Jawa Tengah

Jawa Tengah
Basic data
Area :	32,548 km²
Residents :	32,513,000
Population density :	999 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Semarang
governor	Ganjar Pranowo
Location in Indonesia
Website :	jatengprov.go.id

Jawa Tengah (German Central Java ) is one of six Indonesian provinces on the island of Java with the capital Semarang . It extends over an area of ​​32,548.20 square kilometers and is the third most populous province in Indonesia with more than 32 million inhabitants.

geography

Jawa Tengah is located in the tropics , about seven degrees south of the equator . It is located in the middle of the island of Java between the provinces of Jawa Barat (West Java) and Jawa Timur (East Java). On the south coast it surrounds Yogyakarta , one of the historical and cultural centers of Java. In the north is the Java Sea with the Karimunjawa Islands and in the south the island of Kambangan in the Indian Ocean .

In the coastal regions, the average annual temperature rises to up to 28 degrees Celsius, while it drops to 18 degrees in higher areas. The relative humidity is between 73 and 94 percent. The highest average rainfall was measured in the city of Salatiga and was 3390 millimeters with 195 days of rain per year.

The Merapi volcano

The terrain consists of flatter regions on the coasts and mountainous areas, partly interspersed with volcanoes over 3000 meters high , in the middle, which extend parallel to the coast from east to west. In the west of Central Java is the Slamet (3428 meters), the highest stratovolcano in the province. Further to the east there is a mountain range with the Ragajembangan (2177 meters) as the largest elevation, then the Dieng plateau with the Prahu (2565 meters) and further southeast the two volcanoes Sundoro (3136 meters) and the Sumbing (3371 meters). The following are the Keduebene with the city of Magelang in the center and north south bayed volcanoes Ungaran (2050 meters), Telomoyo (1894 meters) Merbabu (3145 meters) and not far from the border with Yogyakarta of Merapi (2,968 meters) . The Muria (1625 meters) is on the coast to the Java Sea in the north and Lawu (3365 meters) is just off East Java. Over the millennia, volcanic ash has developed fertile regions for agriculture, where rice is grown .

In Central Java there are four river basins with rivers that arise on the slopes of the volcanoes. The largest are the Elo , Okap , Progo , Serayu , Serang and the Solo , the longest river on Java with about 600 kilometers, which flows further through East Java and then flows into the Java Sea.

Administrative division

Overview of the structure

The province is divided into the following 29 administrative or government districts, ( Indonesian Kabupaten ) and six cities ( Indonesian Kota ), which are legally equivalent and have their own local government.

coat of arms	Kabupaten / Kota administrative district / city	Seat of government	location	Kecamatan sub- districts	Desa / Kelurahan parishes	Area [km²]	Population (2011)	Inhabitants / km² (2011)
	Kabupaten Banjarnegara	Banjarnegara		20th	278	1,069.74	875.214	818
	Kabupaten banyumas	Purwokerto		27	331	1,327.59	1,570,598	1,183
	Kabupaten Batang	Batang		15th	248	788.95	713.942	905
	Kabupaten Blora	Blora		16	295	1,794.40	833.786	465
	Kabupaten Boyolali	Boyolali		19th	267	1,015.07	936.822	923
	Kabupaten Brebes	Brebes		17th	297	1,657.73	1,742,528	1,051
	Kabupaten Cilacap	Cilacap		24	284	2,138.51	1,651,940	772
	Demak	Demak		14th	249	897.43	1,067,993	1,190
	Kabupaten Grobogan	Purwodadi		19th	280	1,975.85	1,316,693	666
	Kabupaten Jepara	Jepara		16	195	1,004.16	1,115,688	1,111
	Kabupaten Karanganyar	Karanganyar		17th	177	772.20	821,694	1,064
	Kabupaten kebumen	Kebumen		26th	460	1,282.74	1,162,294	906
	Kabupaten Kendal	Kendal		20th	286	1,002.27	908.533	906
	Kabupaten Klaten	Clap		26th	401	655.56	1,135,201	1,732
	Kabupaten kudu	Kudu		9	132	425.17	788.264	1,854
	Kabupaten Magelang	Mungkid		21st	372	1,085.73	1,194,353	1,100
	Kabupaten Pati	Pati		21st	406	1,491.20	1,198,935	804
	Kabupaten Pekalongan	Quays		19th	285	836.13	845.471	1.011
	Kabupaten Pemalang	Pemalang		14th	222	1,011.90	1,264,535	1,250
	Kabupaten Purbalingga	Purbalingga		18th	239	777.65	858.798	1.104
	Kabupaten Purworejo	Purworejo		16	494	1,034.82	696.141	673

When Central Java was part of the Dutch East Indies colony , the area consisted of the seven districts ( residentie ) Banjoemas, Kedoe, Pekalongan, Semarang, Djapara-Rembang, the Soerakarta Governorate and the Jogjakarta Governorate, which were gradually dissolved after independence .

The governor of the province has been Bibit Waluyo since August 28, 2008 and until 2013 .

population

The province is densely populated with more than 32 million inhabitants. Of the 34 administrative districts, 12 have more than a million residents.

About 96 percent of the people profess Islam, another 2 percent are Protestants. There are also Catholics, Buddhists and Hindus.

history

The temple complexes in Borobudur still bear witness to the Buddhist past of the region. Islam came to the province in the 15th and 16th centuries . At the end of the 16th century, Jawa Tengah came under the rule of the kingdom of Mataram , today's Yogyakarta. In 1746 the Dutch occupied the north of the region, and in the 19th century also the south. Jawa Tengah has been its province since Indonesia's independence in 1949.

economy

Agriculture is economically important, among other things rice, grain, sugar cane and tobacco are grown. There is also industry in the cities. Tourism plays an important role, especially the temples of Borobudur and the Hindu Prambanan .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population Census 2010 Province JAWA TENGAH ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Jawa Tengah  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 7 ° 0 ′  S , 110 ° 0 ′  E