Badung Regency

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Badung is a government district ( kabupaten ) of Bali, Indonesia. It covers an area of ​​418.52 km ² and has 358,311 inhabitants ( 2004). Seat of government is Mangupura. The county is divided into districts ( kecamatan ).

The district extends from the south coast of Bali narrow down to the interior of the island. Many tourist centers belong, also the Denpasar airport and the Bukit Peninsula in the south.

Worth the temple Pura Luhur Uluwatu is at, near the village of Pecatu. He stands at the edge of a 70 m located on the sea rocks and is built out of black Korallgestein.

History

The Pura Luhur Temple, was built in the 11th century.

In Denpasar before 1906 the center of the principality was Badung. With the conquest by Dutch military and the Principality of Denpasar went out got its present name.

On the southeast coast, in Denpasar, separates the road from Bali Badung of the small offshore island of Nusa Penida. This strait is 60 km long and 20 km wide. It was here in February 1942, the Battle in the Strait of Badung place where the American - British - Dutch -Australian associations ( ABDACOM ) were defeated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

In 1992, the city of Denpasar district was separated from the administrative district of Badung.