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Serang (,; ) is a city and the capital of Banten province and was formerly also the administrative center of Serang Regency in Indonesia (the Regency's capital is now at Ciruas). The city is located towards the north of Banten province, on the island of Java; the north part of the city (Kasemen District) contains the coast zone facing onto Banten Bay, and includes the historical site of Old Banten, after which the province is named. Before Banten province was formed in 2000, Serang city was part of West Java province.

Serang has a tropical rainforest climate, with no dry season month. It faces the Java Sea, which is home to the Thousand Islands.

Serang had a population of 576,961 in the 2010 census, making it the third most populous city in the province of Banten. The 2020 Census gave a total of 692,101; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 735,651. Serang is located approximately 15 km from the border of Jabodetabek (the Jakarta Metropolitan Area), and is sometimes considered as amalgamated with Greater Jakarta.

Seba Baduy festival of the indigenous Baduy people. The majority of people in Serang and Banten Province embrace Islam, but other religions coexist peacefully. Serang is often known as "kota santri" or the "city of pious people", due to the history as a traditional center of Islamic learning. The city hosts two of the major congregational mosques in Banten province, Ats-Tsauroh Great Mosque of Serang and Al-Bantani Grand Mosque, which hold the capacity of 2,500 and 10,000 worshippers respectively.

Compared with the majority in Banten Province who speak the Sundanese language, some local residents in Serang also speak the Javanese language with a dialect similar to the Cirebon dialect of Javanese. The reason for this is that many Javanese migrants arrived in early 1527 to build the Banten Sultanate, and remained to form the base of today's population.

Kota Serang merupakan daerah otonom hasil pemekaran dari Kabupaten Serang. Amanat pembentukan Kota Serang bermula sejak Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2000 tentang Pembentukan Provinsi Banten, yang menetapkan Serang sebagai ibu kota bagi provinsi yang baru dibentuk itu. Selanjutnya, kota ini resmi berdiri melalui Undang-Undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2007 tentang Pembentukan Kota Serang di Provinsi Banten, yang disahkan pada tanggal 10 Agustus 2007. Secara etimologis, nama "serang" berasal dari bahasa Sunda Kuno yang berarti "sawah pejabat"/"sawah negara" yang sekarang bergeser menjadi "sawah" dalam bahasa Sunda Hormat.

Menteri Dalam Negeri Mardiyanto melakukan pelantikan penjabat sementara wali kota Serang, Asmudji H.W., di Gedung Departemen Dalam Negeri Jakarta pada tanggal 2 November 2007. Selanjutnya, pembentukan Struktur Organisasi Tata Kerja (STOK) Kota Serang terjadi melalui SK Mendagri Nomor 060SJ tertanggal 22 November 2007, yang meliputi pembentukan 19 Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah (SKPD) serta para pejabatnya dari Eselon II hingga Eselon III.

Serang has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af) with heavy rainfall year-round. Rain gets noticeably heavier from December to March.