Badung City

When the other rival kingdoms in south Bali were defeated by the Dutch in 1900, Badung Kingdom gained an expansive links trade. But it was last only for six years as Badung was finally invaded in 1906 through a massive battle known as Puputan Badung . The battle is commemorated by a large statue in Denpasar's central Puputan Square.

Denpasar, Bali's capital city, was part of Badung regency. But since the area split into two (a regency and a municipal), Badung and Denpasar remain two different regency. Badung regency then still covers Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta, and Mengwi.