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Sukoharjo Regency
Sukoharjo Regency is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in the Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 466.77 km2 and had a population of 824,238 at the 2010 Census and 907,587 at the 2020 Census. Its capital is Sukoharjo, about 10 km south from Surakarta. This regency is bordered by the city of Surakarta in the north, Karanganyar Regency in the east, Wonogiri Regency and Yogyakarta in the south as well as Klaten Regency in the west. The regency is part of the metropolitan zone of Surakarta, which is known as ''Subosukawonosraten''. Geography Bengawan Solo "divides" this regency into two parts. The northern part is commonly lowland and wavy, forming the catchment area of Surakarta city. while the southern part is mountainous. Near the northern border are the developmental areas surrounding Surakarta City such as Grogol and Kartosuro, which lie within the metropolitan area of that city. Kartosuro is the junction of the Solo-Yogyakarta track with Solo-Semarang. Su ...
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Javanese Language
Javanese (, , ; , Aksara Jawa: , Pegon: , IPA: ) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 98 million people. Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers. It has several regional dialects and a number of clearly distinct status styles. Its closest relatives are the neighboring languages such as Sundanese, Madurese, and Balinese. Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian for official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Javanese-speaking Indonesians. There are speakers of Javanese in Malaysia (concentrated in the West Coast part of the states of Selangor and Johor) and Singapore. Javanese is also spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese descent in Suriname, Sri Lanka an ...
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Karanganyar Regency
Karanganyar Regency ( jv, ꦏꦫꦁꦲꦚꦂ) is a regency in the Indonesian province of Central Java. It covers an area of 773.79 km2 and had a population of 813,196 at the 2010 Census and 931,963 at the 2020 Census. Its capital is the town of Karanganyar. Geography Karanganyar Regency is located in the south east of Central Java, Indonesia. It is near Magetan Regency (in East Java Province) in the east, Sragen Regency in the north, Wonogiri Regency and Sukoharjo Regency in the south, and Surakarta (Solo) and Boyolali Regency in the west. The exclave of Colomadu borders Surakarta (Solo) to the east, Boyolali Regency to the north and west, and Sukoharjo Regency to the south. Karanganyar is located between 110°40′E and 110°70′E and between 7°28′S and 7°46′S; the average height is 511 meters above sea level. Karanganyar Regency covers 77,379 hectares (2015 data), which consists of: rice fields (21,965 hectares) and dry ground (55,413 hectares). The rice field co ...
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Kelurahan
In Indonesia, village or subdistrict is the fourth-level subdivision below a district, regency/city, and province. There are a number of names and types for villages in Indonesia, with ''desa'' (rural village) being the most frequently used for regencies and ''kelurahan'' (urban village) for cities. According to the 2019 report by the Ministry of Home Affairs, there are 8,488 urban villages and 74,953 rural villages in Indonesia. Types of villages ''Kelurahan'' ''Kelurahan'' is an urban village terminology primarily used in cities, but also tiny parts of regencies. It is commonly translated to English as subdistrict. The leader of ''kelurahan'' is called ''lurah''. A ''lurah'' is a civil servant appointed by the district head. According to the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 31 of 2006, a ''kelurahan'' can be created with the following criteria: *Java and Bali: having at least 4,500 residents or 900 families within an area of at least 3 km2. *Sumatra and Su ...
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Village (Indonesia)
In Indonesia, village or subdistrict is the fourth-level subdivision below a Districts of Indonesia, district, regency (Indonesia), regency/city status in Indonesia, city, and provinces of Indonesia, province. There are a number of names and types for villages in Indonesia, with ''desa'' (rural village) being the most frequently used for regencies and ''kelurahan'' (urban village) for cities. According to the 2019 report by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia), Ministry of Home Affairs, there are 8,488 urban villages and 74,953 rural villages in Indonesia. Types of villages ''Kelurahan'' ''Kelurahan'' is an urban area, urban village terminology primarily used in City status in Indonesia, cities, but also tiny parts of Regency (Indonesia), regencies. It is commonly translated to English as subdistrict. The leader of ''kelurahan'' is called ''lurah''. A ''lurah'' is a civil servant appointed by the districts of Indonesia, district head. According to the Regulation of the Ministe ...
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Districts Of Indonesia
The term ''district'', in the context of Indonesia, refers to the third-level Subdivisions of Indonesia, administrative subdivision, below Regency (Indonesia), regency or City status in Indonesia, city. The local term ' is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, except in Papua (province), Papua, West Papua (province), West Papua, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The term ' is used in Papua and West Papua. In the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the term ''kapanewon'' is used for districts within the regencies, while the term ' is used for districts within Yogyakarta, the province's only city. According to Statistics Indonesia, there are a total of 7,252 districts in Indonesia as at 2019, subdivided into 83,820 administrative villages (rural ' and urban '). During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term ''district'' referred to ''kewedanan'', a subdivision of regency, while ' was translated as ''subdistrict'' ( nl, onderdistrict). Following the abolition of '' ...
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Tropical Monsoon Climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ''Am''. Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above in every month of the year and a dry season. The tropical monsoon climate is the intermediate climate between the wet Af (or tropical rainforest climate) and the drier Aw (or tropical savanna climate). A tropical monsoon climate's driest month has on average less than 60 mm, but more than 100-\left(\frac\right). This is in direct contrast to a tropical savanna climate, whose driest month has less than 60 mm of precipitation and also less than 100-\left(\frac\right) of average monthly precipitation. In essence, a tropical monsoon climate tends to either have more rainfall than a tropical savanna climate or have less pronounced dry seasons. A tropical monsoon c ...
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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 ...
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Kartosuro
Kartosuro (also spelled Kartasura) is an Indonesian subdistrict ''(Kecamatan)'' in the Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java. Kartosuro is a Surakarta's satellite city, and a junction of Surabaya-Solo-Yogyakarta and Solo-Semarang highway. It can be reached within minutes southward of Surakarta's International Airport of Adi Sumarmo. Capital of Mataram 1680–1755 In the seventeenth century Kartosuro was the capital of the Sultanate of Mataram between 1680 and 1755. It is commonly referred to as the Kartasura era or period of the Mataram sultanate—it preceded the transfer to Surakarta by Pakubuwana II. There were considerable problems for the sultanate in this era: * A difficult relationship with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) * The issues of succession, such as Treaty of Giyanti (1755) * The ''Geger Pecinan'', Chinese rebellion which burnt the palace (1743) Ruins There are 2 palace sites, keraton of Kartosuro in the kelurahan of Kartosuro and keraton of Pajang The ...
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Grogol, Sukoharjo
Grogol is a subdistrict (''kecamatan'') in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The housing estate, ''Solo Baru'' ("New Solo") is located here and this subdistrict is a satellite city of Surakarta. The Al-Mukmin Islamic school is located here, in Ngruki, a village in this subdistrict. This ''pesantren'' is chaired by Abu Bakar Ba'asyir alleged to have been involved in the 2002 Bali bombing The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people of more than 20 other nationalit .... References Districts of Central Java {{CJava-geo-stub ...
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Bengawan Solo River
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 ...
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Klaten Regency
Klaten Regency ( jv, ꦏ꧀ꦭꦛꦺꦤ꧀, Klathèn) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency in Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 655.56 km2 and had a population of 1,130,047 at the 2010 Census and 1,260,506 at the 2020 Census. Its capital is the town of the same name (the town extends over three of the regency's districts, with 133,765 inhabitants in 2020). Geography and Climate Geography Klaten borders on Boyolali Regency in the North, Sukoharjo Regency and Wonogiri Regency in the East, and Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta to the South and West. Candi Prambanan, one of the biggest Hindu structures in Indonesia, is in the regency. The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake damaged the area, located near to the active Mount Merapi volcano in central Java. The 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi had a great impact on Klaten and its surrounding areas. A few of the victims who were affected by the eruption came from the region of Klaten. The volcanic eruptions were ...
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Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an important centre for classical Javanese fine arts and culture such as ballet, ''batik'' textiles, drama, literature, music, poetry, silversmithing, visual arts, and '' wayang'' puppetry. Renowned as a centre of Indonesian education, Yogyakarta is home to a large student population and dozens of schools and universities, including Gadjah Mada University, the country's largest institute of higher education and one of its most prestigious. Yogyakarta is the capital of the Yogyakarta Sultanate and served as the Indonesian capital from 1946 to 1948 during the Indonesian National Revolution, with Gedung Agung as the president's office. One of the districts in southeastern Yogyakarta, Kotagede, was the capital of t ...
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