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PurwokertoCity

PurwokertoMainStreet

LocationofPurwokertoinIndonesia

Coordinates:72629S1091439.79E

Country IndonesiaProvince CentralJavaRegency BanyumasRegency

AreaTotal 38.58km2(14.90sqmi)

Population(2010Census)Total 233,951Density 6,100/km2(16,000/sqmi)

Timezone WIB(UTC+7)Areacode(s) 0281

PurwokertoFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

PurwokertoisatownontheislandofJava,Indonesia.ItisthecapitalofBanyumasRegency,CentralJavaregion.Thepopulationofthetownatthe2010Censuswas233,951[1]

Contents

1Geography2History

2.1TheSultanateofPajang2.2Transport

2.2.1Air2.2.2Train2.2.3Road

3Placesofinterest3.1Alunalun3.2BankBRIMuseum3.3Baturraden

4Food5Medicalfacilities6Schools7NotablePeople8Seealso9References10Externallinks

Geography

PurwokertoislocatednearthebaseofMountSlamet,thesecondtallestvolcanoinCentralJava.ThecityisbisectedbytheKaliKranji(KranjiRiver).Itliesneartwomajoreastwestroads,JalanSudirmanandJalanGatotSubroto.Itsgeographiclocationis

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History

ThehistoryofPurwokertoasthecapitaloftheBanyumasRegencyisintertwinedwiththehistoryofBanyumasitself.Banyumaswasestablishedin1582byRadenJokoKahiman.Helaterbecamethecamethefirstregent,DukeMrapat.

Purwokerto

Coordinates:72629S1091439.79E

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ArowofshopsinPurwokerto

AstreetinPurwokerto

JenderalSudirmanstreetinPurwokerto

TheSultanateofPajang

FollowingtheunintentionalkillingofAdipatiWirasabaVIinDistrictLowano(nowPurworejo),SultanHadiwijayasummonedJokoKahiman,thedeadman'ssoninlaw.TheSultanmadeKahiman"AdipatiWirasabaVII"(regentofWirasaba)anddividedtheWirasabaregencyintofourparts,

BanjarregiongiventoKyaiNgabeiWirayudaMedenterritorygiventoKyaiNgabeiWirakusumaWirasabaterritorygiventoKyaiNgabeiWargawijayaKejawarterritorywascontrolledbytheSultanhimself.There,heopenedthemangliforestandnamedthearea"Banyumas".

ThecapitaloftheKejawarterritorywasinBanyumas.Afterthefloodof1861,thecapitalwasmovedtoPurwokerto,whichwaslocatedabout18kmfurthernorth.

Transport

Air

Purwokero'snearestairportistheTunggulWulungairportinCilacaptownship,approximately40kmsouthofPurwokerto.TunggulWulunghasdirectflights(threetimesperweek)fromHalimPerdanaKusumaairportinJakarta.ThetraveltimefromJakartatoCilacapis45minutes.

Train

TrainisoneofthemainmodesoftransporttoPurwokerto.Allclassesofticket,fromeconomytofirstclass,areavailablefortripsontrainsfromJakarta,Bandung,YogyakartaandSurabaya.ThetotaljourneyfromJakartais6hrs(firstclass)and10hrs(economyclass).

Road

IntercitybusesconnectPurwokertotoothercitiesontheisland.ThePurwokertobusterminalisthethirdlargestterminalinCentralJavaprovinceafterTerboyo(Semarang)andTirtonadi(Surakarta).

Placesofinterest

Alunalun

Purwokerto'scentralpublicsquare,Indonesian:Alunalun,hassixbanyantrees:atreeateachcorner,andtwointhecenter.Thetownsfolkoftenspendtheirleisuretimeintheshadysquareanditisacommonplaceforchildrentoplay.Vendorsinthesquaresellchildren'stoysandlocalfoods.Ononesideistheregional

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BankBRIMuseum

WaterfallatBaturraden

HotSpringMineralDepositsinBaturraden

governmentbuilding,Kabupaten.OnthewestsideofthesquareistheMasjidBaitusSalamMosqueofPurwokerto.TotheeastistheoldcemeteryonRagasemangsangRoad.

BankBRIMuseum

Locatedinthecitycenter,BankBRIMuseumwasbuiltanddedicatedfortheBankBRI'sfounder,R.A.Wiriatmadja.FormerlynamedasDePurwakertoscheHulpenSpaarBankderInlandscheBestuurAmbtenarenin1895,nowBankBRIisoneofthelargestbankinthenation,aswellastheoldestinthenation.DisplaysalotofcollectionsofcoinandmoneyfromtheVOCerauntilpresenttime.

Baturraden

Baturraden,located15kmnorthofPurwokertoisanareaoftypicalhighlandcountryatthefootoftheGunungSlametvolcano.Itisapopularsiteforlocaltourism,withachildren'splayground,hotsprings,trekkingandcamping.TherearetwonaturalhotspringsatBaturraden,namelyPancuranTeluandPancuranPitu.ThecampgroundiscalledWanaWisata.[2]Somehotels,villasandbudgethotelsareavailableinBaturraden.

Food

ThePurwokertolocalfoodincludesmendoan(fermentedsoybeancoveredinwheatflourdoughanddeepfried),ranjem,nopiaandmino(smallnopia),tempehkeripikandmanydifferentkindsofchips.Gethukgoreng,madeofcassavaandJavanesesugarisalsoavailable.Itissoldbyvariousshopsundervariousnames.Also,inthemorning,onemayfindaserabiselleronalmosteverycorneroftown.OnePurwokertodelicacyissoto.ItisalsomadeinthenearbytownofSokaraja.PurwokertosotoismadefromchickenwhilethatfromSokarajacontainsbeef.BotharedifferentfromothersotosinIndonesia,becausetheyaremixedwithaspicynutsambal.ThemostfamoussotosokarajasellerinSokarajais"SotoKecik",neartheBuddha'smonastery.

Medicalfacilities

PurwokertoisacentreformedicalcareforthesouthernpartoftheCentralJavaProvince.Therearebothpublicandprivatehospitalsforbothgeneralandspecialistcare.Theyinclude:

RSUMargonoSoekarjogeneralhospital(JenderalSoedirmanUniversityTeachingHospital)RSDKThospitalRSIASantaElisabethhospitalRSIslamhospital

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RSIAHidayahhospitalRSIABundahospitalRSIAAnandahospitalRSGeriatrihospital(gerontology)RSOrthopedihospital(orthopaedics).JenderalSoedirmanUniversityDentalHospital

ThemainstaterunhospitalisMargonoSoekarjogeneralhospitalwhichislocatedontheeasternedgeofPurwokerto.Itsnameiscommonlyshortenedto"RSMargonoSoekarjo".ItwasnamedafterthefirstsurgeoninIndonesia.ThesurgeonwasborninPurwokertoandhisgraveisfoundinPesareanKebutuh,SokarajaKulon.

Schools

JenderalSoedirmanUniversityisthemainuniversityinPurwokerto.Itislocatedonthetown'snorthernoutskirts.[3]TherearemanyuniversitiesandacademiesinPurwokertowhichservethesouthernpartofcentralJava.Theyinclude:

UniversitasJenderalSoedirman(UNSOED)UniversitasMuhammadiyahPurwokerto(http://ump.ac.id)UniversitasWijayakusumaSekolahTinggiAgamaIslamNegeriPurwokertoSekolahTinggiIlmuEkonomiPurwokertoSekolahTinggiIlmuEkonomiSatriaSekolahTinggiManajemenInformatika&KomputerWidyaUtamaSekolahTinggiTeknikWiworotomoAkademiKebidananYLPPAkademiKesehatanLingkunganAkademiManajemenInformatika&KomputerAkademiPariwisataEkaSaktiAkademiPerawatMuhammadiyahPoliteknikPratama

NotablePeople

TontowiAhmad,badmintonplayerChristianHadinata,badmintonplayerPurnomo,runner

SeealsoTunggulWulungAirport

References1. BiroPusatStatistik,Jakarta,2011.2. BaturradenAdventureForest(http://www.bafadventure.com)

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Externallinks

PurwokertotravelguidefromWikivoyage

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