Kediri
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 55 ′ S , 112 ° 1 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
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| Administrative district | Kediri | ||
| Residents | 285,582 (2018) | ||
| founding | 27 July 879 | ||
Kediri ( Javanese ꦏꦸꦛꦑꦼꦝꦶꦫꦶ ) is an Indonesian city in the province of East Java (Jawa Timur) .
geography
Kediri is located in the interior of the island of Java , about 100 km from the provincial capital Surabaya . As a city ( Kota ), it is directly subordinate to the province of East Java. It is also the administrative seat of the Kediri administrative district .
history
Around 1940 a meteorite fell in a rubber plantation about ten kilometers south of Kediri. The meteorite was later given the official name Kediri .
Sports
The largest football club in the city is called Persik and currently plays in the highest Indonesian league, League 1 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Anton Herman Gerard Fokker (1890–1939), aircraft manufacturer
- Manowar Musso (1898–1948), PKI politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kota Kediri Dalam Angka 2019. In: Badan Pusat Statistics Kota Kediri. Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ PT Liga Indonesia Baru: Klub klub Terbaik dari Persik Kediri. Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Fokker, Anthony Hermann Gerard , on deutsche-biographie.de