Central Java
Central Java is the heartland of Javanese culture. This page covers the central third of the island of Java, encompassing the two provinces of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Semarang
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Semarang is the capital of Central Java province in Indonesia.
Yogyakarta
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Yogyakarta— despite the official spelling, the name is usually pronounced and not uncommonly written Jogjakarta or just Jogja — is a major tourist destination in Java, Indonesia.
Borobudur
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Borobudur is a Buddhist stupa and temple complex in Central Java dating from the 8th century, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Destinations
Semarang Metropolitan Area
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The Semarang metropolitan area, known locally as Kedungsepur, is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of Semarang in Central Java, Indonesia.
Yogyakarta Special Region
The Special Region of Yogyakarta is a provincial-level autonomous region of Indonesia in southern Java.
Kedu
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Kedu Residency was a colonial administrative unit in Central Java in Java, Indonesia.
Prambanan
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Prambanan Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of a group of Hindu temple compounds that lie on the border between Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia.
Mount Merbabu National Park
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Mount Merbabu National Park is a national park in Central Java.
Karimunjawa
Karimunjawa is a chain of 27 islands north of Semarang, off the coast of Central Java, Indonesia, that has been designated as a national marine park.
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Central Java
- Type: State with 36,700,000 residents
- Description: province of Indonesia, on island of Java
- Neighbors: East Java, Western Java and Yogyakarta Special Region
- Categories: province of Indonesia and locality
- Location: Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of centre
-7.3032° or 7° 18' 12" southLongitude of centre
110.0044° or 110° 0' 16" eastPopulation
36,700,000Elevation
561 metres (1,841 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 1898258183OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
1642669Wikidata ID
Q3557Central Java Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Jawa Teungöh
- Achinese: Jawoë Teungöh
- Afrikaans: Jawa Tengah
- Arabic: Butnga nga Java
- 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 Toba: Jawa Tonga
- Bavarian: Jawa Tengah
- Belarusian: Цэнтральная Ява
- Bengali: মধ্য জাভা
- Breton: Jawa Tengah
- 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
- Dutch: Midden-Java
- English: Central Java Province
- English: Jateng
- English: Jawa Tengah
- English: Jawa Tengah Province
- English: Province of Central Java
- English: Provinsi Jawa Tengah
- 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: Zentral-Java
- Gorontalo: Jawa Tengah
- Greek: Κεντρική Ιάβα
- Gujarati: સેન્ટ્રલ જાવા પ્રાંત
- Hakka Chinese: Chûng Jawa
- Hausa: Chûng Jawa
- Hebrew: יאוה המרכזית
- Hebrew: מרכז ג'אווה
- Hindi: मध्य जावा
- Hindi: मध्य जावा प्रांत
- Hungarian: Jawa Tengah
- Hungarian: Közép-Jáva
- Icelandic: Jawa Tengah
- Ido: Jawa Tengah
- Iloko: Tengnga a Java
- Indonesian: Jateng
- Indonesian: 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
- Kongo: Jawa Tengah
- Korean: 중앙자와주
- Lao: Tengnga a Java
- 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: Jawa Tengah
- Norwegian Bokmål: Jawa Tengah
- Norwegian Nynorsk: 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
- 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
- Cavaya Merkezi
- Daerah Tingkat I Djawa Tengah
- Java Tengah
- Propinsi Djawa Tengah
- Propinsi Jawa Tengah
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