Editing Serang Regency (section)

{{Short description|Regency in Banten, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Serang Regency
| native_name        = ''Kabupaten Serang'' <br> 
| settlement_type    = [[Regencies of Indonesia|Regency]]
| translit_lang1     = Other
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = {{Sund|ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮞᮦᮛᮀ}}
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[Javanese language|Javanese]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = {{jav|ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦱꦼꦫꦁ}}
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| image_shield       = Seal of Serang Regency.svg
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| motto              = ''Sepi Ing Pamrih Rame Ing Gawe''<br />(Selfless by Actions, High in Efforts)
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| map_caption        = Location of Serang in Indonesia
| pushpin_map        = Indonesia
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| coordinates        = {{coord|-6.15|106|region:ID|display=inline,title}}
| seat_type          = [[Regency seat]]
| seat               = [[Ciruas, Serang|Ciruas]]
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Indonesia}}
| subdivision_type1  = Province
| subdivision_name1  = [[Banten]]
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| established_title  = <!-- Settled -->
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| leader_title       = Regent
| leader_name        = {{Ill|Ratu Rachmatuzakiyah|lt=Ratu Rachmatuzakiyah|id}}
| leader_title1      = Vice Regent
| leader_name1       = {{Ill|Najib Hamas|lt=Najib Hamas|id}}
| area_total_km2     = 1469.92
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| population_total   = 1701803
| population_as_of   = mid 2024 estimate
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note    = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Serang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3604).</ref>
| timezone           = [[Time in Indonesia|WIB]]
| utc_offset         = +7
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| website            = {{URL|http://www.serangkab.go.id/|serangkab.go.id}}
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'''Serang Regency''' ([[Sundanese language|Sundanese]]: {{Sund|ᮞᮨᮛᮀ}}) is a [[Regencies of Indonesia|regency]] of [[Banten]] province, [[Indonesia]]. It is located in the northwest corner of the island of [[Java]]. The administrative center of the regency is at Ciruas, while the capital of the province is the independent municipality of [[Serang]] (''Kota Serang'') which was split off the regency on 17 July 2007.

Serang municipality is about 10&nbsp;km from [[Old Banten]], the eponymous former sultanate's capital.  [[Merak, Banten|Merak]], a major port and ferry terminal, is located at the northwest tip of Java, within the independent municipality of [[Cilegon]], which was split off from the regency on 20 April 1999.  Serang Regency and its semi-enclaved cities have experienced a heavy influx of residents as Jakarta continues its outward growth; some planning agencies consider it to be part of the metropolitan area. It shares its eastern border with [[Tangerang Regency]] of [[Jabodetabek]].

Serang Regency covers a land area of 1,469.92&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a population of 1,402,818 at the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and 1,622,630 at the 2020 Census;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,701,803 (comprising 868,453 males and 833,350 females).<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Serang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3604).</ref> Including Cilegon and Serang cities, both of which the regency surrounds on their landward sides, the mid 2024 population amounted to 2,892,286 inhabiting 1,899.55&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, for an overall density of 1,522.6 per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bps.go.id/aboutus.php?sp=0&kota=36 |title=Statistics Indonesia |website=www.bps.go.id |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917162730/http://www.bps.go.id/aboutus.php?sp=0&kota=36 |archive-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Both Cilegon and Serang cities are [[enclave and exclave|semi-enclaves]] within Serang Regency.

[[File:Locator Kabupaten Serang.png|thumb|right|200px|Serang Regency (magenta) in Banten Province (yellow) of Java Island, facing Sunda Strait and Sumatra.]]

Serang Regency is bounded by [[Java Sea]] to the north, [[Sunda Strait]] to the west, [[Tangerang Regency]] of [[Jabodetabek|Greater Jakarta]] to the east, [[Lebak Regency]] and [[Pandeglang Regency]] to the south.