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Cimahi is a landlocked city located immediately west of the larger city of Bandung, in West Java Province, Indonesia and within the Bandung Metropolitan Area. Note that the prefix "Ci" means "river" in Sundanese. It covers an area of 42.42 km2 and had a population at the 2010 Census of 541,177 and at the 2020 Census of 568,400; the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 581,994. The city is a major textile producer, and is home to several military training centres.

Cimahi adalah sebuah daerah yang unik karena masyarakat yang hidup di daerah ini sangat majemuk. Kemajemukan masyarakat Cimahi disebabkan oleh beragamnya suku bangsa yang hidup dan menetap di daerah ini. Beragam suku bangsa yang ada di Cimahi yang sekaligus memperlihatkan keragaman suku bangsa yang ada di Indonesia menjadi ciri tersendiri bagi Cimahi.

Keberagaman suku bangsa yang ada di Cimahi menyebabkan munculnya kebudayaan dan kesenian yang beragam pula. Sebagai hasil dari hal tersebut, kebudayaan dan kesenian Sunda tetap dilestarikan dan dikembangkan. Pementasan budaya dan kesenian bahkan telah dipertunjukkan sejak zaman kolonial Hindia Belanda. Sebagai contoh, kesenian Sunda yang terkenal yang ada di Cimahi, antara lain tari jaipongan, tari keurseus, sisingaan, angklung, calung reog, tembang, rengkong, kecapi suling, degung, tarawangsa, longser, jenaka sunda, sandiwara, seni pencak silat, kliningan, karawitan dan wawayangan dan tari merak

Disamping jenis kesenian tradisional sebagaimana yang telah dikemukakan di depan, juga ada kesenian-kesenian baru, seperti teater, kabaret, seni peran, perfilman, sastra, modeling, seni gambar atau lukis, seni patung, seni rias, nasyid, qasidah, dan acapela.

Grup musik Jamrud pertama kali dibentuk di kota ini pada tahun 1989. Selain itu Fenomena Keong Racun yang dipopulerkan oleh duo Sinta–Jojo, mahasiswa yang berasal dari Cimahi, menjadi meme di YouTube.

Cimahi termasuk kota yang masih belum memiliki media cetak secara mandiri, namun demikian media cetak yang berada pada Kota Cimahi masih merujuk pada Kota Bandung.

Pada tahun 2014 munculnya media online pertama di kota cimahi: cimahicity.com

The name Cimahi was taken from the Cimahi river that flows through the city. The word originated from the Sundanese language and literally means "enough water". Residents of Cimahi get their water supply from the river.

Cimahi's prominence increased in 1811, when Governor-General Herman Willem Daendels constructed the Great Post Road. A checkpoint, known as Loji, was built in Cimahi Square. Between 1874 and 1893, the Cimahi rail station and a railroad connecting Bandung and Cianjur was built. The building of military training centers and other military buildings was started in 1886. Cimahi was granted district status in 1935. In 1975, Cimahi became the first administrative city in West Java and the third in Indonesia. Cimahi was then granted full city status in 2001.

Tangkuban Perahu and Burangrang seen from Citeureup

Cimahi, located 135 km south east of Jakarta, is situated between Bandung and West Bandung Regency. Cimahi comprises three administrative districts (kecamatan), which in turn are sub-divided into fifteen urban villages (kelurahan). Its lowest elevation is above sea level and directs to the Tarum River (or "CiTarum"). Its highest elevation is above sea level, which is part of the slope of mount Tangkuban Perahu and Burangrang. The Cimahi River flows through the city and Cimahi also has two Springs, named Cikuda and Cisontok.

Cimahi has an elevation moderated tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy rainfall from October to May.