indonesia. It is also called Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and located in Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, district in the southern Jakarta.-Campuses:UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta...


Government-affiliated college

  • Sekolah Tinggi Akutansi Negara
  • Geophysics and Meteorology Academy (Akademi Meteorologi dan Geofisika)

Private Universities

  • Pamulang University (Universitas Pamulang)
  • Muhammadiyah Jakarta University (Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta) or UMJ

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