Temanggung Regency

Temanggung Regency
Kabupaten Temanggung
Regency (Kabupaten)

Rice fields in Pringsurat, Temanggung Regency.

Temanggung Regency in Central Java
Country Indonesia
Province Central Java
Named for Temanggung village
Seat Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten
Time zone WIB (UTC+7)
Vehicle registration AA
Website http://www.temanggungkab.go.id/

Temanggung Regency (Kabupaten Temanggung) is a regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. Its capital is Temanggung.

All travelers going to the Dieng temple complex from Yogya or Semarang have to pass this regency. Temanggung Regency is famous for longan, a small sweet fruit that is harvested in January and February.

Geography

Temanggung Regency is located on the volcanic Dieng Plateau with an average elevation between 500 and 1450 meters and it is landlocked. The volcanoes Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing arise on its border with the Wonosobo Regency. Its major drainage system is the Progo River and its tributaries.

Borders

It is bordered by:

Administrative subdistricts

Temanggung Regency is divided into the following twenty subdistricts (kecamatan).

  • Bansari
  • Bejen
  • Bulu
  • Candiroto
  • Gemawang
  • Jumo
  • Kaloran
  • Kandangan
  • Kedu
  • Kledung
  • Kranggan
  • Ngadirejo
  • Parakan
  • Pringsurat
  • Selopampang
  • Temanggung
  • Tembarak
  • Tlogomulyo
  • Tretep
  • Wonoboyo

Communities

The major towns of Temanggung Regency, aside from the capital of Temanggung, include Candiroto, Jumo, Kaloran, Kandangan, Kranggan, Muntung, Ngadirejo, Parakan, and Tretep.

History

After World War II, Temanggung Regency was one of the areas in central Java where the Communist Party (PKI) had is rural strongholds. In the 21st century Temanggung Regency provided a hideout for members of the Islamist Jemaah Islamiyah.[1]

Religion

Altar for Mass celebration and statue of the Holy Family in the Saint Mary Rawaseneng Prayer Garden, in the Monastery of Saint Mary Rawaseneng complex.

The majority of the population of the Temanggung Regency is Muslim. It was once predominately Hindu for thousands of years. The oldest stone structure in Indonesia is found here; 4 temple of Shiva; one of the trinity of Hinduism. Though there were 400; only 4 remain.[2]

Economy

The big cash crop in the Temanggung Regency is tobacco.[3] Other cash crops include patchouli oil, honey and soy oil. The traditional herbal medicine, jamu, is the basis of a local industry as well as is the production of cigars. Silkworms are raised in the area around the town of Candiroto.

Transportation

There is a rail line from Parakan through the town of Temanggung south to Magelang and on to junction with the coastal rail lines,[4] however, it is currently closed by the government due to the operational costs.

Culture and tourism

A female dancer performing Kuda Lumping in Cemoro Village, Temanggung

Notes

  1. ↑ Blomfield, Adrian (8 August 2009) "Police foil plot to kill Indonesian president after raid on top terror suspect" The Telegraph (UK)
  2. ↑ Staff (8 February 2011) "Indonesia: Angry Muslim crowd attacks Java churches" BBC News
  3. ↑ Hanusz, Mark (2000) Kretek: The culture and heritage of Indonesia's clove cigarettes Equinox Publishing, Jakarta, Indonesia, page 82, ISBN 979-95898-0-0
  4. ↑ "Indonesia 1:250,000 topographic map, Series T503, Jogjakarta SB49-14" US Army Mapping Service, October 1959

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Coordinates: 7°18′S 110°10′E / 7.300°S 110.167°E / -7.300; 110.167

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