Gombong

Also known as Kecamatan Gombong, Gombong District

Gombong is a town in Kebumen Regency, in the southern part of Central Java, a province in Indonesia. The town has 50,300 inhabitants at the 2020 Census, while the estimate as at mid 2024 was 50,950. The total land area is . Local people speak Banyumasan, a dialect of Javanese.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Gombong
Settlement.image_skyline: Fort van der Wijck - Entrance.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Entrance of Fort van der Wijck
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Kebumen Regency, Java and Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Indonesia Kebumen Regency#Indonesia Java#Indonesia
Settlement.type: Town
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Indonesia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Central Java
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Regency
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kebumen Regency
Settlement.leader_title: Camat
Settlement.area_total_km2: 19.48
Settlement.population_as_of: mid 2024 estimate
Settlement.population_total: 50950
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: IWST

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In 1964, construction of the Catholic Church of St. Michael Parish was completed. In 1996, the Wonokriyo market was built, becoming the biggest one in the region. A few dinosaur statues are located around the town: at the entrance of Fort Van der Wijck, at Tirta Manggala Swimming Pools and at Sempor Reservoir. Not far from the town, the prayer house Geraja Ayam, also known as the chicken church, is built.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gombong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.