Geographical Condition of Jogja

Jogja lies at the fertile ccrscent of rice lands in the middle of Java island. It is bordered to the northby the still active volcano, Mount Merapi and to the south by Indian ocean. In the south part of the land, stands Sewu (thousand) mountain range. The mountain range is extend along Java island and becomes of Java pre-historic life.

Lying in the middle of island, Jogja become equidistant from Indonesia’s two major gateways –Jakrta and Bali. Covering 3.186 square kilometers, Jogja is not very large size. The population – belongs to 2000 cencus- is more than 3.1 million, while the population of the Jogja city is 397.398 or the density of almost 15.197 peoples/sq kilometers.

On the entire region, almost 50% of the land is used for agricultural purposes, leaving approximately 25% for residential area, and the remaining 17% for chead and forest.

Jogja has a warm tropical climate with wet and dry season. Wet season lasts from October to march and the heaviest rains accur in December and January. The temperature throughout the year averages of about 75% Java, Jogja receive the dry season. Freezing at night.

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