  banten is a province of indonesia. bordering jakarta, it is the westernmost province on the island of java, and its capital is serang. the population of banten was officially estimated at 11,834,087 at the start of 2014, up from over 10.6 million during the 2010 census.http://banten.bps.go.id/pop1.php formerly part of the province of west java, banten became a separate province in 2000. the province is a transit corridor to sumatra. historical
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