Wonogiri Regency is a

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() in the southeastern part of

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province in

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. It covers an area of 1,822.36 km², and its population was 928,904 at the 2010 Census and 1,096,138 at the 2020 Census. The capital and largest town is Wonogiri, around 33 km southeast of the large Central Java metropolis of

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Administrative districts

Wonogiri Regency is divided into twenty-five administrative

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( Indonesian: ''

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''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district and its post code. Notes: (a) Paranggupito District includes the whole of the Regency's sea coast (off the southern coast of Java). (b) Purwantoro District forms a salient stretching eastwards into

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Province.

Agriculture

Wonogiri Regency is an area of

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and

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, so most of people in the regency work as

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s. Generally, all areas of the regency produce much agriculture and plantation output.

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, cacao, and

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are examples of the plantation output that are relatively good. Wonogiri also has many special foods. They include nasi tiwul, emping, bakso, mie ayam, gudangan, etc. in addition Wonogiri popular with their Jamu (traditional Medicine) such as Air Mancur, which is located near terminal of bus in Wonokarto, Wonogiri.beside those in recent year *2017, The special product of fruit is melon, it is very popular and developed by the Wonogiri governmen
"Kembangkan Pariwisata, Disbudparpora Gandeng ASITA"

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, accessed Oktober 2011

Topography

Most of Wonogiri Regency's area is rocky and hilly due to its location on the

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s. Since these highlands are of the

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type, many

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s can easily be found in Wonogiri Regency and at least 41 caves have been discovered so far starting with the famous Song Gilap cave, Song Putri cave at Pracimantoro, Ngantap cave, Putri Kencana cave at Giritontro and including many unnamed caves all over the regency. Wonogiri Regency also has a dam called

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which has three main functions; as a

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to produce

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; to provide

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for

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

fields around

Bengawan Solo River The Solo River (known in Indonesian as Bengawan Solo, with ''Bengawan'' being an Old Javanese word for ''river'', and ''Solo'' derived from the old name for Surakarta) is the longest river in the Indonesian island of Java, it is approximately 600& ...

through

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programs; and for

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. The dam has created a

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covering 83 km² which lies 6 km south of Wonogiri town..

Notable landmarks

Notable landmarks include: # Gajah Mungkur Dam (Waduk Gajah Mungkur) # Sembukan beach in Paranggupito District # Nampu beach in Paranggupito District # Kahyangan waterfall in Tirtomoyo District # Kethu forest in Wonogiri District # Putri Kencana cave in Pracimantoro District # Girimanik waterfall in Slogohimo District # Nggaguk Tirta Lestari swimming pool, cafe, restaurant in Jatisrono District # Seper forest at Jatipurno #

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(Indonesian: ''Gantole'') sports site nearby Gajah Mungkur dam #

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nearby Gajah Mungkur dam # Plinteng Semar Miracle Stone in Wonogiri District # Gunung Kembar Gandul a small mountain in Wonogiri District # Gunung Pegat Small Mountain at Ngadiroyo, Nguntoronadi District # Gunung Kencur Small Mountain at Ngadiroyo, Nguntoronadi District

Transportation

* Wonogiri

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* Giri Adipura

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References

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