Ciamis (, ) is a district and a town; it is the location of the regency seat of Ciamis Regency in West Java, Indonesia. It covers an area of 33.85 km2 and had a population of 93,744 at the 2010 Census and 98,610 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 99,750.
Government
Since regional autonomy was implemented in 2001, Ciamis Regency in December 2002 first experienced regional expansion into Ciamis Regency with 30 districts and Banjar City with four districts. To accommodate the growing population of Ciamis Regency and improve governance efficiency, the region underwent significant changes in 2006. Six additional districts were established, increasing the total from 30 to 36 communities. Similarly, from 2007 to 2009, the number of villages also grew by three. These developments aimed to manage the expanding population better and ensure effective local administration. Likewise, for the same period, the number of Neighborhood Associations (RW) and Neighborhood Units (RT) experienced an increase of 27 Rukun Warga and 92 Rukun Tetangga. However, in October 2012, the southern part of the regency was separated to create the new Pangandaran Regency.
The number of civil servants in Ciamis increased from 18,404 in 2008 to 18,966 in 2009. Based on the composition of employees by gender, during 2007–2009, the average number of male employees increased by 1.37 percent while female employees increased by 6.47 percent. Furthermore, the available data also shows a decline in the quality of civil servants in terms of education, namely the increasing number of employees with high school education and below, while the number of employees with higher education (diploma and above) is decreasing. This is due to the appointment of honorary employees who work in local governments with an average education level of less than high school.
The political map of Ciamis Regency as a result of the 2009 General Election (PEMILU) shows the dominance of the PDI-P in parliament (DPRD), which Democrats and Golkar follow. The number of DPRD members from the PDI-P was 11 people, more than a fifth of the total members of the Ciamis DPRD. The second and third-highest numbers were occupied by the Democratic Party and the Golkar Party with 9 and 8 seats, respectively. To finance development, the government in Ciamis Regency in 2009 spent a budget of nearly 1.348 trillion rupiah as recorded in the realization of the Ciamis Regency APBD. This number increased by 15.91% from the APBD in 2007. Of the total APBD of Ciamis Regency of 1.348 trillion, PAD only contributed 0.051 trillion or around 3.84%, while DAU contributed around 1.05 trillion rupiah or approximately 63.81%. Thus, financing development activities in Ciamis Regency still depends on the DAU.
Ciamis district is divided into 12 administrative villages (of which seven are classed as urban kelurahan and five as rural desa) which are as follows:
Benteng
Ciamis
Cigembor
Cisadap
Imbanagara
Imbanagara Raya
Kertasari
Linggasari
Maleber
Panyingkiran
Pawindan
Sindangrasa
Geography
Ciamis Regency, part of the province of West Java, is bordered in the north by Majalengka Regency and Kuningan Regency, in the west by Tasikmalaya Regency and Tasikmalaya City, in the east by Banjar City and Central Java Province, and in the south by the Indonesian Ocean. Based on its geographical location, Ciamis Regency is in a strategic position traversed by the National Road across the Province of West Java, Central Java Province, and the Provincial Road through the Ciamis – Cirebon – Central Java. Its astronomical location is at 108°20' to 108°40' East Longitude and 7°40'20" to 7o41'20'' South Latitude.
The area of Ciamis Regency is 244,479 hectares, or 7.73 percent of the total land area of West Java Province. In the context of the development of the West Java Province, Ciamis Regency has 2 (two) Mainstay Areas, namely the East Priangan Mainstay Area and the Pangandaran Mainstay Area. The average air temperature in Ciamis in 2009 ranged from 20.0 °C to 30.0 °C.