Kulon Progo Regency

{{Short description|Regency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Kulon Progo Regency | native_name = ''Kabupaten Kulon Progo'' {{lang|jv|ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦏꦸꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦥꦿꦒ}} | native_name_lang = id | settlement_type = [[Regency (Indonesia)|Regency]] | image_skyline = Glagah_Beach_Kulon_Progo.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Glagah Beach, one of the black sand beaches in Kulon Progo regency. | imagesize = 200px | flag_alt = | image_seal = Kulonprogo Seal.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = Binangun | image_map = Lokasi DIY Kabupaten Kulonprogo.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Kulon Progo Regency in [[Special Region of Yogyakarta]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|7|38|42|S|110|1|37|E|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Indonesia]] | subdivision_type1 = Special Administrative Region | subdivision_name1 = [[Special Region of Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]] | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Wates, Kulon Progo|Wates]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Regency (Indonesia)|Regent]] | leader_name = {{Ill|Agung Setyawan|lt=Agung Setyawan|id}} | leader_title1 = Vice Regent | leader_name1 = {{Ill|Ambar Purwoko|lt=Ambar Purwoko|id}} | unit_pref = Metric  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 586.28 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 443053 | population_as_of = mid 2023 estimate | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kulon Progo Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3401)</ref> | timezone1 = [[Time in Indonesia|WIB]] | utc_offset1 = +7 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = Post Code | postal_code = 55000 | area_code_type = | area_code = 0274 | iso_code = | website = {{URL|kulonprogokab.go.id}} | footnotes = }} [[File:Tari Rodat.jpg|thumb|''Rodat'', an Islamic dance of Kulon Progo]] '''Kulon Progo Regency''' ({{langx|jv|ꦏꦸꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦥꦿꦒ|translit=Kulon Praga}}, {{IPA|jv|ˈkulɔn ˈprɔɡɔ|jv}}, {{IPA|id|ˈkulɔn pəˈroɡo}}) is one of the four [[Regency (Indonesia)|regencies]] within the [[Yogyakarta Special Region]], [[Indonesia]]. It is located on the island of [[Java]], with a coastline on the south of that island. The regency's name stems from the fact that it is situated to the west (in [[Javanese language|Javanese]] "kulon") of the [[Progo River]]. The capital is [[Wates, Kulon Progo|Wates]]. The greatest part of the population of the regency work as farmers. Kulon Progo Regency is surrounded by the Menoreh Hills. The area of the regency is 586.28 km2, and the population was 388,755 at the 2010 census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and 436,395 at the 2020 census;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 443,053 - comprising 219,451 males and 223,602 females.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kulon Progo Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3401)</ref>

==History== In 1674, Keraton Mataram, Yogyakarta was attacked by Trunojoyo who received assistance from Macassar, resulting in damage to the palace; the king Amangkurat I had to flee and asked the Netherlands for help, till he died in Tegal during flight.

To anticipate attacks from Trunojoyo's followers, in 1677 the palace of Mataram led by Amangkurat II as the crown prince of Amangkurat I asked for the regent Ponorogo to obtain the palace protection by bala Warok famous skilled in war and asked for help from the Dutch colonial to capture Trunojoyo. After Mataram palace was guarded by Warok of Ponorogo, Tronojoyo had difficulties to penetrate the palace and was arrested and finally sentenced to death in 1679.

The Warok who managed to protect the palace got the prize a place to stay in the west of Mataram palace to facilitate the palace defence in case of an attack against the palace. The place was named Kulon Ponorogo and is now known as Kulon Progo which means Keraton Mataram western Ponorogo.

The area which currently includes the regency of Kulon Progo was - until the end of Dutch colonial rule - the territory of two regencies, namely the former Kulon Progo (which was a regency of the Ngayogyakarta Sultanate) and Adikarto (which was a regency of the Pakualaman Duchy). Both regencies were merged into Kulon Progo administration on 15 October 1951.

==Administrative districts== Kulon Progo Regency is divided into twelve [[Districts of Indonesia|districts]] (''kapanewon''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011"/> and the 2020 census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021"/> together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kulon Progo Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3401)</ref> The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of [[administrative village]]s (classed as ''kalurahan'') in each district, and its post code.

{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Kode Wilayah|| Name of District (''kapanewon'') || Area in km2 || Pop'n census 2010 || Pop'n census 2020 || Pop'n estimate mid 2023 ||Admin centre ||No. of villages||Post code |- | 31.01.01 || [[Temon, Yogyakarta|Temon]] ||align="right"|36.30||align="right"|24,471||align="right"|28,263||align="right"|28,911||Temon Kulon||align="center"| 15 ||55654 |- | 31.01.02 || [[Wates, Kulon Progo|Wates]] ||align="right"|32.00||align="right"|43,995||align="right"|48,738||align="right"|49,303||Bendungan||align="center"| 8 ||55651 |- | 31.01.03 || [[Panjatan]] ||align="right"|44.59||align="right"|33,397||align="right"|38,179||align="right"|38,948||Gotakan||align="center"| 11 ||55655 |- | 31.01.04 || [[Galur]] ||align="right"|32.91||align="right"|29,120||align="right"|32,047||align="right"|32,363||Brosot||align="center"| 7 ||55661 |- | 31.01.05 || [[Lendah]] ||align="right"|35.59||align="right"|36,447||align="right"|40,356||align="right"|40,820||Jatirejo||align="center"| 6 ||55663 |- | 31.01.06 || [[Sentolo]] ||align="right"|52.65||align="right"|44,525||align="right"|49,961||align="right"|50,714||Salamrejo||align="center"| 8 ||55664 |- | 31.01.07 || [[Pengasih]] ||align="right"|61.66||align="right"|45,175||align="right"|52,514||align="right"|53,809||Pengasih||align="center"| 7 ||55652 |- | 31.01.08 || [[Kokap]] ||align="right"|73.80||align="right"|31,124||align="right"|35,244||align="right"|35,862||Hargorejo||align="center"| 5 ||55653 |- | 31.01.09 || [[Girimulyo]] ||align="right"|54.90||align="right"|21,893||align="right"|24,088||align="right"|24,323||Giripurwo||align="center"| 4 ||55674 |- | 31.01.10 || [[Nanggulan]] ||align="right"|39.61||align="right"|27,239||align="right"|30,358||align="right"|30,760||Jatisarono||align="center"| 6 ||55671 |- | 31.01.12 || [[Kalibawang]] ||align="right"|52.96||align="right"|26,802||align="right"|29,448||align="right"|29,763||Banjaroyo||align="center"| 4 ||55672 |- | 31.01.11 || [[Samigaluh]] ||align="right"|69.29||align="right"|24,681||align="right"|27,199||align="right"|27,477||Gerbosari||align="center"| 7 ||55673 |- | || '''''Totals''''' ||align="right"|''586.28''||align="right"|''388,755''||align="right"|''436,395''||align="right"|''443,053''||''Wates''||align="center"| ''88'' || |}

==Forestry== Some local development efforts, carried on with the support of local cooperatives, work towards reafforestation activities. Trees being planted in the regency for both commercial and social reasons include ''Jati'' ([[Teak]] or ''Tecnona grandis''), [[Mahogany]] (''[[Swietenia mahagoni]]''), Albasia (''[[Albizia]]''), and ''sono keliling'' (Blackwood or Rosewoon, ''[[Dalbergia latifolia]]'').<ref>Nani Afrida, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/04/10/kulon-progo-invests-green-future.html Kulon Progo: Invests in green future'], ''The Jakarta Post'', 10 April 2013.</ref>

==Yogyakarta International Airport== {{See also|Yogyakarta International Airport}} The central Indonesian government has indicated that a new airport for the Yogyakarta Special Region will be located in the Kulon Progo Regency. The plan is to build an airport with a 3,250 metre runway with 45 meters width and dual linear terminals to serve as an international gateway. The initial plan is to provide facilities to serve up to 10 million passengers per year for 28 aircraft together. Later expansions might accommodate up to 20 million passengers per year in phase-3. Around 637 hectares of land is being set aside for the project. Of this, 40% is classified as "[[Pakualaman|Paku Alam (Sultan)]]" land while the rest belongs to local communities. The location is in Temon District between Congot Beach and Glagah Beach (which covers Palihan village, Sindutan village, Jangkaran village and Glagah village). In August 2013, 75 percent of land has been occupied.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaindonesia.com/read/2012/08/10/339721/289/101/Yogyakarta-bakal-Miliki-Bandara-Baru-Seluas-637-Hektare |title=Yogyakarta bakal Miliki Bandara Baru Seluas 637 Hektare |date=August 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://industri.kontan.co.id/news/bandara-kulon-progo-siap-tiang-pancang |title=Bandara Kulon Progo Siap Tiang Pancang |date=August 23, 2013}}</ref>

An airport train has been planned to serve Yogyakarta and the airport. The rail use existing rail plus 4 kilometers new rail from Kedundang Station to Temon Airport. Due to new rail is only short, so the train hopefully will be ready when the airport is ready to operate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wartakota.tribunnews.com/2015/11/14/kereta-api-layani-penumpang-bandara-kulo-progo-yogyakarta |title=Kereta Api Layani Penumpang Bandara Kulon Progo Yogyakarta |author=Suprapto |date=October 14, 2015}}</ref>

Local residents of the Kulon Regency have been resisting the plans for the new airport. They claim there are several environmental issues with the proposed site as well as issues of safety, due to the area being at high risk for tsunamis and other natural disasters. There is also concern that the local residents who currently make their living by farming the area would be displaced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/01/26/056840100/Protesters-to-Stop-Jokowi-from-Groundbreaking-Yogya-New-Airport |title=Protesters to Stop Jokowi from Groundbreaking Yogya New Airport |author=MUH SYAIFULLAH |date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>

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[[File:Mouth of Kiskendo Cave, Kulon Progo Regency, Indonesia.jpg|thumb|Kiskendo Cave, one of the many caves in Kulon Progo regency.]]

== External links == {{Commons category|Kulon Progo Regency}} * {{Official website|http://www.kulonprogokab.go.id/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110613040839/http://www.jogjatrip.com/en/location/kulonprogo Kulon Progo Tourism]

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