Purwokerto
| City of Purwokerto Kota Purwokerto Purwokerto |
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 26 ' S , 109 ° 15' E | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
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Java | ||
| province | Jawa Tengah | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ID-JT | ||
| height | 80 m | ||
| Residents | 249,705 (2005) | ||
 Main street in Purwokerto
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Purwokerto is a city in Indonesia on the island of Java with about 250,000 inhabitants (as of 2005). It is the capital of Banyumas County in Central Java Province .
The foothills of the city are located a few kilometers south of the active 3428 m high volcano Slamet . Further south, the Serayu River continues to flow into the Indian Ocean .
On December 16, 1895, during the Dutch colonial era , Priyayi Bank was founded in Purwokerto , a predecessor of Bank Rakyat Indonesia .
The majority of the population professes Islam . Nevertheless, the city is the seat of the diocese of the same name Purwokerto , although the Christian make up only a fraction of the population.
The University of Jenderal Soedirman is the largest university in Purwokerto.
The city is connected to the island's rail network between the capital Jakarta and Yogyakarta . The Purwokerto Airport is located about 18 kilometers west, the Tunggul Wulung Airport , the city of Cilacap operated, 33 kilometers south-west.
A central bus station serves connections by bus to larger cities further away. Bemos and ojeks drive within the surrounding area .
Personalities
- Nini Theilade (1915–2018), ballet dancer
- Lie Poo Djian (1932-2008), former badminton player
- Christian Hadinata (* 1949), former badminton player and world champion
- Nicolaus Adi Seputra (* 1959), Roman Catholic bishop
- Fung Permadi (* 1967), former badminton player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Marguerite S. Robinson: The Microfinance Revolution: Lessons from Indonesia . World Bank Publications , 2002, ISBN 978-0-8213-4953-3 (English).