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Blitar
East Java, Indonesia · Asia
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Blitar sits on the route: 15 minutes from Lodoyo.
Blitar is in East Java, Indonesia, with about 150,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Lodoyo, about 9 km away.
Blitar is a city in East Java, Indonesia, about 73 km from Malang and 167 km from Surabaya. The area lies within longitude 111° 40' – 112° 09' East and its latitude is 8° 06' South. The city of Blitar lies at an altitude on average 167 metres above sea level, and is an enclave within Blitar Regency which surrounds theRead more
city on all sides. It covers an area of 33.20 km2, and had a population of 131,968 at the 2010 Census and 149,149 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 161,906 (comprising 80,660 males and 81,246 females).
The city is notable as the location of the Grave of Sukarno the first president of Indonesia and one of the nation's founding fathers, five kilometers from the city plaza. The Istana Gebang (Gebang Palace), where Sukarno lived as a child, is nearby and has been converted into a museum containing numerous items commemorating Sukarno's place in Indonesian history.
Blitar city is surrounded by four of the districts (kecamatan) of Blitar Regency - Kademangan, Garum, Nglegok and Sanankulon; added to the population of the city, this combined area of seven kecamatan had a total population in mid 2025 of 438,696 within its area of 318.93 km2.> The very active Kelud volcano is located just over 20 kilometers north of Blitar.
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Blitar is in East Java, Indonesia, about 9 km from Lodoyo.
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- Population
- 150,371
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- East Java
- Timezone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Coordinates
- -8.0983, 112.1681
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