Ubud

Ubud
Native transcription(s)
 • Balineseᬉᬩᬸᬤ᭄
Monkey Forest street
Nickname: 
Ubud Capital of Culture of the World
Interactive map of Ubud
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceBali
RegencyGianyar Regency
DistrictUbud District
Metropolitan areaSarbagita
Area
 • Total
42.38 km2 (16.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)
 • Total
74,800
 • Density1,760/km2 (4,570/sq mi)
 
Time zoneUTC+08
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Ubud Palace
One of the halls of Ubud Palace
Royal funeral and cremation ceremony (2005)
The kings' tombs at Gunung Kawi temple

Ubud (Balinese: ᬉᬩᬸᬤ᭄) is a town in the Gianyar Regency of Bali, Indonesia. Ubud has no status; that is part of the eponymous Ubud District of Gianyar. Promoted as an arts and culture centre, Ubud has developed a large tourism industry. It forms a northern part of the Greater Denpasar metropolitan area (known as Sarbagita).

Ubud is an administrative district (kecamatan) with a population of 74,800 (as of the 2020 Census) in an area of 42.38 km2. The central area of Ubud desa (village) has a population of 11,971 and an area of 6.76 km2, and receives more than three million foreign tourists each year. The area surrounding the town is made up of farms, rice paddies, agroforestry plantations, and tourist accommodations. As of 2018, more tourists visited Ubud than Denpasar to the south.