Maja, Lebak

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Maja
| native_name = ''Maja'', ''Madja''
| translit_lang1 = Other
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Sundanese alphabet|Sundanese]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = ᮙᮃᮏᮃ
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[Pegon alphabet|Pegon]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = مجا
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| settlement_type = [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|District]]
| image_skyline = Bangunan utama Stasiun Maja, 2021.jpg
| image_caption = The main building of [[Maja railway station]], 2021.
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| coordinates = {{coord|6.360549|S|106.370897|E|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[Indonesia]]
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = [[Banten]]
| subdivision_type2 = Regency
| subdivision_name2 = [[Lebak Regency|Lebak]]
| leader_title = Camat
| leader_name = Edi Nurhedi
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| area_total_km2 = 109
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| population_as_of = 2024
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| population_total = 68787<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gis.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id/peta/|title=Visualisasi Data Kependudukan - Kementerian Dalam Negeri 2024|website=www.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id|publisher=[[:id:Direktorat Jenderal Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil|Direktorat Jenderal Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil]]|access-date=19 August 2025|date=31 December 2024|language=id}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Time in Indonesia|WIB]]
| utc_offset = +7
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| elevation_m = 49
| postal_code_type = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code = 42381
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'''Maja''' ([[Van Ophuijsen Spelling System|Van Ophuijsen Spelling]]: ''Madja'') is a [[Administrative divisions of Indonesia|district]] in [[Lebak Regency]], province of [[Banten]], [[Indonesia]]. This is one of the most strategic districts in Lebak Regency, with many [[housing development]]s initiated. Its location close to transportation hubs such as [[Rangkasbitung Station|Rangkasbitung]] and [[Maja Station|Maja]] railway stations makes it attractive to local investors in particular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://properti.kompas.com/read/xml/2015/10/09/080000421/Maja.Kawasan.Potensial.di.Barat.Jakarta|title=Maja, Kawasan Potensial di Barat Jakarta|website=properti.kompas.com|publisher=[[Kompas.com|Kompas]]|language=id|first=Hilda B.|last=Alexander|access-date=19 August 2025|date=9 October 2015}}</ref>

Maja district is located close to the [[Capital of Indonesia|center of Indonesian government]] in [[Jakarta]], approximately 60 km away, It is known that a [[gentrification]] process is occurring in Maja, resulting in increased development, such as housing development and infrastructure which results in increased land values. This has both positive and negative impacts on this district and its residents.<ref name="Maja">{{cite journal|url=https://jurnal.unissula.ac.id/index.php/pondasi/article/download/24190/9897|title=Studi Literatur: Kajian Fenomena Gentrifikasi di Wilayah Pinggiran Kota|journal=Jurnal Pondasi|publisher=Universitas Islam Sultan Agung|location=[[Semarang]]|volume=28|number=2|year=2023|doi=|doi-access=|issn=2714-7622|pages=139–154|language=id|first1=P.A.|last1=Az-Zahra|first2=B.|last2=Rahman|first3=J.|last3=Kautsary}}</ref>

The phenomenon of gentrification also forces the native population in Maja, in this case the [[Sundanese people]], must adapt. If they cannot, they will be forced to start being marginalized and driven out of their territory. The indigenous Sundanese population of Maja was ultimately displaced by the relocation as a result. This also causes other negative impacts such as the impact of [[social inequality]], [[economic inequality]], [[Racial segregation|segregation]], and [[Social polarization|polarization]] between native population and immigrants, mainly from Jakarta.<ref name="Maja"/>

==History==
Maja district was designated as a "Kinship City" ({{langx|id|Kota Kekerabatan}}) based on a Letter from the [[Ministry of Housing and Residential Area|Ministry of Public Housing]] (Kemenpera) Number 02/KPTS/M/1998. The "Kinship City" in Maja district is projected to become one of the buffers in the western part of the [[metropolitan area]] of [[Jabodetabekpunjur|Greater Jakarta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2008/12/16/0037205/twitter.com?page=all|title=Matinya Kota Kekerabatan Maja|website=nasional.kompas.com|publisher=[[Kompas.com|Kompas]]|language=id|access-date=19 August 2025|date=16 December 2008|first=Anita|last=Yossihara}}</ref>

In the 2010s, there was a discourse to make Maja the [[capital of Indonesia]], considering that [[Jakarta]] was being hit by many problems at that time. Most of the land in Maja district has been acquired by the [[Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency]], making this discourse strengthen.<ref>{{cite news | title = Lebak Diusulkan Calon Ibu Kota RI | newspaper = Warta Kota| date = 30 January 2013 |access-date=19 August 2025|url = http://wartakota.tribunnews.com/2013/01/30/lebak-diusulkan-calon-ibu-kota-ri | language = id}}</ref>

==Geography==
===Boundaries===
Maja district borders the following areas:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ginandar|date=2022|url=https://museummultatuli.id/magazine/toponimi-nama-nama-kecamatan-di-kabupaten-lebak/|title=Toponimi Nama-nama Kecamatan di Kabupaten Lebak|location=[[Lebak Regency|Lebak]]|publisher=Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Kabupaten Lebak|isbn=978-623-978-556-7|pages=58|language=id}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable
!North
|[[Serang Regency]] (Kopo)<br>[[Tangerang Regency]] (Solear)
|-
!East
|[[Bogor Regency]] ([[Tenjo, Indonesia|Tenjo]])
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!South
|Curugbitung
|-
!West
|[[Rangkasbitung]] and Sajira
|}

==Administrative divisions==
Maja district consists of 14 villages ([[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]: ''[[Desa (Indonesia)|desa]]''), namely:
# Binong
# Buyut Mekar
# Cilangkap
# Curug Badak
# Gubugcibeureum
# Maja (town)
# Maja Baru
# Mekarsari
# Padasuka
# Pasir Kecapi
# Pasir Kembang
# Sangiang
# Sindangmulya
# Tanjung Sari

==Education==
Maja district has several educational facilities as follows:<ref>{{Cite book|date=2023|url=https://dapo.kemdikbud.go.id/sp/3/280219|title=Data Pokok Pendidikan di Kecamatan Maja, Kabupaten Lebak|location=[[Jakarta]]|publisher=Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset dan Teknologi|language=id}}</ref>

===Elementary school===
# SDN 1 Binong
# SDN 1 Buyut Mekar
# SDN 1 Cibeureum
# SDN 1 Cilangkap
# SDN 1 Curugbadak
# SDN 1 Maja
# SDN 1 Maja Baru
# SDN 1 Mekarsari
# SDN 1 Padasuka
# SDN 1 Pasirkacapu
# SDN 1 Pasirkembang
# SDN 1 Sanghiang
# SDN 1 Sindangmulya
# SDN 1 Tanjungsari
# SDN 2 Binong
# SDN 2 Cibeureum
# SDN 2 Cilangkap
# SDN 2 Curugbadak
# SDN 2 Maja
# SDN 2 Mekarsari
# SDN 2 Padasuka
# SDN 2 Pasirkembang
# SDN 2 Sanghiang
# SDN 2 SIndangmulya
# SDN 3 Cibeureum
# SDN 3 Curugbadak
# SDN 3 Padasuka
# SD IT Muslim Cendekia
# SD Mutiara Bangsa 7
# MI Assalamiyah
# MI Bani Umar
# MI Mathlaul Anwar
# MI Al-Miftahuddin

===Junior high school===
# SMPN 1 Maja
# SMPN 2 Maja
# SMPN 3 Maja
# SMPN 4 Maja
# SMPN 5 Satu Atap Maja
# SMPN 6 Maja
# SMPN 7 Satu Atap Maja
# SMPN 8 Maja
# SMP Mutiara Bangsa 7
# MTs Assalamiyah
# MTs Al-Riyadhul Jannah

===High school===
# SMAN 1 Maja
# SMAN 2 Maja
# SMA Mutiara Bangsa 7
# SMKN 1 Maja
# SMK Mutiara Bangsa 7
# SMK PGRI Maja
# SMK Assalamiyah
# SMK Arrizhkan
# MA Al-Riyadhul Janah
# MA Nurul Amal
# MA Al-Mizan

==See also==
*[[Rangkasbitung]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Lebak Regency]]
[[Category:Districts of Banten]]
[[Category:Populated places in Banten]]