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3 unusual facts about Yogyakarta


Gordon Bishop

In Yogyakarta he met his wife-to-be, Nanies Siti Ahadiah Suryodiprodjo, a Javanese lady with royal blood who was performing Javanese dance during Indonesia's independence day.

History of the Indonesian rupiah

The Republican government declared that the new central bank of Indonesia would be Bank Negara Indonesia, established on 5 July 1946, occupying the offices of De Javasche Bank in Yogyakarta, the stronghold of the republic.

Michael Vatikiotis

The novel is the story of Sito, a brilliantly gifted artist who leaves his home in a poor village in Central Java while still in his teens, to make his name and his fortune in the royal city of Jogjakarta.


Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport

This airport is named after Abdoel Rachman Saleh, an Indonesian aviator and physiologist whose plane was shot down by the Dutch when landing in Maguwo Airfield (now Adisucipto International Airport), Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta during Indonesian National Revolution.

Banyumasan dialect

In Banyumasan region, Madya and Krama styles are rarely used, usually towards a stranger who is assumed to come from the eastern area of Java (wetanan) such as Yogyakarta, Surakarta etc. or on certain occasions, an eastern style of language (basa wetanan) named bandhekan (from gandhek).

Belenggu

:Yoseph Yapi Taum, a lecturer at Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta, views Tini's aloof nature as a major force driving Tono to Yah; her lifestyle, of which Tono is not a part, alienates him and drives him to find a more traditional woman.

Bernard Arps

Since 1979 Arps spent four years on fieldwork in Indonesia, in the regions of Surakarta and Yogyakarta in central Java, Banyuwangi on the eastern tip of the island, and Cilacap on the south coast.

Fiona Wood

In March 2007, following the crash landing of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, Wood travelled to Yogyakarta, to assist in the emergency medical response for burn victims.

Giriloyo

Giriloyo is a locality and graveyard in the Wukirsari valley north east of Imogiri, in southern Central Java or the Yogyakarta region.

ITC Enschede

ITC has several joint educational programmes with partner institutes in the developing world, for example joint MSc programmes in geo-hazards with the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing in Dehradun, India and Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Javanese cuisine

However Javanese cuisine, especially along pesisir (coastal) Javan cities, often demonstrated foreign influences, such as Chinese influences in Semarang, Yogyakarta and Cirebon dishes, Indian and Arab influences in Surabaya, Lamongan, and Gresik, and also European influences in Solo.

Kalasan inscription

The Kalasan inscription is an inscription dated 700 Saka (778 CE), discovered in Kalasan village, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Koprol

At that point, the location data was limited to Jakarta, with plans to expand it to other Indonesian cities such as Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Denpasar.

Kroncong

In 1968 at Gunung Kidul, an area near Yogyakarta, a local musician named Manthous introduced Campursari, a mixture of gamelan music and kronchong.

Magelang

November 2011: Due to lava flooding from Mount Merapi through Kali Putih River in Gempol, Magelang, the main road connecting Magelang and Yogyakarta has several times closed.

Mangkunegara II

At the time of Raffles ruled Java replaced Janssens, Sultanate Yogyakarta threatened dibubarkan.Campur Mangkunegaran hands with Legion Mangkunegaran successfulto prevent the dissolution of the Sultanate with the completion of the founding of the Duchy Paku Alaman.

In the two periods of the Governor-General (Daendels and Raffles), Yogyakarta suppressed with military force to compel Hamengkubuwono II down tahta.Di December 1810 Daendels with troops 4200 soldiers stormed Yogyakarta.Daendels reduce Hamengkubuwono II and then raised the son of the Crown of Yogyakarta as Hamengkubuwono III and returned to Batavia with the Prince Natakusuma as tawanan.Pada month replacement in July 1812 with 2,000 soldiers stormed the Raffles Yogyakarta.

Mukti Ali

Abdul Mukti Ali (born in Cepu, Blora, Central Java, Dutch East Indies, August 23, 1923 - died in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 5, 2004 at the age of 80 years) is a former Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in the Development Cabinet.

Muntilan

Muntilan is a sub-district in Magelang Regency, Central Java, on the old railway route to Kebon Polo Station Magelang and Blabak Station Mungkid from Tugu Station Yogyakarta, and on the recent route of tourists on their way to Borobudur.

Nyai Roro Kidul

The legend of Kanjeng Ratu Kidul is often associated with beaches in Yogyakarta, especially Parangkusumo and Parangtritis.

Prince Notonegoro

His Royal Highness Prince Notonegoro (Prince Notonegoro) is the Prince Consort to Princess Hayu the fourth Princess of Yogyakarta Sultanate, daughter of His Majesty Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and Her Majesty Queen Hemas

Princess Hayu

After three years in this business, she moved to her hometown Yogyakarta and became a game producer for Gameloft, a global game company.

She then continued her study at SMAN 3 Padmanaba Highschool Yogyakarta, a high school that was also attended by her husband Prince Notonegoro.

Railbus

On August 5, 2012 the first Batara Kresna Railbus service in Indonesia is launched to accommodate a part of commuter Prameks Train passengers from Solo to Yogyakarta City v.v through Sukoharjo.

Sardono Waluyo Kusumo

In 1961 he led a major dance company of 250 dancers at the Hindu temple complex Prambanan, at about 18 km eastwards of Yogyakarta along the road to Surakarta.

Search for Common Ground

In addition to working with SFCG offices in the United States, Rabat, Jakarta, and Jerusalem, Partners in Humanity works with international organizations, including the World Economic Forum Council of 100, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Soliya – The Connect Program, and The Institute for Interfaith Dialogue in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Sukotjo

In 2010 Sukotjo was one of the historians doubting the influence of former Indonesian president Suharto during the 1 March 1949 offensive on Yogyakarta.

Sulukan

The Yogyakarta and Surakarta traditions of wayang each have their own repertory of sulukan.

Thomas Karsten

He was a town planning consultant for Semarang (1916–20, 1936), Buitenzorg (now 'Bogor') (1920–23), Madiun (1929), Malang (1930–35), Batavia (Jakarta) (1936–37), Magelang (1937–38), Bandung (1941), as well as Cirebon, Meester Cornelis (part of Jakarta which is known as Jatinegara), Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Purwokerto, Padang, Medan and Banjarmasin.

Y. B. Mangunwijaya

In 1992, he received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his work on the slum dwellers by the riverbank Code in Yogyakarta.


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