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Yogyakarta Kraton (Sultan's Palace)
The living royal palace of the Sultan of Yogyakarta, a center of Javanese culture with traditional dance performances and fine arts.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Bantul
Yogyakarta, Indonesia · Asia
About Bantul
Bantul is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Sewon, 41km from Mount Merapi.
Bantul is in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with about 64,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Sewon, about 4 km away.
Bantul (Javanese: ꦧꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦭ꧀; Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈban̪t̪ʊl]) is a regency located in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency's population was 911,503 at the 2010 Census, but has risen to 985,770 at the 2020 Census and to 1,009,434 at the official estimates forRead more
mid 2023 - comprising 502,280 males and 507,160 females. Like many regencies on the island of Java, it is densely populated with roughly 1,973 people per square kilometre in 2023, although this is largely because the north of the regency partly surrounds the city of Yogyakarta and contains many suburban communities, notably in the densely populated districts of Banguntapan, Sewon and Kasihan, which border the city to the east, south and west.
The regency is bordered by the city of Yogyakarta and Sleman regency to the north, the regency of Kulon Progo to the west, the Gunung Kidul Regency to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. The town of Bantul is the administrative centre.
The village of Kemusuk in the Sedayu District in the northwest of the regency is the birthplace of former Indonesian President, Suharto.
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What is there to see near Bantul?
Within an hour or so of Bantul: Yogyakarta Kraton (Sultan's Palace) (10 km), Prambanan (23 km), Borobudur (34 km), Mount Merapi (41 km).
Where is Bantul?
Bantul is in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, about 4 km from Sewon.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 64,360
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Yogyakarta
- Timezone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Coordinates
- -7.8881, 110.3289
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Worth the detour from Bantul
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Prambanan
A 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Java with towering spires dedicated to the Trimurti of Hinduism.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Borobudur
Enormous 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Java with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
34 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Mount Merapi
Indonesia's most active volcano north of Yogyakarta, with jeep tours and viewpoints on the Kaliurang approach road.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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