Bekasi is a city in
West Java,
Indonesia, located on the eastern border of
Jakarta within the
Jabodetabek metropolitan region, as such it serves as a bedroom and factory town for Jakarta. The borders for this city are
Bekasi Regency at the north,
Bogor Regency and
Depok City at the south, at the west is
East Jakarta, at the east is
Bekasi Regency. It is Indonesia's most populated suburb, and one of the most populated worldwide, but still trails the likes of
Incheon and
Yokohama. The large number of multinational companies, has apparently attracted a lot of expatriates (mainly
Japanese and
Korean) to settle in Bekasi. It has an area of and had 2,334,142 people in 2011. The 2010 population was 2,378,211, making it Indonesia's fourth largest city, and second in
West Java only to
Bandung.