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Turgo is a small basaltic hill on the southern slopes of 
It is just west of Plawangan, the valley between the two has been subject to nuée ardente in the 1990s which killed local villagers.
Despite the very small area on the peak of Turgo, it has some sacred graves that are attributed to be connected with Sheikh Jumadil Qubro, a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet,
Context from 1994 eruption of Merapi
Sleman Regency Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi (, ) is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is loc ...
, Indonesia
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, and is also known as Gunung Turgo or Mount Turgo. It is administratively located in Purwobinangun, Pakem Pakem () is a ''kapanewon'' (district) in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia
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, Sleman Regency
Sleman Regency (; ) is an Indonesian regency () on the island of Java. It is located in the north of the Yogyakarta Special Region, Yogyakarta Special Administrative Region, Indonesia, and has an area of , with a population of 1,093,110 at the ...
, Special Region of Yogyakarta
The Special Region of Yogyakarta is a province-level special region of Indonesia in southern Java. It is a semi-enclave that is surrounded by on the landward side by Central Java Province to the west, north, and east, but has a long coastline ...
. Recent work suggests that the hill itself is older than the present volcanic cone of Gunung Merapi.
It is just west of Plawangan, the valley between the two has been subject to nuée ardente in the 1990s which killed local villagers.
Despite the very small area on the peak of Turgo, it has some sacred graves that are attributed to be connected with Sheikh Jumadil Qubro, a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
, and as consequence is considered to be part of the complex network of graves that constitute the Javanese sacred places
Javanese sacred places are locations on the Island of Java, Indonesia that have significance from either village level through to national level as sacred, and in most cases deserve visitation—usually within the context of ziarah regardless of ...
Dutch anthropologist Martin van Bruinessen
Martin van Bruinessen is a Dutch anthropologist and author, who has published a number of publications on the Kurdish, Indonesian, Turkish, Persian cultures, and also on aspects of Islam as a whole.
He taught the sociology of religion at the S ...
has written about this character following his residence in Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by Hamengkubuwono, a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an importan ...
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It is also located within the solukhambu nature reserve, a nature reserve on the slope of Merapi that has rare animals and plants occurring in its area.
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Context from 1994 eruption of Merapi
Sleman Regency Mount Merapi