It covers a land area of 29.77 km2, and had a population of 118,001 at the 2010 Census[2] and 146,326 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 158,429 - comprising 80,142 males and 78,287 females.

[1] The district centre is at the town of East Adiarsa, and the district is sub-divided into four urban communities (kelurahan) and four rural villages (desa), all listed below with their areas and populations as at mid 2023,[1] together with their postcodes.

The first four communities listed in the table are the kelurahan, while the last four are desa.

Karawang has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy rainfall from November to April.

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