Tretes

The word of Tretes comes from the water dripping sounds like "tes" "tes". This can be seen by the presence of a source of water dripping in the cracks of the stone walls in the Dong Biru area (located near the area of Kakek Bodo tourist attractions and from the direction of Surabaya located on the right side of the main road).{{Cite web|url=https://www.pasuruankab.go.id/cerita-33-asal-mula-tretes-pasuruan.html|title=Asal Mula Tretes Pasuruan {{!}} Situs Resmi Pemerintah Kabupaten Pasuruan|last=diskominfo@pasuruankab.go.id|first=Team E.-Gov Pasuruan-|website=pasuruankab|language=id|access-date=2019-03-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://portalarjuna.net/2018/01/ungkap-kakek-bodo-sebagai-suatu-mitos-atau-realitas/|title=Ungkap Kakek Bodo Sebagai Suatu Mitos atau Realitas?|last=Arjuna|first=Portal|date=2018-01-15|website=Portal Arjuna|language=id-ID|access-date=2019-03-21}}

Since a long time ago the Tretes was known as one of the main rest areas in Java because of its natural scenic and cool air. Tretes was once known as the rest area of the Dutch colonial people. In this area, there are many Dutch heritage buildings. Usually in the form of a European-style wooden house, which at this time the number began to decrease due to poorly maintained. Many of the villa's buildings have been demolished. Some of the building's names are Dong De (Gedung Gede), Dong Koco (Glass Building), Dong Ijo, Dong Biru, Eskam (currently Surya Hotel). There is not much history of Tretes that can be known, one of the places that is a silent witness to history is the existence of ancient tombs in Gang Kramat 77 Pesanggrahan which is a tomb from the forerunner of the population of Tretes.

Tretes is on the slopes of several mountains and is at an average altitude of 600-900 meters above sea level with air temperatures reaching an average of 18-22 degrees Celsius. Tretes is surrounded by several mountains, including:

• Mount Arjuno-Welirang
• Mount Anjasmoro
• Mount Penanggungan

The climate is tropical monsoon (Am) in Tretes, bordering with subtropical highland climate (Cwb) according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Rainfall is significant most months of the year, and the short dry season has little effect. The average temperature in Tretes is 21.7 °C. In a year, the average rainfall is 3176 mm.

{{Weather box

|location = Tretes, Prigen, Pasuruan Regency (elevation {{convert|854|m|abbr=on|disp=or}})

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan high C = 26

|Feb high C = 26.1

|Mar high C = 26.1

|Apr high C = 26.4

|May high C = 26.6

|Jun high C = 26.4

|Jul high C = 25.9

|Aug high C = 26.6

|Sep high C = 27.3

|Oct high C = 27.8

|Nov high C = 27.1

|Dec high C = 26.1

|Jan mean C = 22

|Feb mean C = 22

|Mar mean C = 22

|Apr mean C = 22

|May mean C = 22

|Jun mean C = 21.5

|Jul mean C = 20.7

|Aug mean C = 21.1

|Sep mean C = 21.8

|Oct mean C = 22.5

|Nov mean C = 21.4

|Dec mean C = 21.8

|Jan low C = 18

|Feb low C = 17.9

|Mar low C = 17.9

|Apr low C = 17.7

|May low C = 17.4

|Jun low C = 16.6

|Jul low C = 15.5

|Aug low C = 15.7

|Sep low C = 16.3

|Oct low C = 17.3

|Nov low C = 17.8

|Dec low C = 17.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 544

|Feb precipitation mm = 466

|Mar precipitation mm = 478

|Apr precipitation mm = 289

|May precipitation mm = 208

|Jun precipitation mm = 97

|Jul precipitation mm = 82

|Aug precipitation mm = 45

|Sep precipitation mm = 69

|Oct precipitation mm = 146

|Nov precipitation mm = 307

|Dec precipitation mm = 445

|Jan humidity = 81.2

|Feb humidity = 81.2

|Mar humidity = 81.4

|Apr humidity = 79.8

|May humidity = 80.8

|Jun humidity = 78.7

|Jul humidity = 77.4

|Aug humidity = 75.4

|Sep humidity = 73.6

|Oct humidity = 72.9

|Nov humidity = 76.5

|Dec humidity = 79.9

| source 1 = Climate-Data.org (temp & precip)

{{cite web

| url = https://en.climate-data.org/asia/indonesia/east-java/tretes-12723/

| title = Climate: Tretes, Prigen, Pasuruan Regency

| publisher = Climate-Data.org

| accessdate = 21 March 2019}}

| source 2 = Weatherbase (humidity)

{{cite web

| url = http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=602479&cityname=Prigen-Indonesia

| title = Prigen, Indonesia

| publisher = Weatherbase

| accessdate = 21 March 2019}}

}}

{{Panorama

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There is many tourism place in Tretes, for example is:

• Alap-Alap Waterfall
• Kakek Bodo Waterfall
• Putuk Truno Waterfall
• Tretes Market

At Tretes there are many villa and hotel, for example:

• Surya Hotel
• Inna Tretes
• Pines Garden
• Tanjung Plaza Hotel
• Royal Senyiur Hotel

• Prigen
• Mount Penanggungan
• Arjuno-Welirang

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.pasuruankab.go.id/potensi-137-tretes-kota-seribu-villa.html/ Official Website of Tretes]

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Category:Geography of East Java

Category:Pasuruan Regency