Jepara | |
|---|---|
| Kecamatan Jepara | |
 Jepara Monument near the city square | |
| Nickname: The World Carving Centre | |
  Jepara Location of Jepara City in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates:6°32′0″S110°40′0″E / 6.53333°S 110.66667°E /-6.53333; 110.66667 | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Central Java |
| Regency | Jepara Regency |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.05 km2 (10.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 768 m (2,520 ft) |
| Population (mid 2022) | |
• Total | 81,920 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi) |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (WIB) |
| Website | [1] |
Jepara is a town in the province ofCentral Java,Indonesia. Jepara is on the north coast of Java, northeast ofSemarang, not far fromMount Muria, with a population of 81,920 in mid-2022.[1] It is also the main town ofJepara Regency. Jepara is known for the Javaneseteakwood carving art as well as the birthplace ofKartini, a pioneer in the area of women's rights for Indonesians.
The population of Jepara Regency is approximately 1.2 million people, 49.86% male and 50.14% female. On the productivity age basis, the considered working-group age (between 15 and 64 yo) dominates Jepara's population at 67.90%, meanwhile the rest of 25.55% and 6.55% belong to the children and retired-people groups, respectively.
Jepara people are originally rooted asJavanese and religiously speaking, over 98% areMuslim.
The village of Plajan and the village of Tempur have a comparatively multi-religious population.[2]
In the 16th century, Jepara was an important port; in early 1513, its king,Yunnus (Pati Unus) led an attack againstPortugueseMalacca. His force is said to have been made up of one hundred ships and 5000 men from Jepara andPalembang but was defeated. Between 1518 and 1521 he ruled overDemak. The rule of Ratu ('Queen')Kalinyamat in the latter 16th century was, however, Jepara's most influential. Jepara again attacked Malacca in 1551 this time withJohor but was defeated, and in 1574 besieged Malacca for three months.[3]
It was the site of a Dutch fort in the 17th century. It is the birthplace of Indonesian national heroineKartini.[4]
The population is almost entirelyJavanese and over 95%Muslim. As apesisir ('coastal') area many traders from around the world landed in Jepara centuries ago. As a result, some of Jepara's residents have at part European, Chinese, Arabs, Malay or Bugis ancestry.[citation needed]
Jepara has atropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to October and heavy to very heavy rainfall from November to April.
| Climate data for Jepara | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.1 (91.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.2 (90.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.0 (80.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.9 (71.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 646 (25.4) | 481 (18.9) | 363 (14.3) | 180 (7.1) | 103 (4.1) | 55 (2.2) | 27 (1.1) | 20 (0.8) | 41 (1.6) | 86 (3.4) | 199 (7.8) | 442 (17.4) | 2,643 (104.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
