Administration

City of Flower

The city area in 1906 was only 19.22 square kilometres and it has been expanded several times until the 1987 expansion into 167.2965 km². The city administration is divided into 26 subdistricts (kecamatan) and 139 villages (kelurahan). A mayor (walikota) leads the city administration. Since 2008, the city residents directly voted for a mayor, while previously mayors were nominated and selected by the city council members or known as the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD). As of 2003, the total number of city administration personnel, including the mayor, is 20,163.

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Demographics Most of Bandung population are of Sundanese descent. Javanese is largest minority, from nearby provinces and eastern part of Java. Notable minorities include Chinese Indonesians, Indian Indonesians, and Korean Indonesians.

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Source : wikipedia

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List of Mayors
Dutch-Indies
E.A. Maurenbrecher (exofficio)	1906-1907
R.E. Krijboom (exofficio)	1907-1908
J.A. van Der Ent (exofficio)	1909-1910
J.J. Verwijk (exofficio)	1910-1912
C.C.B. van Vlenier (exofficio)	1912-1913
B. van Bijveld (exofficio)	1913-1917
B. Coops	1917-1920 First Mayor
S.A. Reitsma	1920-1921
B. Coops	1921-1928
Ir. J.E.A. van Volsorgen Kuhr	1929-1935
Mr. J.M. Wesselink	1935-1937
N. Beets	1937-1942
Japanese Occupation
Raden A. Atma dit Nata	1942-1945
Indonesia
Ir. Ukar Bratakusumah	1946-1949
R. Enoch	1949-1956
R. Priatna Kusumah	1956-1966
R. Didi Jukardi	1966-1968
Hidayat Sukarmadijaya	1968-1971
R. Otje Djundjunan	1971-1976
Ucu Junaedi	1976-1978
R. Husein Wangsaatmaja	1978-1983
Ateng Wahyudi	1983-1993
Wahyu Hamidjaja	1993-1998
Aa Tarmana	1998-2003
Dada Rosada	2003-...