Sukoharjo Regency is a
regency
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( id, kabupaten) in the
Central Java province in
Indonesia
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. It covers an area of 466.77 km
2 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
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 to ...
in the east,
Wonogiri Regency
Wonogiri Regency is a regency () in the southeastern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,822.36 km2, and its population was 928,904 at the 2010 Census and 1,096,138 at the 2020 Census. The capital and largest t ...
and
Yogyakarta
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in the south as well as
Klaten Regency
Klaten Regency ( jv, ꦏ꧀ꦭꦛꦺꦤ꧀, Klathèn) is a 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 t ...
in the west. The regency is part of the metropolitan zone of
Surakarta, which is known as ''Subosukawonosraten''.
Geography
Bengawan Solo Bengawan Solo may refer to:
*Solo River, Bengawan Solo River, the longest river on the Indonesian island of Java and site of paleoanthropology early hominid remains
*Bengawan Solo (song), "Bengawan Solo" (song), a 1940 Indonesian song about the Jav ...
"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
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 re ...
, which lie within the metropolitan area of that city. Kartosuro is the junction of the Solo-Yogyakarta track with Solo-
Semarang.
Sukoharjo Regency is crossed by the Solo-Wonogiri railway, which re-operated in 2004 after being unused for many years. This railway is one of the most "dangerous" ones in Indonesia because it is located beside the main road without any barrier.
Climate
Sukoharjo has a
tropical monsoon climate
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(Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy rainfall from November to May. The following climate data is for the city of Sukoharjo.
Administrative districts
Sukoharjo Regency is divided into twelve
districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''keluraham'') in each district and its post code.
Note: (a) except for the village of Mranggen, which has a post code of 57513.
The districts are subdivided into 167 ''
desa'' and ''
kelurahan''. The administrative center is located in
Sukoharjo.
References
External links
*
Regencies of Central Java
Solo River
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