Cepu (formerly Tjepoe or Tjepu) is a district ('' kecamatan'') of Indonesia, in Blora Regency,

Central Java Province Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in th ...

. Its seat is the town of .

History and economy

In colonial times, when Indonesia was part of the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

, Cepu was known for its teak (timber) and oil. The oil refineries, operated by

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, could produce about 11,000 bpd. They were blown up by the Dutch immediately after the Japanese landings on the island of Java in 1942. The invaders, one of whose objectives was the oilfields, committed atrocities. The teak is still highly regarded. By 2001, the oil reserves were thought to have been exhausted; but new ones have been discovered by

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, which may yield 235,000 bpd.

Weather, climate and ecology

The nearest weather station to Cepu town appears to be at

Surakarta Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoh ...

, Central Java, away.

Language

The local language is , a dialect of Javanese.

Subdivisions

Cepu District comprises the following rural and urban villages: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Transportation

Cepu lies between

Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...

(), capital of Central Java Province, and

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

(), capital of East Java Province, and is connected to them by road. It is from Blora, capital of Blora Regency. Cepu is served by and Ngloram Airport.

Cepu Forest Railway The Cepu Forest Railway (officially branded as Loco Tour Cepu) is a narrow gauge light forest railway, logging railway that runs through teak plantations to the northwest of the town of Cepu (town), Cepu, in Cepu, Blora, Cepu district, on the boun ...

is a steam-powered narrow-gauge light

logging railway A forest railway, forest tram, timber line, logging railway or logging railroad is a mode of railway transport which is used for forestry tasks, primarily the transportation of felling, felled logs to sawmills or railway stations. In most cases th ...

which also runs tourist trains.

People

Mukti Ali Abdul Mukti Ali (born in Cepu, Blora, Cepu, Blora Regency, Blora, Central Java, Dutch East Indies, August 23, 1923 - died in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 5, 2004 at the age of 80 years) was a Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of I ...

(1923-2004), Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia; born in Cepu *

Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwiryo Soekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwiryo (7 January 1905 – 5 September 1962) was an Indonesian Islamic mystic who led the Darul Islam rebellion against the Indonesian government from 1949 to 1962, with the objective of overthrowing the secular ...

(1905-1962), Indonesian Islamic mystic; born in Cepu * Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani (1932-2004), general, Commander-in-Chief of

ABRI A rock shelter (also rockhouse, crepuscular cave, bluff shelter, or abri) is a shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff. In contrast to solutional caves (karst), which are often many miles long, rock shelters are almost alway ...

1983-1988, Minister of Defense and Security; born in Cepu COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Twee treinen bij een wissel voor het vervoer van djati Houtvesterij Tjepoe Midden Java TMnr 10013035

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Twee treinen bij een wissel voor het vervoer van djati Houtvesterij Tjepoe Midden Java TMnr 10013035