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Badung Regency
Land and Community
The Regency of Badung, which is located between 08 degrees south
latitude and 115 degrees east longitude, is shaped liked a “kriss”.
The Regency, which has only 418.52 square kilometers of land, is
divided into sixth districts (kecamatan), 40 administrative villages
(desa dinas and kelurahan), and as amny as 117 traditional villages
(desa adat). Those villages are again subdivided into as many as
297 smaller community groups known as “Dusun”, and 498 “Banjar”.
Each Banjar in the Regency has a youth organization named “Sekaa
Teruna Teruni” (STT).
The total population of Badung Regency is approximately 280,000
people, with the average density of 672 people per square kilometer.
In compliance with the state objective, the harmony between material
and spiritual development must be equal. The goventmental structure
down to the rural villages play an important role in keeping this
balance.
The Government programs also encourage people to consciously take
an active part in all development fields, regardless of one’s gender.
As the Regency is headed by Regent (Bupati), the Districts headed
by Pak Camat, Desa and Dusun are headed by Perbeke (Lurah) and Klien
Banjar / Kepala Dusun.
In this five-year term development, Badung is divided into three
Development territories.
1. North Badung: Includes Districts of Petand and Abiansemal, centered
in Blahkiuh. The priority here is agriculture in broad terms, as
well as ground conservation.
2. Central Badung: Covers the whole Mengwi District with food crops,
agriculture, and home industries as the priorities.
3. South Badung: Tourism industry, education and commercial development
are the priorities in this area which include Kuta, Nusa Dua, Tanjung
Benoa, Bukit, Jimbaran, and Kedonganan.
Agriculture and industries (especially the
home and small-scale industries) that support the tourism sector
are likely to be intensively expanded. Extension in the tourism
sector has become the main sector to strengthen foreign exchange,
visas, employment, equity of earnings, and private businesses, all
of which increase the overall welfare of the community.
Historical Note
Nambangan was said to be the anme of the Regency before Badung was
forged by Gusti Ngurah Made Pemecutan in the late 18th century. He
was aided by the magical kriss and whip and conquered Mengwi and Jembrana
in 1810. he was succeeded by two others “Rajas” of whom the demise
seems to have been engineered by the successor, presumably the brother,
Raja Kesiman, who ruled through the crucial years of 1829 to 1863.
he showed himself to be predisposed to the beyond Bali and gave cause
for hope to the Dutch. The Dutch were allowed to set up recruiting
stations at Kuta in 1826, in return for handsome bounties that were
allotted from the response from the recruiting stations.
Kuta is also the place where Captain Cornelis de Houtman and his
crews pitched camp in 25257, when 20,000 Balinese troops were on
the way to defend Blambangan from the encroaching Moslem of Mataram
Kingdom.
In 1904, a Chinese ship “Sri Komala” ran ashore of Sanur, under
the Dutch flag. The Dutch accused the local people of stripping
the wreck of its contents and claimed that the raja should pay for
all the losses and damages totaling three thousand silver dollars
as well as punish the culprits.
The refusal of raja to pay the compensation, caused the sixth Military
expedition to Bali on September 20th, 1906. they were greeted by
crowds, all dressed in white costumes, who were ready to die at
“Puputan”. Commanded by the raja, his priests, his generals, and
all his relatives, man and women adorned themselves with jewels
and the dress of the warrior, and set out amidst the battle. Abided
by his religion, the ultimate goal of the warrior is to die in battle,
and then the soul may ascend to heaven.
The town of Denpasar, which consist of 3 Kecamatan (districts)
used to be part of Badung Regency before it was assigned to be the
municipality on February 27, 1992. |
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