Singaraja ᬲᬶᬗᬭᬚ | |
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 Singaraja in 2005 | |
| Nickname(s): Kota pendidikan (Indonesian) ("Education city") | |
  Singaraja Location in Bali | |
| Coordinates:8°07′S115°05′E / 8.117°S 115.083°E /-8.117; 115.083 | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Bali |
| Population (mid 2022 estimate) | |
• Total | 153,930 |
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| Time zone | UTC+8 (Central Indonesia Standard Time) |
Singaraja (Balinese: ᬲᬶᬗᬭᬚ) is a port town in northernBali, Indonesia, which serves as the seat ofBuleleng Regency. The name isIndonesian for "Lion King" (fromSanskritsingha andraja). It is just east ofLovina and is also the centre of Buleleng District, which covers an area of 46.94 km² and had a population of 153,930 in 2022,[1] the second largest on the island.
Singaraja was theDutch colonial capital for Bali and theLesser Sunda Islands from 1849 until 1960, It was an administrative center and the port of arrival for most visitors until the development of theBukit Peninsula area in the south. Singaraja was also an administrative center for the Japanese during theirWorld War II occupation.
Gedong Kirtya, just south of the town center, is the only library oflontar manuscripts (ancient and sacred texts on leaves of therontal palm) in the world - apart from the Pustaka Lontar Museum in Penaban, north ofAmlapura.
Singaraja has atropical savanna climate (Aw) with little to no rainfall from June to October and heavy rainfall from December to March. April, May, and November feature moderate rainfall.
| Climate data for Singaraja | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.4 (88.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.6 (79.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 318 (12.5) | 284 (11.2) | 253 (10.0) | 103 (4.1) | 71 (2.8) | 30 (1.2) | 29 (1.1) | 13 (0.5) | 8 (0.3) | 19 (0.7) | 80 (3.1) | 191 (7.5) | 1,399 (55) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Singaraja has the followingsister cities:[3]
Singaraja travel guide from Wikivoyage
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