Ci Banten

The Ci Banten, or Ci Peteh, is a river in Banten province on the island of Java, Indonesia.

Ci Banten Cipeteh
Railway bridge over the river – early 20th century
Location
Country	Indonesia
Provinsi	Banten
Physical characteristics
Source	Gunung Karang
• location	Serang Regency
• coordinates	6°16′07″S 106°02′57″E
Mouth	Banten Bay, Java Sea
• location	Karangantu, Serang
• coordinates	6°01′40″S 106°10′30″E
Basin size	281 km2 (108 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Cibanten basin
Landmarks	Keraton Kaibon Great Mosque of Banten The Tomb of Maulana Yusuf Tasik ardi Lake
Cities	Serang
Bridges	Karang Serang bridge
Basin management authority	BPDAS Citarum-Ciliwung

The rivers in Banten, the westernmost province of Java, run roughly parallel to each other. The main rivers are the Peteh, called the Banten on the lower reaches near the city of Kota Banten; the Ujung, which enters the sea at Pontang; the Durian, which enters the sea at Tanara; the Manceuri; and the Sadane, which rises in the mountainous region of Priyangan and in 1682 formed the border between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) territory and Batavia (modern Jakarta).^[1]

Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Java with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification).^[2] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October in which the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C.^[3] The average annual rainfall is 3471 mm. The wettest month is February with an average of 429 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 116 mm of rainfall.^[4]

See also

• Banten Sultanate
• Great Mosque of Banten
• Port of Merak
• Krakatau Steel
• List of drainage basins of Indonesia

References

1. Talens 1999, p. 40.
2. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
4. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

Sources

• Talens, Johan (1999), Een feodale samenleving in koloniaal vaarwater: staatsvorming, koloniale expansie en economische onderontwikkeling in Banten, West Java (1600–1750) (in Dutch), Uitgeverij Verloren, ISBN 90-6550-067-7, retrieved 27 January 2017