Purbalingga Regency ( Javanese: ꦥꦸꦂꦧꦭꦶꦁꦒ) is an inland

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( id, kabupaten) in the southwestern part of

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province in

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. Purbalingga Regency has an area of 777.64 km² and population of 848,952 at the 2010 census and 998,561 at the 2020 census, comprising 505,281 male and 493,280 female inhabitants; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 1,007,794. The administrative capital is the town of

Purbalingga Purbalingga ( Javanese: ꦥꦸꦂꦧꦭꦶꦁꦒ) is a town and district in Central Java Province of Indonesia and the seat of Purbalingga Regency Villages The district includes 11 urban villages (''kelurahan'') and 2 rural villages (''desa'') ...

Etymology

The term ''Purbalinga'' comes from the

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root words of

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origin, '' purba'' (east) and ''

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'' (an abstract representation of Hindu deity Lord ''Shiva''), thus meaning the ''Lord Shiva of East''. This reflects the historic origin of the place that the

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-era or earlier founders of the place had built a Hindu temple of the Lord

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here in whose honor the place was named by the founder ruling dynasty.

History

Purbalingga is steeped in the ancient history of the Hindu empires of the

and

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 ba ...

era, with several following extant ancient Hindu temples scattered in and around the regency:2004
"Raditya, Issues 79-83"
Manikgeni Dharma Sastra Foundation, p. 21. * in

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** Pura Agung Jati Permana, Jalan Bali, No. 4, Cirebon. ** Pura Jati Permana, Desa Larangan, Rt 3/4, Harjomukti, Cirebon. ** Pura Jati Pramana, Jalan Ciremai Raya, Cirebon.

Administrative districts

Purbalingga Regency comprises eighteen

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, topgether with the official estimates as at mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (a total of 224 rural ''desa'' and 15 urban ''kelurahan'') in each district and its post code. Notes: (a) comprising 224 rural ''desa'' and 15 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter consist of 11 villages in Purlalingga (town) District, 3 in Kalimanah District and 1 in Padamara District.
(b) except the village of Timbang, which has a post code of 53314.
(c) except the village of Penaruban, which has a post code of 53331.
(d) except the village of Kalikabong, which has a post code of 53321.

Gallery

Jalan Ahmad Yani Kabupaten Purbalingga 2022 (1)

Jalan MT Haryono Kabupaten Purbalingga 2022 (1)

Climate

Purbalingga Regency has a

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(Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to June. The following climate data is for the town of Purbalingga.

Famous people

Sudirman General of the Army Raden Sudirman ( Old Spelling: Soedirman; 24 January 1916 – 29 January 1950) was a high-ranking Indonesian military officer during the Indonesian National Revolution. The first commander of the Indonesian National Arm ...

, General of the Army and the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces - one of the most prominent national heroes of Indonesia - was born in Bodas Karangjati village, in the district of Rembang, Purbalingga Regency, on 24 January 1916. * Indro (Warkop), (born 1958), Indonesian comedian and a member of the Indonesian legendary comedy group

Warkop Warkop (an abbreviation of Warung Kopi, meaning "coffee stall") were an Indonesian comedy troupe that enjoyed success in radio, films and television over the 1980s and 1990s. Assembled in Jakarta on 1976 under Prambors management, they initiall ...

References

External links

Official site of Local Government of Purbalingga Regency
{{Authority control Regencies of Central Java