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Bandung

American  
[bahn-doong, -doong, ban-] / ˈbɑn duŋ, -dʊŋ, ˈbæn- /

noun

  1. a city in W Java, in Indonesia.


Bandung British  
/ ˈbændʊŋ /

noun

  1. a city in Indonesia, in SW Java. Pop: 2 136 260 (2000)

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They railed against perceived ineptitude and corruption during protests in the capital Jakarta, but also in Bandung and Yogyakarta elsewhere on Java island, as well as Pekanbaru in Sumatra and Makassar in South Sulawesi.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Away from the front lines, how about the 1943 Cairo Declaration—which the author calls a “foundational document” for postwar Asia—or the 1955 Bandung conference that served as a “coming-out party” for new Asian nation-states?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

These included the Sarimukti Landfill in Bandung Regency, which torched dozens of hectares of land, and was suspected of having been caused by cigarette butts and a buildup of methane gas.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The crash occurred around 6:45 p.m. as the vehicle was returning from a hilly resort area in Bandung to Depok, West Java, the authorities said.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2024

I sort of left you there NYou left me positing the possibility of going there but now I am in Bandung Indonesia and planning to go deep into the jungles.

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