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Karang Jiwo
Karang Jiwo is a small village lying in the estuary of the Solo River, in the Lamongan Lamongan Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of East Java, Indonesia. It has a total land area of approximately or + 3.78% of the area of East Java Province. With a length of along the coastline, the sea area of Lamongan Regency is about , i ... regency. The name of the village is divided in two parts, ''karang'' meaning "courtyard" and ''jiwo'', "soul". The village's history was largely influenced by the Majapahit empire. Populated places in East Java {{EJava-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo River (Java)
The Solo River (known in Indonesian as Bengawan Solo, with ''Bengawan'' being an Old Javanese word for ''river'', and ''Solo'' derived from the old name for Surakarta) is the longest river in the Indonesian island of Java, it is approximately 600 km (370 mi) in length. Apart from its importance as a watercourse to the inhabitants and farmlands of the eastern and northern parts of the island, it is a renowned region in paleoanthropology circles. Many discoveries of early hominid remains (dating from 100,00 to 1.5 million years ago) have been made at several sites in its valleys, especially at Sangiran, including that of the first early human fossil found outside of Europe, the so-called "Java Man" skull. Bengawan Solo was the crash site of Garuda Indonesia Flight 421. Geography It passes through the major city of Surakarta (called ''Solo'' by the local inhabitants). An important early tributary to the Solo River is the Dengkeng River, which has its source on Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamongan
Lamongan Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of East Java, Indonesia. It has a total land area of approximately or + 3.78% of the area of East Java Province. With a length of along the coastline, the sea area of Lamongan Regency is about , if calculated to a distance of across the ocean surface. At the 2010 census it had a population of 1,179,059; the 2020 Census produced a total of 1,379,628. The regency seat is the town of Lamongan. Lamongan Regency is surrounded by: *Northern side : Java Sea *Southern side : Mojokerto Regency and Jombang Regency *Eastern side : Gresik Regency *Western side : Tuban Regency and Bojonegoro Regency The economy is mainly supported by agriculture, fishery, and commerce, especially home industry. Administrative districts Lamongan Regency consists of twenty-seven districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the number of administrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majapahit
Majapahit ( jv, ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀; ), also known as Wilwatikta ( jv, ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ; ), was a Javanese people, Javanese Hinduism, Hindu-Buddhism, Buddhist thalassocracy, thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia). It existed from 1293 to circa 1527 and reached its peak of glory during the era of Hayam Wuruk, whose reign from 1350 to 1389 was marked by conquests that extended throughout Southeast Asia. His achievement is also credited to his prime minister, Gajah Mada. According to the () written in 1365, Majapahit was an empire of 98 tributaries, stretching from Sumatra to New Guinea; consisting of present-day Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, southern Thailand, Timor Leste, southwestern Philippines (in particular the Sulu Archipelago) although the scope of Majapahit sphere of influence is still the subject of debate among historians. The nature of Majapahit relations and influences upon its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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