Cilacap
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 44 ′ S , 109 ° 0 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
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Java | ||
| province | Jawa Tengah | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ID-JT | ||
| height | 10 m | ||
| Residents | 210,000 | ||
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Cilacap (old spelling: Tjilatjap ) is a city with a seaport on the southern coast of Java in Indonesia . It is the capital of the administrative district of Cilacap , in the province of Central Java (Jawa Tengah).
The port is the only natural deep water port on the south coast of Java and can therefore also handle large ships.
The Serayu River flows into the Indian Ocean north of the city . The prison island of Nusa Kambangan with several maximum security prisons is located less than a kilometer off the southern coast.
In 1580 Francis Drake docked in Tjilatjap on the return voyage of his circumnavigation . Between 1861 and 1879 the Dutch built Fort Benteng Pendem . The German writer Therese von Bacheracht died here in September 1852.
During the Second World War , the port was an important port of call for numerous warships and for the inhabitants of the island who intended to flee to Australia by ship or flying boat from the Japanese invasion of Java . On March 8, 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army under Lieutenant General Sakaguchi Shizuo took the city.
Numerous ships from both national and international goods traffic call at the port. The Tunggul Wulung airport is located a few kilometers north and offers regular flights to the capital Jakarta . The city is connected to the rail network on Java.
Since 1974 there has been an oil refinery run by the state-owned Pertamina company in the city . The Swiss company Holcim operates a cement manufacturing plant.