Pangandaran is a town anddistrict ofPangandaran Regency within the province ofWest Java,Indonesia. It is located on the southern coast of the island ofJava. A well-known surfing beach has made Pangandaran a popular tourist destination.[citation needed]
On 17 July 2006,an undersea earthquake measuring 7.7 on themoment magnitude scale triggered atsunami that engulfed the resort area and caused destruction as far inland as half a kilometre. Over three hundred people from the town were killed.[1]
Pangandaran is a large fishing village situated on a narrowisthmus with Pangandaran National Park occupying the entire headland.
On either side to the east and to the west of Pangandaran village and the National Park isthmus are two beaches of volcanicblack sand.[2]
The Penanjung Pangandaran nature reserve is nearby on apeninsula connected to the mainland by a narrow neck of land. The isthmus is around 200 m wide. About eighty percent of the nature reserve is secondaryrainforest.[3] The flora of the nature reserve includes theRafflesia.[citation needed]
The Pangandaran International Kite Festival has been held since 1985.[4]
Cijulang Nusawiru Airport is located nearby and provides facilities for domestic service to Jakarta.[citation needed]
Pangandaran has atropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Pangandaran | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.6 (87.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.8 (80.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.1 (73.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 236 (9.3) | 219 (8.6) | 248 (9.8) | 282 (11.1) | 318 (12.5) | 297 (11.7) | 246 (9.7) | 182 (7.2) | 177 (7.0) | 416 (16.4) | 409 (16.1) | 292 (11.5) | 3,322 (130.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Pangandaran travel guide from Wikivoyage7°41′49″S108°39′24″E / 7.6969°S 108.6568°E /-7.6969; 108.6568