Karanganyar Regency

Karanganyar Regency (Javanese: ꦏꦫꦁꦲꦚꦂ) is a regency in the Indonesian province of Central Java. It covers an area of 773.79 km² and had a population of 813,196 at the 2010 Census;[2] the latest official estimate (for mid 2017) is 871,596.[3] Its capital is the town of Karanganyar.

Karanganyar Regency Kabupaten Karanganyar
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Tenteram
Location of Karangayar Regency in Central Java
Coordinates: 7°35′46″S 110°57′3″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Java
Capital	Karanganyar
Government
• Regent	Drs. H. Juliyatmono, MM
Area
• Total	773.79 km^2 (298.76 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	871,596
• Density	1,100/km^2 (2,900/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Area code(s)	+62 271
Website	karanganyarkab.go.id

Geography

Karanganyar Regency is located in the south east of Central Java, Indonesia. It is near Magetan Regency (in East Java Province) in the east, Sragen Regency in the north, Wonogiri Regency and Sukoharjo Regency in the south, and Surakarta (Solo) and Boyolali Regency in the west. The exclave of Colomadu is bound by Surakarta (Solo) to the east, Boyolali Regency to the north and west, and Sukoharjo Regency to the south.

Karanganyar is located between 110°40′E and 110°70′E and between 7°28′S and 7°46′S; the average height is 511 meters above sea level.[4]

Karanganyar Regency covers 77,379 hectares (2015 data), which consists of: rice fields (21,965 hectares) and dry ground (55,413 hectares).[5] The rice field consists of irrigated area (7,872 hectares), divided into technical irrigation system area (6,144 hectares), and simple irrigation area (7,134 hectares), and rain fall rice field (1,693 hectares). Meanwhile, areas provided for buildings are 20,732 hectares. Areas for gardening is 17,937 hectares, plantation is 3,251 hectares.

The regent of Karanganyar with his family and Dr Melchior Treub (3 August 1904)

Administrative Districts

Karanganyar Regency comprises seventeen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census,[6] together with the latest official estimates (for mid 2017).[7] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district and its post code.

Name	Area in km^2	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Estimate mid 2017	No. of vill.	Post code
Jatipuro	40.37	27,071	28,516	10	57784
Jatiyoso	57.17	34,709	36,464	9	57785
Jumapolo	55.67	33,912	35,739	12	57783 ^(a)
Jumantono	58.55	40,367	42,219	11	57782
Matesih	26.27	38,467	40,300	9	57781
Tawangmangu	70.03	42,355	44,834	10	57792
Ngargoyoso	65.34	31,021	32,656	9	57793 ^(b)
Kerangpandan	34.11	37,811	39,727	11	57791 ^(c)
Karanganyar	43.03	74,749	80,749	12	57711-57716
Tasikmadu	27.60	56,111	60,428	10	57721-57722
Jaten	25.54	78,304	84,145	8	57731
Colomadu	15.64	71,097	80,812	11	57171-57179
Gondangrejo	56.80	72,933	79,745	13	57181-57188
Kebakkramat	36.46	58,695	62,996	10	57762
Majogedang	53.31	58,144	62,156	13	57752 ^(d)
Kerjo	46.82	32,797	34,377	10	57753 ^(e)
Jenawi	56.08	24,653	26,234	9	57794
Totals	773.79	813,196	871,596	177

Notes: (a) except the desa of Kadipiro (which has a post code of 57716).
(b) except the desa of Dukuh (which has a post code of 57731).
(c) except the desa of Harjosari (which has a post code of 57715).
(d) except the desa of Munggur (which has a post code of 57716).
(e) except the desa of Karangrejo (which has a post code of 57711).

Population

The Regency had a population on 813,196 at the 2010 Census, an increase of 51,171 since the previous census in 2000. In 2017 it had 871,596 inhabitants, comprising 430,975 male and 440,621 female.[8]

Education

Based on data from the Culture and Education Department of the Karanganyar Regency, in 2005 there were: 489 primary schools; 7 private primary schools; 49 general secondary schools; 27 private secondary schools; 12 senior high schools; 5 private senior high schools; 2 SMKN units and 22 private vocation schools.

The number of students of primary schools were 81,057 students with 4,483 teachers, which made the student-teacher ratio 1 : 18.08. The numbers of junior high-schools were 37,558 students with 2,818 teachers, with a student-teacher ratio of 1 : 13.33. There were 20,507 high-school students, with 1,639 teachers, which made the student-teacher ratio 1 : 12.51.

Health

Based on data from the Karanganyar Regency Health Bureau in 2005, the number of health facilities consisted of: 3 hospitals, 21 Public Health Centres, 60 Secondary Public Health Centres, 28 nursing-midwiferies, and 30 Clinics. Figures for health-workers: there were 80 physicians, 24 dentists, 275 midwives, and 241 nurses.

Religion

There are 1821 Mosques, 679 small mosques, 127 Churches, 12 Temples and 1 Vihara.

Heritage & Tourism

Karanganyar is also home of the Mangadeg hill (also known as Truloroyo) Mangkunegaran royal burial complex built upon a small mountain. In the immediate vicinity are the Pablengan ruins of ritual bathing pools, fed by seven natural springs. Several hundred metres away is the mausoleum complex of former President Suharto Astana Giribangun as well as the alleged final resting place of legendary Javanese leader Raden Mas Samboernowo at the peak of this same hill, titled Argosari.[9]

There are a substantial number of especially Javanese tourists who visit the Mangadeg and Argosari cemeteries to pray to Samboernowo for assistance in life, particularly business or political affairs, in line with the Kejawen or Kebatinan ancestor-worship/shamanic belief system.[10]

Karanganyar also have one of great waterfall call "Grojogan Sewu" Grojogan Sewu waterfall, that mean thousand water fall.

Bio-pharmaceutical Center

April 2011: The research and technology ministry is sponsoring the formation of a bio-pharmaceutical center in Karanganyar Regency to improve the cultivation and post-harvest products of local farmer such as ginger, turmeric, black wild ginger, kencur.[11]

References

1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
4. Karanganyar Regency website, accessed 30 July 2020.
5. Karanganyar Regency website, accessed 30 July 2020.
6. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
8. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
9. (2007) Vaisulis Justine, Indonesia, pages 206–208. Lonely Planet (2007): ISBN 1-74104-435-9
10. (2008) personnel communications with Pak Aloisius Suwardi, Jakarta and common knowledge
11. http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/70685/ri-tech-ministry-sponsoring-bio-pharmaceutical-center-in-karanganyar

Further reading

• Statistics for Kranganyar Regency, various Indonesian governmental Departments including Departemen Budaya dan Edukasi and Departamen Pertanian, 2005 figures.
• Indonesia. Vaisulis, Justine. Lonely Planet, 2007. ISBN 1-74104-435-9 (softcover).
• Indonesia. Backshall, Robert. Rough Guides (Penguin publishing), 2nd edition, 2003, pp251. ISBN 1-85828-991-2 (softcover)