Hanum is a village in

Dayeuhluhur Dayeuhluhur is a district within the Cilacap Regency of Central Java. History Dayeuhluhur began as a '' Kadipaten'' or Duchy of Daya Luhur under Gagak Ngampar. Dayeuhluhur is place the popular Sondanese epic of Ciung Wanara in Cijolang River a ...

district,

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. It is also the vacation spot of Chinese footballer

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History

The village of Hanum as long as the name of the village of old was Dayeuhluhur according to the position of Mount Dayeuhluhur in the village of Hanum now, The Hanum name comes from the word Anoem which means young, derived from the story of Raja Permanadikusumah's young wife named Dewi Pangrenyep who was banished to the area, Raja Permanadikusumah is the father of Raja

Ciung Wanara Ciung Wanara is a legend among Sundanese people, in Indonesia. Ciung Wanara was a nickname of Prince Manarah of Sunda–Galuh Kingdom. He was a relative of the famous King Sanjaya of Mataram. The folklore tells the legend of the Sunda Galuh kin ...

. Hanum's name has been written in the ancient Sundanese book Serat

Carita Parahyangan Carita Parahyangan (, official Sundanese script: ) is a text contained in a single manuscript written around the late 16th century, registered as Kropak 406 from the former collection of the Bataviaasch Genootschap voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Ba ...

Geography

Hanum village covers an area of . Hanum village is located in a hilly area, among paddy fields and

plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...

s. Alot Creek flows through this village, with Cikawalon River being the biggest river.

Population and Culture

Hanum village has a population of around 4200, with about 2150 over the age of 17. Those living in the village are native Sundanese, and speak the

Sundanese language Sundanese ( ; , Sundanese script: , ) is an Austronesian language spoken in Java, primarily by the Sundanese. It has approximately 32 million native speakers in the western third of Java; they represent about 15% of Indonesia's total pop ...

. Mount Dayeuhluhur, located in Hanum, is a sacred place of the Dayeuhluhuran Sundanese religion, serving as the capital of all sacred places in the Dayeuhluhur area.

References

Hanum, Java
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