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Purwodadi, Grobogan
Purwodadi is a town and a district in Grobogan Regency, of which it is the administrative capital. It is located to the south east of Semarang, the capital of Central Java, Indonesia. It covers an area of 78.12 km2, and had a population of 139,387 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. It is also well known for tauco, a Soybean, soya bean sauce, and swieke (food), swieke, a frog legs dish. The east side of the district is geographically a valley area between two rocky mountains, Kendeng to the south and Pegunungan Kapur Utara to the north. The mountains have teak and mahogany forests. The valley is used for agriculture and spreads from the west to the east. The area has many rivers, highways and railways. Villages in the district include: * Candisari * Cingkrong * Danyang * Genuksuran * Kalongan * Kandangan * Karanganyar * Kedungrejo * Kuripan * Nambuhan * Ngembak * Nglobar * Ngraji * Pulorejo * Purwodadi * Putat * Warukaranganyar References {{coord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grobogan Regency
Grobogan Regency ( jv, ꦒꦿꦺꦴꦧꦺꦴꦒꦤ꧀) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency ( id, kabupaten) located in northeastern part of the Central Java province in Indonesia. Created on 4 March 1726, the Grobogan Regency has an area of 2,022.25 km2, and is the second largest regency in the Central Java Province. It had a population of 1,308,696 at the 2010 census, 1,351,429 at the Intermediate census of 2015 and 1,453,526 at the 2020 census. Its capital is the town of Purwodadi Grobogan, Purwodadi. Administrative districts Grobogan is divided into nineteen districts, listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 census, the 2015 intermediate census and the 2020 census. The most westerly twelve of these districts (with a combined population of 888,581 at the 2020 census) lie within the officially defined Semarang metropolitan area, Semarang Metropolitan Area (known as ''Kedungsepur''); the remaining seven districts to the east (indicated by asterisks (*) fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semarang
Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. The city has been named as the cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia by the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard (ACTCS) for 2020–2022. It has an area of and is located at . The population of the city was 1,555,984 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,653,524 at the 2020 census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. making it Indonesia's ninth most populous city after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bekasi, Bandung, Medan, Depok, Tangerang and Palembang. The built-up urban area had 3,183,516 inhabitants at the 2010 census spread over two cities and 26 districts. The Semarang metropolitan area (a.k.a. ''Kedungsepur'') has a population of over 6 million in 2020 (''see Greater Semarang section''). The population of the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Java
Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in the south, East Java in the east, and the Java Sea in the north. It has a total area of 32,800.69 km2, with a population of 36,516,035 at the 2020 Census making it the third-most populous province in both Java and Indonesia after West Java and East Java. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 36,742,501.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. The province also includes the island of Nusakambangan in the south (close to the border of West Java), and the Karimun Jawa Islands in the Java Sea. Central Java is also a cultural concept that includes the Yogyakarta Special Region, in turn including the city of Yogyakarta; however, administratively that city and its surrounding regencies have formed a separate special region (equivalent to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauco
Tauco, Taucu, Taotjo or Tauchu () is a paste made from preserved fermented yellow soybeans in Chinese Indonesian and Malaysian cuisines. Tauco is made by boiling yellow soybeans, grinding them, mixing them with flour and fermenting them in order to make a soy paste. The soy paste is soaked in salt water and sun-dried for several weeks, furthering the fermentation process, until the color of the paste has turned yellow-reddish. Good tauco has a distinct aroma. The sauce is also commonly used in other Indonesian cuisines traditions, such as Sundanese cuisine and Javanese cuisine. Taucu is generally used in cooking by Chinese Malaysian, Singaporean and Bruneian. The sauce is often used as condiment and flavouring for stir fried dishes such as ''tahu tauco'' (tofu in tauco sauce), ''kakap tahu tausi'' (red snapper with tofu in soybean sauce), in soup such as '' swikee oh'' (frog legs in tauco soup) and ''pie oh'' (softshell turtle in tauco soup), or stir fried with ''kangkung'' (wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made. Fermented soy foods include soy sauce, fermented bean paste, nattō, and tempeh. Fat-free (defatted) soybean meal is a significant and cheap source of protein for animal feeds and many packaged meals. For example, soybean products, such as textured vegetable protein (TVP), are ingredients in many meat and dairy substitutes. Soybeans contain significant amounts of phytic acid, dietary minerals and B vitamins. Soy vegetable oil, used in food and industrial applications, is another product of processing the soybean crop. Soybean is the most important protein source for feed farm animals (that in turn yields animal protein for human consumption). Etymology The word "soy" originated as a corruption of the Cantonese or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swieke (food)
''Swikee'' or ''Swike'' is a Chinese Indonesian frog leg dish. The dish can be served as soup, deep fried or stir fried frog legs. Originally a Chinese dish, this dish is popular in Indonesia. The name "Swikee" is from Hokkian dialect (, ) ''sui'' (water) and ''ke'' (chicken), which is probably an euphemism to refer frogs as "water chicken". It is sometimes identified as a traditional food of Purwodadi, a city in Central Java, and Jatiwangi town in Majalengka, West Java. The main ingredient is frogs' legs (mainly from " green frogs") with the condiments of garlic, ginger and fermented soy paste (''tauco''), salt, and pepper. Once it is served, fried garlic and chopped celery may be added. Swikee is usually served with plain white steamed rice. Description The taste and texture of frog meat is approximately between chicken and fish. They are often said to taste like chicken because of their mild flavor, with a texture most similar to chicken wings. However, some may perceive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teak
Teak (''Tectona grandis'') is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae. It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. ''Tectona grandis'' has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters (panicles) at the end of the branches. These flowers contain both types of reproductive organs ( perfect flowers). The large, papery leaves of teak trees are often hairy on the lower surface. Teak wood has a leather-like smell when it is freshly milled and is particularly valued for its durability and water resistance. The wood is used for boat building, exterior construction, veneer, furniture, carving, turnings, and other small wood projects. ''Tectona grandis'' is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka, but is naturalised and cultivated in many countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Myanmar's teak forests account for nearly half of the world's naturally occurring teak. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahogany
Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus ''Swietenia'', indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012). ''A Natural History of Belize: Inside the Maya Forest''. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 164–165. . and part of the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. Mahogany is used commercially for a wide variety of goods, due to its coloring and durable nature. It is naturally found within the Americas, but has also been imported to plantations across Asia and Oceania. The mahogany trade may have begun as early as the 16th century and flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries. In certain countries, mahogany is considered an invasive species. Description The three species are: *Honduran or big-leaf mahogany ('' Swietenia macrophylla''), with a range from Mexico to southern Amazonia in Brazil, the most widespread species of mahogany and the only genuine mahogany species commercially grown today. Illegal l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Central Java
The province of Central Java in Indonesia is divided into ''kabupaten'' or regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as ''kecamatan''. The districts of Central Java with the regency it falls into are as follows: *Adimulyo, Kebumen *Adipala, Cilacap *Adiwerna, Tegal *Ajibarang, Banyumas *Alian, Kebumen *Ambal, Kebumen * Ambarawa, Semarang *Ampel, Boyolali *Ampelgading, Pemalang *Andong, Boyolali *Argomulyo, Salatiga *Ayah, Kebumen *Bae, Kudus *Bagelen, Purworejo *Baki, Sukoharjo *Balapulang, Tegal *Bancak, Semarang *Bandar, Batang *Bandongan, Magelang *Bandungan, Semarang *Bangsri, Jepara *Banjarejo, Blora *Banjarharjo, Brebes *Banjarmangu, Banjarnegara *Banjarnegara, Banjarnegara *Banjarsari, Surakarta *Bansari, Temanggung *Bantarbolang, Pemalang *Bantarkawung, Brebes *Bantarsari, Cilacap *Banyubiru, Semarang *Banyudono, Boyolali *Banyumanik, Semarang *Banyumas, Banyumas *Banyuputih, Batang *Banyuurip, Purworejo *Batang, Batang *Batangan, Pati *B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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