Kauman is a village name used by regencies and municipalities in Central and East

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

to name an area where pious

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

communities are concentrated. A Kauman village is usually located on the west side of a town square with the

Kauman Great Mosque Kauman Great Mosque, approximate English translation of Javanese Mesjid Gedhe Kauman (; officially ''Mesjid Gedhe Kauman Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat''), is a Great Mosque of the Yogyakarta Sultanate in Java, Indonesia. It is located to the ...

adjacent to the square.

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Javanese culture Islam in Indonesia {{Islam in Indonesia