 As with other coastal cities in Indonesia, a large population of ethnic Chinese has flocked into the city as a result of long-term Chinese immigration since the 17th century.Significant suburbs lie within densely populated Cirebon Regency, and the official metropolitan area encompasses this entire regency as well as the city.As many in Indonesia still go by one name as in tradition, the country is facing a major overhaul of its identification cards (), new data is challenging 2010 population census figures, however the accuracy vis-a-vis the census remains unknown.