Jepara
{{Short description|Town in Central Java, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|official_name = {{lang|id|Kecamatan Jepara}}
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|settlement_type = District and regency seat
|nickname = The World Carving Centre
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|map_caption = Location of Jepara City in Indonesia
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|subdivision_name = Indonesia
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Central Java
|subdivision_type2 = Regency
|subdivision_name2 = Jepara Regency
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|area_total_km2 = 27.05
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|population_as_of = mid 2022
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|population_total = 81920
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|elevation_m = 768
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|website = [https://jepara.go.id/]
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Jepara is a town in the province of Central Java, Indonesia. Jepara is on the north coast of Java, northeast of Semarang, not far from Mount Muria, with a population of 81,920 in mid-2022. It is also the main town of Jepara Regency. Jepara is known for the Javanese teak wood carving art as well as the birthplace of Kartini, a pioneer in the area of women's rights for Indonesians.
Demographics
The population of Jepara Regency is approximately 1.2 million people, 49.86% male and 50.14% female. On the productivity age basis, the considered working-group age (between 15 and 64 yo) dominates Jepara's population at 67.90%, meanwhile the rest of 25.55% and 6.55% belong to the children and retired-people groups, respectively.
Jepara people are originally rooted as Javanese and religiously speaking, over 98% are Muslim.
The village of Plajan and the village of Tempur have a comparatively multi-religious population."[http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/central-java-village-shows-that-unity-in-diversity-is-possible/ Central Java Village Shows That Unity in Diversity Is Possible] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032307/http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/central-java-village-shows-that-unity-in-diversity-is-possible/ |date=2016-03-05 }}." Jakarta Globe. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
History
File:Ansicht Japare Java.jpgFile:Map japara 1858.jpg
In the 16th century, Jepara was an important port; in early 1513, its king, Yunnus (Pati Unus) led an attack against Portuguese Malacca. His force is said to have been made up of one hundred ships and 5000 men from Jepara and Palembang but was defeated. Between 1518 and 1521 he ruled over Demak. The rule of Ratu ('Queen') Kalinyamat in the latter 16th century was, however, Jepara's most influential. Jepara again attacked Malacca in 1551 this time with Johor but was defeated, and in 1574 besieged Malacca for three months.{{cite book | last =Ricklefs | first =M.C. | title =A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1300, 2nd Edition | publisher =MacMillan | year =1991 | location =London | isbn = 0-333-57689-6 | page =38}}
It was the site of a Dutch fort in the 17th century. It is the birthplace of Indonesian national heroine Kartini.{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=Jean Stewart |title=Raden Ajeng Kartini |year=1976 |pages=639–661 |language=en}}
Contemporary Jepara
The population is almost entirely Javanese and over 95% Muslim. As a pesisir ('coastal') area many traders from around the world landed in Jepara centuries ago. As a result, some of Jepara's residents have at part European, Chinese, Arabs, Malay or Bugis ancestry.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
Climate
Jepara has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy to very heavy rainfall from November to April.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
| location = Jepara
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| Jan high C = 30.6
| Feb high C = 30.5
| Mar high C = 30.9
| Apr high C = 31.8
| May high C = 31.9
| Jun high C = 32.1
| Jul high C = 32.5
| Aug high C = 33.3
| Sep high C = 34.2
| Oct high C = 34.2
| Nov high C = 33.1
| Dec high C = 31.7
| Jan mean C = 26.4
| Feb mean C = 26.4
| Mar mean C = 26.5
| Apr mean C = 27.2
| May mean C = 27.1
| Jun mean C = 26.8
| Jul mean C = 26.5
| Aug mean C = 26.9
| Sep mean C = 27.7
| Oct mean C = 28.2
| Nov mean C = 27.8
| Dec mean C = 26.9
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| Jan low C = 22.2
| Feb low C = 22.3
| Mar low C = 22.2
| Apr low C = 22.6
| May low C = 22.4
| Jun low C = 21.5
| Jul low C = 20.6
| Aug low C = 20.6
| Sep low C = 21.3
| Oct low C = 22.2
| Nov low C = 22.6
| Dec low C = 22.2
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=646
|Feb rain mm=481
|Mar rain mm=363
|Apr rain mm=180
|May rain mm=103
|Jun rain mm=55
|Jul rain mm=27
|Aug rain mm=20
|Sep rain mm=41
|Oct rain mm=86
|Nov rain mm=199
|Dec rain mm=442
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/717502/
|title = Climate: Jepara
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|access-date = 15 November 2020}}
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Kingdoms
Sport
Gallery
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Moskee Indonesië TMnr 10016740.jpg|Mosque in Jepara, Pati Regency
Notes
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References
- {{cite book
| last =Witton | first =Patrick | title =Indonesia | publisher =Lonely Planet | year =2003 | location =Melbourne | pages =259–260 | isbn = 1-74059-154-2 | edition =7th }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080916063342/http://www.blie.info/ Blie.Info Places To Go in Jepara]
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