Sumedang

Sumedang
Town
Nickname:  Sumedang Larang
Motto:  Sumedang Tandang Nyandang Kahayang
Sumedang Location within Indonesia Sumedang Location within Java
Coordinates: 6°51′S 107°55.8′E
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Java
Area
• Total	125.32 km2 (48.39 sq mi)
Population
• Total	184,293
• Density	1,470.6/km2 (3,808.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Website	sumedangkab.go.id

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Sumedang (former Dutch spelling: Soemedang) is a town in Western Java, Indonesia, approximately 46 km northeast of Bandung, the provincial capital. It is the capital of Sumedang Regency. The town's two administrative districts (kecamatan) have a combined area of 125.32 km² and had a population of 184,293 as of mid-2025. The town is just south of the volcanic Mount Tampomas, which is 1,684 m (5,525 ft) high and is usually climbed from Cimalaka District, 7 km from Sumedang.

Sumedang's museum, Prabu Geusan Ulun, houses a collection of traditional Sundanese weaponry, as well as some crown jewels and other finery. It is on Geusan Ulun Road.

The town is famous for Sumedang tofu, a local variety of deep-fried tofu that was first made by a Chinese immigrant, Ong Kino.

In the area surrounding the town lies Cadas Pangeran, a section of the trans-Java postal road constructed on the order of Dutch governor Willem Daendels during the first quarter of the 19th century. The section is famous due to the difficulty during the construction, which required blasting of a mountainside. Hence "cadas" which means mountain rock in Sundanese. The section was finished due to cooperation between the governor, regent Kusumadinata known as "pangeran kornel", and the people of Sumedang, although with considerable ill-feeling on the part of the regent and the people due to forced labor practice. A statue commemorating this event is erected on the section.

The town housed the exiled Indonesian national heroine (female hero) named Cut Nyak Dhien from Aceh during her old age, after she was captured during the Aceh War at the beginning of the 20th century. Her tomb is near the town.