Klaten Regency ( jv, ꦏ꧀ꦭꦛꦺꦤ꧀, Klathèn) is a

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province in

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. 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 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 sou ...

and Wonogiri Regency in the East, and

Special Region of Yogyakarta The Special Region of Yogyakarta (; id, Daerah Istimewa (D.I.) Yogyakarta) is a provincial-level autonomous region of Indonesia in southern Java. It has also been known as the Special Territory of Yogyakarta. It is bordered by the Indian Oce ...

to the South and West. Candi Prambanan, one of the biggest

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structures in Indonesia, is in the regency. The

2006 Yogyakarta earthquake The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake (also known as the Bantul earthquake) occurred at with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum MSK intensity of VIII (''Damaging''). Several factors led to a disproportionate amount of damage and number of casual ...

damaged the area, located near to the active

Mount Merapi Mount Merapi, ''Gunung Merapi'' (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian and Javanese), is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most ac ...

volcano in central

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. The

2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi In late October 2010, Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that continued into November. Seismic activity around the volcano increased from mid-September onwards, culminating in repeated ou ...

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 so loud they caused panic and a rush for residents to seek refuge. Klaten has a humid (> 0.65 p/pet) climate. The landscape is mostly covered with rainfed croplands, residential areas, and isolated stands of trees. The climate is classified as a

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(short dry season, monsoon rains other months), with a tropical moist forest biozone . The soil in the area is high in nitosols, andosols (nt), soil with deep, clay-enriched lower horizon with shiny ped surfaces.

Climate

Klaten has a

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(Am) according to

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. Average temperature varies little from month to month. October is warmest with an average temperature of 26.5 °C. July is coldest with an average temperature of 24.8 °C. The wet season has a rainfall peak around January. The dry season centers around the month of August, which has the most sunshine.

Administrative

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Markt te Delangu Klaten Java TMnr 10002513

The regional government of Klaten was established on 28 October 1950. Its 26 districts (''

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'') are subdivided into 391 rural villages (''desa'') and 10

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(''kelurahan ''). The area includes tourist sites, places of interest, traditional arts, traditional events and handicraft centers.

Administrative districts

Klaten Regency is divided into twenty-six

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''keluraham'') in each district and its post code.

Place of Interest

Tourist objects in Klaten Regency are: # Sewu Prambanan Temple, is a traditional cultural tourism, and traditional ceremony that is potential. # Deles Indah Nature, is located in the' slope of Mount Merapi, exactly in Sidorejo Village of Kemalang District. # Jombor swamp, is located in Krakitan Village of Bayat District. # Nilo and Ponggok Water source, is located in a fishing area of Janti, Janti Village, Polanharjo District and Pongkok water source in Dukuh Nganjat Pongkok Village of Polanharjo District. # Ki Ageng Pandanaran Graveyard in Paseban Village, Bayat District. In addition there is a ceremonial festival using kue apam in Jatinom each year.

Footnotes

External links

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Official website
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twitter account for information and community in Klaten
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Photos around Klaten
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Forum Komunitas dan Komunikasi Warga Klaten
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