Karanganyar Regency

For other uses, see Karanganyar (disambiguation).

Karanganyar Regency Kabupaten Karanganyar
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto:  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	767.79 km2 (296.45 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)
• Total	955,116
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Area code	+62 271
Website	karanganyarkab.go.id

Karanganyar Regency (Javanese: ꦏꦫꦁꦲꦚꦂ) is a regency in the Indonesian province of Central Java. It covers an area of 767.79 km² and had a population of 813,196 at the 2010 Census and 931,963 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 955,116 (comprising 476,253 males and 478,863 females). Its administrative capital is the town of Karanganyar.

Geography

Karanganyar Regency is located in the southeast 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 District to the west is separated from the rest of the regency by Surakarta (Solo) City; it borders Surakarta 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. Karanganyar Regency covers 76,978.64 hectares (2021 data), which consists of wetlands (19,945.67 hectares) and dry ground (56,832.97 hectares). The wet land consists of an irrigated area (7,872 hectares), divided into a technical irrigation system area (6,144 hectares), a simple irrigation area (7,134 hectares), and a rainfall rice field (1,693 hectares). Meanwhile, the areas provided for buildings are 20,732 hectares. Areas for gardening are 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 and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 162 rural desa and 15 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (kecamatan)	Area in km2	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2023	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
33.13.01	Jatipuro	34.37	27,071	33,647	35,291	Jatipuro	10	57784
33.13.02	Jatiyoso	67.16	34,709	39,339	40,171	Jatiyoso	9	57785
33.13.03	Jumapolo	55.67	33,912	41,814	43,755	Jumapolo	12	57783 (a)
33.13.04	Jumantono	53.55	40,367	48,854	50,846	Jumantono	11	57782
33.13.05	Matesih	26.27	38,467	44,314	45,465	Matesih	9	57781
33.13.06	Tawangmangu	70.03	42,355	46,998	47,697	Tawangmangu	10 (b)	57792
33.13.07	Ngargoyoso	65.34	31,021	36,583	37,789	Ngargoyoso	9	57793 (c)
33.13.08	Karangpandan	34.11	37,811	43,424	44,512	Karangpandan	11	57791 (d)
33.13.09	Karanganyar	43.03	74,749	84,948	86,811	Karanganyar	12 (e)	57711 - 57716
33.13.10	Tasikmadu	27.60	56,111	66,690	69,045	Tasikmadu	10	57721-57722
33.13.11	Jaten	25.55	78,304	84,226	84,710	Jaten	8	57731
33.13.12	Colomadu	15.64	71,097	75,313	75,410	Colomadu	11	57171-57179
33.13.13	Gondangrejo	56.80	72,933	87,095	90,296	Gondangrejo	13	57181-57188
33.13.14	Kebakkramat	36.46	58,695	64,418	65,168	Kebakkramat	10	57762
33.13.15	Mojogedang	53.31	58,144	69,372	71,902	Mojogedang	13	57752 (f)
33.13.16	Kerjo	46.82	32,797	37,593	38,513	Kerjo	10	57753 (g)
33.13.17	Jenawi	56.08	24,653	27,335	27,735	Jenawi	9	57794
	Totals	767.79	813,196	931,963	955,116	Karanganyar	177

Notes: (a) except the desa of Kadipiro (which has a postcode of 57716). (b) including 3 kelurahan (Blumbang, Kalisoro and Tawangmangu).
(c) except for the desa of Dukuh (which has a postcode of 57731). (d) except for the desa of Harjosari (which has a postcode of 57715).
(e) all 12 rated as kelurahan (Bejen, Bolong, Cangakan, Delingan, Gayamdompo, Gedong, Jantiharjo, Jungke, Karanganyar, Lalung, Popongan and Tegalgede).
(f) except for the desa of Munggur (which has a postcode of 57716). (g) except for the desa of Karangrejo (which has a postcode of 57711).

Population

The Regency had a population of 813,196 at the 2010 Census, an increase of 51,171 since the previous census in 2000. In 2020 it had 931,963 inhabitants, comprising 464,784 males and 467,179 females, and in mid-2023 it had an estimated 955,116 inhabitants, comprising 476,253 males and 478,863 females.

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 in primary schools was 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 1,821 Mosques, 679 small mosques, 127 Churches, 12 Temples and 1 Vihara.

Heritage & Tourism

Karanganyar is also home to 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 Sambernyawa at the peak of this same hill, titled Argosari.

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.

Karanganyar also has a great waterfall called "Grojogan Sewu", which means "thousand waterfall", located in Tawangmangu District.

Further information: Jumog waterfall

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.

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)