Semarang metropolitan area
Semarang metropolitan area
Kedungsepur | |
|---|---|
From top, left to right: Semarang skyline, Mount Merbabu viewed from Salatiga Toll Gate, Sewu waterfall in Kendal Regency, view of Mount Ungaran, Lake Rawapening and the towns of Bandungan and Ambarawa in Semarang Regency, Jenderal Ahmad Yani International Airport in Semarang, Demak Great Mosque. | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | Central Java |
| Core city | Semarang |
| Satellite city | Salatiga |
| Regencies | Demak Regency Kendal Regency Semarang Regency Grobogan Regency (part) |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 4,591.16 km2 (1,772.66 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| 6,197,102 | |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time) |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023[1] |
| - Total |  Rp 449.096 trillionUS$ 29.464 billionUS$ 94.362 billion (PPP) |
| - Per capita | Rp 63.526 millionUS$ 4,168US$ 13,348 (PPP) |
The Semarang metropolitan area, known locally as Kedungsepur (an acronym of Kendal–Demak–Ungaran–Salatiga–Semarang–Purwodadi), is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of Semarang in Central Java, Indonesia.[2][3] It additionally includes the city of Salatiga, as well as Demak Regency, Grobogan Regency (part only), Kendal Regency, and Semarang Regency. It is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Indonesia with an estimated population of about 6.2 million as at mid 2023.[4]
Delineation
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| Administrative division |
Area in km2 |
Pop'n Census 2010[6] |
Pop'n Census 2020[7] |
Pop'n mid 2023 estimate[8] |
Number of districts |
Number of villages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Semarang | 373.78 | 1,555,984 | 1,653,524 | 1,694,740 | 16 | 177 |
| City of Salatiga | 54.98 | 170,332 | 192,322 | 201,369 | 4 | 23 |
| Demak Regency | 995.32 | 1,055,579 | 1,203,956 | 1,240,510 | 14 | 249 |
| Grobogan Regency (part) [a] |
2,023.85 | 802,160 | 888,581 | 1,492,891 | 12 | 191 |
| Kendal Regency | 1,002.23 | 900,313 | 1,018,505 | 1,052,830 | 20 | 286 |
| Semarang Regency | 1,019.27 | 930,727 | 1,053,094 | 1,080,648 | 19 | 235 |
| Total Kedungsepur | 5,453.99 | 5,415,095 | 6,009,982 | 6,760,538 | 85 | 1,161 |
Note:
- ^ Only the western part of Grobogan Regency is included in the metropolitan area; the eastern part (7 districts covering 89 villages) is outside the area. The area and population figures have been amended to exclude the areas outside the metropoliutan area.
Transportation
[edit]Semarang is served by Trans Semarang bus rapid transit, comprising at least eight main corridors. Another bus rapid transit, the provincial-owned Trans Jateng has two corridors southward and westward in the Semarang metropolitan area, linking Semarang Tawang Station (Semarang) to Bawen Bus Terminal (Semarang Regency) and Mangkang Bus Terminal (Semarang) to Bahurekso Bus Terminal (Kendal Regency).
The eastern part of the Semarang metropolitan area is served by Kedungsepur commuter rail.
See also
[edit]- List of metropolitan areas in Indonesia
- Jakarta metropolitan area
- Surabaya metropolitan area
- Bandung metropolitan area
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik Jawa Tengah (2023). "Provinsi Jawa Tengah Dalam Angka 2023". jateng.bps.go.id. Semarang: Badan Pusat Statistik. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "SIFATARU - Kedung Sepur". sifataru.atrbpn.go.id. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ "PU-net". perkotaan.bpiw.pu.go.id.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.
- ^ "Sitarunas". sitarunas.atrbpn.go.id. Archived from the original on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.
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