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Bandung is the largest metropolitan city in mainland Sundanese, West Java, as well as the capital of the province. The city is located 140 km southeast of Jakarta, and is the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya by population. While Raya Bandung (Bandung Metropolitan Area) is the third largest metropolitan in Indonesia after Jakarta and Gerbangkertosusila (Gerbangkertosusilo).
In this city recorded a variety of historical importance, such as the establishment of a technical college the first in Indonesia (Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng - TH Bandung, now the Bandung Institute of Technology - ITB), the location of battleground at the time of independence, and was once the site of the Conference Asia-Africa in 1955, a meeting which voiced the spirit of anti-colonialism, even the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech said that Bandung is the capital of Asia and Africa.
In 1990 the city of Bandung was chosen as one of the safest cities in the world by Time magazine survey.
City of flowers is another name for this city, because in ancient times was considered a very beautiful city with many trees and flowers that grow there. In addition Bandung was formerly referred to as Parijs van Java because of its beauty. Besides the city of Bandung also known as a shopping city, with malls and factory outlets are widely spread in the city, and is now gradually Bandung also be culinary tourism. And in 2007, the British Council to make the city of Bandung as a pilot project for the most creative cities throughout East Asia. Today, the city of Bandung is one of the main destinations of tourism and education.