Pejeng
Pejeng is a village in Bali, Indonesia, in the Petanu River valley. It is a bit east of Ubud in Gianyar Regency. It is home to the Moon of Pejeng, the largest single-cast bronze kettle drum in the world.Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Gianyar Regency, Bali, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Desa Pejeng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Goa Gajah and Gedong Arca Museum, Bedulu.
Goa Gajah
Archaeological site
Photo: DerGenaue Allrounder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goa Gajah, lit. meaning "The Elephant Cave", is located in Gianyar on the island of Bali near Ubud, in Indonesia. Built-in the 9th century, it served as a sanctuary.
Gedong Arca Museum, Bedulu
Museum
The Purbakala Archaeological Museum or Gedong Arca Museum is a museum located in Bedulu on Bali, Indonesia. It holds an important collection of sarcophagi.
Puri Saren Agung Ubud Palace
Photo: G41rn8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ubud Palace, officially Puri Saren Agung, is a historical building complex situated in Ubud, Gianyar Regency of Bali, Indonesia. Puri Saren Agung Ubud Palace is situated 3½ km west of Pejeng.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ubud and Gianyar Regency.
Ubud
Photo: Pixelated Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ubud, a town in central Bali of around 75,000 people, is far removed from the nightlife bikini scene in Kuta, and is regarded as the cultural centre of Bali.
Gianyar Regency
Town
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gianyar Regency is a regency of the province of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 368.0 km2 and had a population 523.973 at mid of 2022 census. It is bordered by Badung Regency and Denpasar City to its west, Bangli Regency and Klungkung Regency to its east and the Badung Strait and the Indian Ocean to its south. Gianyar Regency is situated 5 km southeast of Pejeng.
Blahbatuh
Village
Blahbatuh is a district in Gianyar Regency, Bali, Indonesia. As of the 2010 census, the area was 39.70 km2 and the population was 65,875; the latest official estimate is 72,140. It was the site of archaeological finds in the 2010s. Blahbatuh is situated 6 km south of Pejeng.
Pejeng
- Categories: desa and locality
- Location: Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.5138° or 8° 30′ 50″ southLongitude
115.2932° or 115° 17′ 36″ eastElevation
218 metres (715 feet)Open location code
6P3QF7PV+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 13251185000OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Swedish—“Pejeng” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pejeng”
- Balinese: “Péjéng, Tampaksiring, Gianyar”
- Cebuano: “Desa Pejeng”
- Dutch: “Pejeng”
- French: “Pejeng”
- German: “Pejeng”
- Gorontalo: “Pejeng, Tampaksiring, Gianyar”
- Indonesian: “Desa Pejeng”
- Indonesian: “Pejeng, Tampak Siring, Gianyar”
- Indonesian: “Pejeng, Tampaksiring, Gianyar”
- Indonesian: “Pejeng”
- Japanese: “ペジェン”
- Javanese: “Pejeng, Tampaksiring, Gianyar”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Pejeng”
- Malay: “Pejeng”
- Portuguese: “Pejeng”
- Spanish: “Pejeng”
- Swedish: “Desa Pejeng”
- “Pejeng”
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