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Central Java

Central Java is the heartland of Javanese culture. This page covers the central third of the island of , encompassing the two provinces of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta.
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is the capital of Central Java province in . It is a bustling, growing mid-sized city with a population of almost 1.7 million in 2020.

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— despite the official spelling, the name is usually pronounced and not uncommonly written Jogjakarta or just Jogja — is a major tourist destination in , .

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is a Buddhist stupa and temple complex in Central Java dating from the 8th century, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is one of world's truly great ancient monuments, the single largest Buddhist structure anywhere on earth, and few who visit fail to be taken by both the scale of place, and the remarkable attention to detail that went into the construction.

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The , known locally as Kedungsepur, is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of in Central Java, . It additionally includes the city of , as well as , , , and .

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The Special Region of Yogyakarta is a province-level special region of in southern . It is a semi-enclave that is surrounded by on the landward side by Central Java Province to the west, north, and east, but has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean to the south.

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is a region of Central Java in .

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is a region of Central Java in .

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is a region of Central Java in .

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Residency was a colonial administrative unit in Central Java in , . It contained the areas which are now the , , , and regencies.

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Jepara is a regency in the northeast of the Indonesian province of Central Java. It covers an area of 1,020.25 km2 and had a population of 1,097,280 at the 2010 census and 1,184,947 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,283,687.

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in Central Java, is Indonesia's most active volcano. It looms over the cities of and . It is a decade volcano.

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is a complex of massive ancient Hindu temples in Central Java, . It was built by the Mataram Kingdom, rulers of central Java and defeaters of the Sailendra Dynasty.

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is a national park in Central . It was established as a national park in 2004.

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is a chain of 27 islands north of , off the coast of Central Java, , that has been designated as a national marine park.
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Central Java

Latitude of center
-7.3032° or 7° 18′ 12″ south
Longitude of center
110.0044° or 110° 0′ 16″ east
Population
36,700,000
Elevation
561 metres (1,841 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1898258183
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1642669
Wiki­data ID
Q3557
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Central Java” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Jawa Teungöh”
  • Achinese: “Jawoë Teungöh”
  • Afrikaans: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Arabic: “جاوة الوسطى”
  • Arabic: “جاوة وسطى”
  • Arabic: “جاوه الوسطى”
  • Arabic: “وسط جاوة”
  • Aragonese: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Ջավա”
  • Arpitan: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Asturian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Yava”
  • Balinese: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Banjar: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Java”
  • Basque: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Batak Toba: “Jawa Tonga”
  • Bavarian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Ява”
  • Bengali: “মধ্য জাভা”
  • Betawi: “Jawa Tenga”
  • Breton: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Breton: “Kreiz Java”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна Ява”
  • Catalan: “Java Central”
  • Cebuano: “Provinsi Jawa Tengah”
  • Chinese: “Tiong Jawa Séng”
  • Chinese: “中爪哇”
  • Chinese: “中爪哇省”
  • Corsican: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Croatian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Czech: “Střední Jáva”
  • Danish: “Centraljava”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cava Merkezi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cavaya Merkezi”
  • Dutch: “Midden-Java”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Javo”
  • Estonian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Finnish: “Keski-Jaava”
  • French: “Java central”
  • Friulian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Galician: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური იავა”
  • German: “Jawa Tengah”
  • German: “Provinz in Indonesien”
  • German: “Provinz Zentraljava”
  • German: “Zentral-Java”
  • Gorontalo: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ιάβα”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ્રલ જાવા પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Chûng Jawa”
  • Hebrew: “יאוה המרכזית”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז ג’אווה”
  • Hindi: “मध्य जावा प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “मध्य जावा”
  • Hungarian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Hungarian: “Közép-Jáva”
  • Icelandic: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Ido: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Iloko: “Tengnga a Java”
  • Indonesian: “Jateng”
  • Indonesian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Djawa Tengah”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Jawa - Tengah”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Jawa Tengah”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Jawa Tengah”
  • Interlingua: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Interlingue: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Irish: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Italian: “Giava Centrale”
  • Japanese: “中ジャワ州”
  • Japanese: “中部ジャワ”
  • Japanese: “中部ジャワ州”
  • Javanese: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Kannada: “ಮಧ್ಯ ಜಾವಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Komering: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Komering: “Jawa Tongah”
  • Kongo: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Korean: “중앙자와주”
  • Latvian: “Centrālā Java”
  • Latvian: “Centrālās Javas province”
  • Ligurian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Limburgan: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinė Java”
  • Low German: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Luxembourgish: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Macedonian: “Централна Јава”
  • Madurese: “Jhâbâ Tengnga”
  • Malagasy: “Java Afovoany”
  • Malagasy: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Malay: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Malay: “جاوا تڠه”
  • Malayalam: “മദ്ധ്യ ജാവ”
  • Marathi: “मध्य जावा”
  • Marathi: “मध्यवर्ती जावा प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “میونی جاوه”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dṳ̆ng Cuā-uă”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dṳ̆ng Jawa”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong Jawa Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Mongolian: “Төв Жава”
  • Narom: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Neapolitan: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Northern Frisian: “Maden Jaawa”
  • Northern Luri: “جاوه مینجایی”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Norwegian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jawa Tengah”
  • Persian: “جاوه مرکزی”
  • Picard: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Piemontese: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Polish: “Jawa Środkowa”
  • Portuguese: “Java Central”
  • Romanian: “Java Centrală”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Java Centrală”
  • Romansh: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Russian: “Центральная Ява”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱡᱟᱵᱷᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Scots: “Central Java”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Serbian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Serbian: “Централна Јава”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Centralna Java”
  • Sicilian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Sinhala: “මධ්‍යම ජාවා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Sinhala: “මධ්‍යම ජාවා පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Slovenian: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja Java”
  • Somali: “Jawa tengah,”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرکزی جاوه”
  • Spanish: “Java Central”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Java Central”
  • Sundanese: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Swahili: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Swedish: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Swiss German: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Tagalog: “Gitnang Java”
  • Tamil: “சென்ட்ரல் ஜாவா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “நடுச் சாவக மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “நடுச் சாவகம்”
  • Tamil: “மத்திய சாவகம்”
  • Tamil: “மத்திய ஜாவா”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк Ява”
  • Telugu: “సెంట్రల్ జావా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “సెంట్రల్ జావా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดชวากลาง”
  • Turkish: “Orta Cava”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Ява”
  • Urdu: “وسطی جاوا”
  • Venetian: “Java Sentral”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Java”
  • Vlaams: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Volapük: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Walloon: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Butnga nga Java”
  • Welsh: “Canolbarth Jawa”
  • Western Armenian: “Կեդրոնական Ճաւա”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا گبھلا جاوا”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ گھبلا جاوا”
  • Wolof: “Jawa Tengah”
  • Wu Chinese: “中爪哇省”
  • Yue Chinese: “中爪哇”
  • Zulu: “Jawa Tengah”
  • “Djawa Tengah”
  • “Jawa - Tengah”
  • “Jawa Tengah”
  • “Propinsi Jawa Tengah”
  • “Prov. Jawa Tengah”

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