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Sragen
Central Java, Indonesia · Asia
About Sragen
Sragen sits on the route: 25 minutes from Karanganyar.
Sragen is in Central Java, Indonesia, with about 72,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Karanganyar, about 21 km away.
Sragen Regency (Javanese: ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦱꦿꦒꦺꦤ꧀, romanized: Kabupatèn Sragèn) is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in the eastern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 994.57 km2 and had a population of 858,266 at the 2010 Census and 976,951 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2025Read more
was 1,011,824 (comprising 503,895 males and 507,929 females). Its capital is the town of Sragen, located about 30 km to the northeast of Surakarta. Sragen is bordered by Karanganyar Regency to the south, Boyolali Regency to the west, Grobogan Regency to the north, and East Java Province to the east.
Java's longest river, the Bengawan Solo River, flows through the fertile rice fields in the region. The archaeological excavation and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sangiran is located in Sragen.
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Sragen is in Central Java, Indonesia, about 21 km from Karanganyar.
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- Population
- 71,522
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Central Java
- Timezone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Coordinates
- -7.4264, 111.0222
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