Blora is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in the northeastern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is Blora. This regency is located at the easternmost of Central Java province, and bordered by Bengawan Solo River with East Java province. A mystical religious sect, Saminism, rose from Blora, and gained prominence in the early 20th century. Headed by a Javanese peasant, Surantika Samin, it followed the teachings of the Islamic prophet Adam, but owed little to the religion. Stressing the village structure, mysticism, and sexuality, it became an early protest movement, and was opposed to the local rulers as much as it was against the Dutch East Indies colonial administration, refusing to pay the new Dutch head tax. The movements survived until the 1960s.[1]
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Geography
Blora Regency is located between 111° 016' - 111° 338'E and 6° 528' - 7° 248'S, and bordered:
- to the north with Rembang Regency and Pati Regency
- to the east with Bojonegoro Regency East Java
- to the south with Ngawi Regency East Java
- to the west with Grobogan Regency
Geography
Blora regency are consists of both low land and hill area between 20-280 meters high above sea level. In the north part of regency is dominated by hill area that also the series of Northern Limestone Mountain as well as in the south area (Kendeng Mountain) that stretch from the east of Semarang to Lamongan (East Java). The capital of Blora regency is located right on the slope of Northern Limestone Mountain. Half of Blora regency area are forests, especially on the north, east and south region while low land on the center mainly used as an agricultural purpose (rice fields). Most of area in Blora regency are lack of water supply, either for drinking and or irrigation during the dry season. On the contrary it becomes a hazardous area during rainy season due to their landslide high risk potencies.[2]
Administrative division
This regency consists of several districts as follows:
- Banjarejo District
- Blora as the capital city
- Bogorejo District
- Cepu District
- Japah District
- Jati District
- Jepon District
- Jiken District
- Kedungtuban District
- Kradenan District
- Kunduran District
- Ngawen District
- Randublatung District
- Sambong District
- Todanan District
- Tunjungan District
Transportation
Blora is situated on the Inter-Province road that connecting Semarang as the capital of Central Java Province to Surabaya as the capital of East Java Province via Purwodadi. It's actually the 2nd class road, because most of peoples preferred to choose Semarang-Surabaya via Rembang. Blora also situated on a southern railway connection that linked to most big cities in Java. However, Blora main train station is located in Cepu sub-district therefore peoples often referred Cepu train station.Except two above, Blora just like any other regencies in Java has a local public transportation such as: bemo, becak, etc.[2]
Places of interest
- Terawang Cave at Todanan district.
- Kantor Pelaynan Pajaka Pratama
- Cepu forest railway or Cepu loko tour with some Berliner Maschinenbau steam locomotives from Berlin,Germany,Central Europe at Ngelo,Cepu district.
Famous individuals
- The famous Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer was born in Blora, in 1925.
- Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani as born in Blora, in 1932.
References
- ^ Turner, Peter (1997). Java (1st edition). Melbourne: Lonely Planet. pp. page 315. ISBN 0-86442-314-4.
- ^ a b http://javatourism.com/index.php?Page=607
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Coordinates: 6°57′0″S 111°25′0″E / 6.95°S 111.416667°E
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