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Banyumas (, formerly spelled "Banjoemas") Regency is an inland
Notes: (a) including 3 ''kelurahan'' - Kebokura, Kradenan and Sumpiuh.
(b) comprising 7 ''kelurahan'' - Berkoh, Karangklesem, Karangpucung, Purwokerto Kidul, Purwokerto Kulon, Tanjung and Teluk.
(c) comprising 7 ''kelurahan'' - Bantarsoka, Karanglewas Lor, Kedungwuluh, Kober, Pasir Kidul, Pasirmuncang and Rejasari.
(d) comprising 6 ''kelurahan'' - Arcawinangun, Kranji, Mersi, Purwokerto Lor, Purwokerto Wetan and Sokanegara.
(e) comprising 7 ''kelurahan'' - Bancarkembar, Bobosan, Grendeng, Karangwangkal, Pabuaran, Purwanegara and Sumampir.
Curug Cipendok is a waterfall 93 metres high, about 15 kilometres west of Purwokerto, 500 metres from the road through a walking trail. It is still natural and is easily accessible on a good road, although there is no public transportation yet. The area surrounding the location belongs to Perhutani, a Forest State Company. North of the capital of
Official site of Banyumas District Government
(in Indonesian) {{Authority control Serayu basin
Banyumas (, formerly spelled "Banjoemas") Regency is an inland regency
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() in the southwestern part of Central Java
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province in Indonesia
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. Its capital is the town of Purwokerto
Purwokerto () is a large but non-autonomous town on the island of Java, Indonesia. It is the coordinating centre of local government (''Bakorwil 3'') and the largest city in southwestern Central Java (known as the ''Barlingmascakeb'' regio ...
, but that town no longer has a central administration and is split over four of the districts within the Regency, with a combined area of 41.65 km2 and a population of 236,162 as of mid-2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Banyumas Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3302) The Regency covers an area of 1,391.15 km2, and had a population of 1,554,527 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,776,918 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate of the population as of mid-2024 was 1,847,097 (comprising 928,905 males and 918,192 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Banyumas Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3302)
The term ''Banyumasan'' is also used as an adjective referring to the culture, language, and peoples of the wider Banyumas area, equivalent to the pre-independence Banyumas Residency. The language of Banyumasan is of Austronesian origin and is usually considered to be a dialect of Javanese.
Administrative districts
Banyumas Regency comprises twenty-sevendistricts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Banyumas Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3302) The table also gives the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 301 rural ''desa'' and 30 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postcodes.
Notes: (a) including 3 ''kelurahan'' - Kebokura, Kradenan and Sumpiuh. (b) comprising 7 ''kelurahan'' - Berkoh, Karangklesem, Karangpucung, Purwokerto Kidul, Purwokerto Kulon, Tanjung and Teluk.
(c) comprising 7 ''kelurahan'' - Bantarsoka, Karanglewas Lor, Kedungwuluh, Kober, Pasir Kidul, Pasirmuncang and Rejasari.
(d) comprising 6 ''kelurahan'' - Arcawinangun, Kranji, Mersi, Purwokerto Lor, Purwokerto Wetan and Sokanegara.
(e) comprising 7 ''kelurahan'' - Bancarkembar, Bobosan, Grendeng, Karangwangkal, Pabuaran, Purwanegara and Sumampir.
Tourism
Curug Cipendok is a waterfall 93 metres high, about 15 kilometres west of Purwokerto, 500 metres from the road through a walking trail. It is still natural and is easily accessible on a good road, although there is no public transportation yet. The area surrounding the location belongs to Perhutani, a Forest State Company. North of the capital of Purwokerto
Purwokerto () is a large but non-autonomous town on the island of Java, Indonesia. It is the coordinating centre of local government (''Bakorwil 3'') and the largest city in southwestern Central Java (known as the ''Barlingmascakeb'' regio ...
, Baturraden Resort features views from the slopes of Mount Slamet
Mount Slamet (, "Salvation Mountain" or "Mountain of Health") is an active stratovolcano that summits in the Pemalang Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozen cinder cones on the lower southeast and northeast f ...
. And 8 km to Baturaden, there a Curug Ceheng, this is a waterfall 73 meters, there is an object to holiday.
Among the religious tourism sites in Banyumas is Saka Tunggal Mosque, established in 1871.
References
External links
Official site of Banyumas District Government
(in Indonesian) {{Authority control Serayu basin